Hosting

Hosting means a provider gives you space and server ✕ A server is a powerful computer that provides data or services to other devices — for example serving a website or storing your cloud files. More in the glossary → resources where your website's files live so it's accessible worldwide. The host handles the infrastructure, internet connection, updates, and usually security and backups too. There are several models — from cheap shared hosting ✕ With shared hosting, many websites share one server's resources. That makes it very cheap but limited in performance — ideal for smaller sites. More in the glossary → to VPS ✕ A VPS (Virtual Private Server) is a partitioned slice of a server with dedicated resources. It offers more power and control than shared hosting. More in the glossary → , cloud hosting ✕ With cloud hosting, your website runs not on a single server but spread across several — providing more resilience and flexible scaling. More in the glossary → , and dedicated servers. Speed, uptime ✕ Uptime is the share of time a website or server is reachable without outages, usually as a percentage. In hosting, the closer to 100%, the better. More in the glossary → , support, and price all matter when choosing. See which host fits which need in the best web hosting comparison.