Top Shared Hosting

There are different kinds of shared hosting services suitable for different web sites with regard to the system resources or the shared hosting platform they require. To choose the best shared hosting service for your site, you have to evaluate what server-side software applications it demands, how many daily visits you expect at the start and in the long run, as well as any other specific needs that may have to be covered.

Shared website hosting - Benefits

The most appropriate alternative for small size web pages with several hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting plan. With this form of web site hosting, each customer pays only for their account, which lowers the overall price per person seriously. There are various web hosting plans differing from one web hosting firm to another, furnishing different amounts of server space and traffic, different email quotas and so on. The good point is that you can purchase a package that will offer the specs your web page really requires. You will not need to pay a lot of money for an account you will not make use of, or wind up with a small size package that cannot accommodate the online portal. We, at butterflies, offer a huge variety of shared hosting accounts appropriate for personal or small business web sites that even offer pre-installed script-driven systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it easier. If you commence with a low priced package and you require more resources, upgrading to a more feature-rich account requires only a click.

Shared web hosting - Weaknesses

A weak side of the shared web hosting solution is that the servers have some software installed on them and you are unable to activate new software programs. Certain online portals, above all online shops, demand applications to be installed on the web hosting server for them to work, and with a shared web hosting account, you can install solely software platforms that do not require full server root access.

Virtual Private Web Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For online portals that need full root-level access, or if your site has many 1000's or even millions of daily visitors, what you demand is a virtual private servers or a dedicated server. A virtual hosting server is a software simulation of a dedicated web server and it operates in a strictly identical way.

Virtual Web Hosting Servers

Both environments generally include complete root access and can be rebooted via a software interface by the client, independently from the hosting provider. Similar to the shared web hosting accounts, the virtual private servers and the dedicated web hosting packages include diverse characteristics depending on what the web hosting supplier has to offer. A Virtual Private Server hosting package has guaranteed disk storage space, RAM and CPU quotas that can occasionally be enlarged for brief spells of time if there are unused resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limiting factor is the hardware equipment it is utilizing, and it can be revamped by changing or adding components. A virtual web server is easier to manipulate as it comprises virtualization software, which can be used to reboot it, to install software applications, explore statistics, and so on. The administration of a dedicated server is more elaborate, so such a solution would rather be used by trained customers.

Dedicated Web Servers

Yet, some web hosting suppliers provide managed dedicated web server hosting services where they execute dedicated web server management tasks instead of the customer. This can be a part of plan or an additional feature.

Before You Choose...

Picking the top hosting package is important as it can affect the proper work of a website. Before choosing a package, weigh the pros and cons, check carefully all the prerequisites for the website to run properly, especially if it is script-powered. And if you are still not sure which one is the best shared hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be happy to assist you and answer all your questions.