Shared hosting vs VPS: when to make the jump
Most projects start on shared or managed hosting, and for good reason — web hosting from $2.42/mo and managed WordPress from $4.19/mo cover the majority of small sites comfortably. The signals that you've outgrown that tier are usually specific: you need a PHP or Node version the shared panel doesn't offer, a database engine outside the standard stack, or consistent performance during traffic spikes that shared resources can't guarantee.
That's the gap a VPS from $9.99/mo fills. Rather than sharing a pool of CPU cycles with other accounts on the same box, KVM virtualisation reserves your resources so a busy neighbour never slows your server down. And if a project eventually outgrows even a top VPS tier, dedicated servers from $149.99/mo are the next step up, so there's a clear path rather than a cliff edge.







