Top Shared Hosting

There are various types of shared hosting services suitable for different web portals with regard to the system resources or the shared hosting environment they demand. To choose the most optimal shared hosting service for your web site, you need to reckon what server-side software it demands, how many daily hits you expect at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other specific needs that may have to be covered.

Shared Web Hosting - Dividends

The most relevant choice for small scale online portals with a few hundred or a few thousand viewers is a shared hosting plan. With this form of website hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which lowers the total price per user drastically. There are different web hosting accounts varying from one provider to another, delivering different amounts of disk storage and monthly bandwidth, different email box account quotas and so on. The plus is that you can buy an account that will provide the specs your web portal really demands. You will not need to pay plenty of cash for an account you will not utilize, or end up with a small sized package that cannot accommodate the web site. We, at iNet Bulgaria, offer a great array of shared hosting packages suitable for personal or small business web portals that even include pre-activated script-powered platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it easier. If you kick off with a low priced package and you demand more resources, upgrading to a more powerful package takes just a mouse click.

Shared website hosting - Negative Signs

A negative side of the shared web hosting solution is that the web hosting servers have some software platforms installed on them and you cannot activate additional software applications. Some sites, mainly online stores, need applications to be activated on the server for them to work, and with a shared hosting platform, you can install solely software programs that do not require complete root-level access.

Virtual Private Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Servers

For web portals that need root access, or if your web site has many thousands or even millions of viewers per day, what you need is a VPS hosting or a dedicated hosting. A virtual web hosting server is a virtual imitation of a dedicated hosting server and it performs in an absolutely identical manner.

Virtual Hosting Servers

Both platforms usually give complete root access and can be rebooted via a software platform by the customer, independently from the web hosting provider. Similar to the shared hosting plans, the VPS hosting and the dedicated web server hosting plans comprise diverse functionalities depending on what the web hosting company has to offer. A VPS plan offers guaranteed disk space, RAM and CPU quotas that can at times be expanded for short spans of time in case there are free resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web server, the only limiting factor is the hardware architecture it is utilizing, and it can be upgraded by changing or appending components. A VPS web server is simpler to administer as it ships with a virtualization panel, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install applications, check stats, etc. The management of a dedicated hosting server is more elaborate, so such an account would rather be resorted to by qualified customers.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

Nevertheless, some hosting providers offer managed dedicated hosting services where they run dedicated web hosting server management procedures instead of the customer. This can be a part of plan or an additional feature.

Before You Decide...

Choosing the top hosting plan is vital as it can have an influence on the stable functioning of a web portal. Prior to picking a plan, compare the pros and cons, explore thoroughly all the requirements for the website to perform properly, particularly if it is script-driven. And if you are still unsure which one is the best shared hosting service for you, consult with our live chat operators or call us - our sales reps will be glad to assist you and answer all your questions.