Shared hosting is when multiple websites are hosted on a single physical server. It is an ideal hosting solution for small businesses. Since it is quite budget-friendly and offers enough features needed by a small business. However, there is a lot of misinformation circulating on various platforms regarding shared hosting. In this article, we are going to address some of these misconceptions and try to get rid of many misconceptions related to shared hosting.
Free Hosting Is the Same as Shared Hosting
Every time you look for free hosting services you will come across shared hosting. However, one thing that needs to be made clear is that not every shared hosting is free and the fact that shared hosting is free does not make it less effective or useful.
One thing is obvious even if a host is providing free shared hosting they are going to earn their revenue through other means such as advertisement on your website. Such ads do not help you to make any kind of profit. Such free hosting also cannot guarantee maximum uptime and the services are not usually up to par when it comes to several paid hosting services available in the market.
An ideal shared hosting will come at a considerable amount of price and will offer more features for your investment.
Shared Hosting Lacks Scalability
One major misconception regarding shared hosting is that users cannot easily scale their resources when required. Most people think that once their website starts to grow and they start witnessing large amounts of traffic than shared hosting is not able to provide sufficient resources to keep up with their requirements.
Whereas the truth is that the hosts in shared hosting allow users to pick a cheaper option at the beginning which they can later upgrade as their business starts to expand.
Shared Hosting Is Not Secure
Some people also believe that shared hosting is less secure in comparison to other paid hosting services. That’s not true at all, the fact is that shared hosting implements server firewalls, network monitoring to prevent any kind of hacking and malware. Users can easily avail of security services that can further enhance the security of their website making it more secure and reliable.
In unmanaged shared hosting, the host undertakes several measures such as DDOS attack prevention to ensure the safety and security of your website. A well managed shared hosting can do more for the security of your website than a paid VPS hosting if you don’t have the understanding of how to utilize the security features available to you in your hosting plan.
Shared Hosting Has More Downtime
One last myth that is prevalent when it comes to shared hosting is that it has more downtime. The fact is that shared hosting is far much more reliable. An ideal shared hosting solution guarantees up to 99.9% of uptime, including 24/7 customer support in case the users face any inconvenience.
The reason your website might face downtime actually depends on how quickly your host responds to your problems and how much time they take to resolve these issues. If your host is constantly monitoring your website then your website is less likely to face any major downtime issues.
So the important thing to understand here is that it is not the shared hosting that is to blame for frequent downtimes but poor management on your host’s end that can result in unnecessary downtime issues.
Conclusion
Shared hosting is quite secure and reliable and will provide the necessary features required for your website to grow. It completely depends on your host’s ability to respond to certain situations. Depending on how well your website is being managed by your host makes all the difference. Such misconception should not stop small businesses to benefit from the services that shared hosting has to offer for their business to grow and expand.
We hope that this article helps you to make the right hosting solution for your website. If you are looking for further assistance than get in touch with our experts at Ewebguru. We deliver impeccable hosting solutions at an affordable price.
Ashok Arora is CEO and Founder of eWebGuru a leading web hosting company of India. He is a tech enthusiast with more than 25 years of experience in Internet and Technology.
Ashok is Master in Electronics from a leading Indian university.
Ashok loves to write on cloud, servers, datacenter, virtualisation technology.
