How many websites can I host on one VPS?

As many as CPU, memory and disk allow — nothing counts your domains. Configure one server block or virtual host per site. This is usually the point where a VPS becomes cheaper than shared hosting rather than more expensive.

Is a VPS actually faster than shared hosting?

Not automatically, and anyone telling you otherwise is skipping a step. A badly configured VPS can be slower than a well-run shared host. What a VPS gives you is a much higher ceiling and freedom from other customers' code — but you have to build the stack that reaches it.

Do I get dedicated CPU and RAM?

No, and this page used to say otherwise. Dedicated CPU cores are not offered on any range here. Resources are allocated to your instance rather than drawn from a shared pool as you use them, and the VDS range is the one that states dedicated RAM. What you do get on every plan is genuine isolation: other customers cannot run code inside your machine.

Which web server should I install?

Nginx if you have no strong opinion — it handles static files and concurrency well and most modern guides assume it. Apache if you rely on .htaccess rules or software that expects it. Caddy if automatic HTTPS matters more to you than configuration flexibility.

Do I need technical knowledge?

Some, and it is better to say so. Plans are unmanaged, so installing and securing the web server is your job. Support answers deployment questions and the knowledgebase has step-by-step guides, but nobody configures the server for you. If that sounds like too much, a control panel makes it considerably easier.

Can I install a control panel?

Yes. Nothing is pre-installed, so there is no conflicting panel to remove first. cPanel/WHM and DirectAdmin both install on a clean supported OS with root access; both need their own licence, which we do not sell.

Which storage should I choose?

For a static or low-traffic site, the entry HDD range is fine. For anything database-backed, the difference is noticeable, because a database under load is small random reads and writes and that is where HDD is weakest. Storage is usually a better first upgrade than cores for web hosting.

What happens to my backups when I leave shared hosting?

They stop, unless you set them up. Most shared hosts take some form of backup as part of the service; no plan here includes an automatic backup product. This is a genuine loss in the move and the one people discover at the worst moment. Set up an off-server backup in your first week.

VPS for Web Hosting

A higher ceiling, and the work that comes with it.

Shared hosting limits which software you can run and puts your site on the same operating system as strangers' code. A VPS removes both. What it does not do is arrive configured, back itself up, or hand you dedicated CPU cores — and this page is specific about all three.

Any web server, any runtime
Isolated from other customers
Unlimited domains per server
Dedicated IPv4 included

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Nginx, Apache, Caddy — your choice
Host as many sites as it holds
One dedicated IPv4 included
No backups, no dedicated cores

What a VPS Genuinely Changes About Web Hosting

Two things, and neither of them is the one usually advertised. The first is control: you pick the web server, the language runtime, the database and the caching layer, instead of using whatever a shared panel supports. The second is isolation — and this is where honesty matters. On shared hosting another customer's runaway script runs on your operating system. On a KVM VPS other customers cannot execute code inside your machine at all; they are separate virtual machines with separate kernels. That is a real and valuable guarantee. It is not the same as dedicated CPU cores, which this page previously claimed and which are not offered on any range here. Isolation is the true version of that argument, and it is strong enough on its own.

Any stack: Nginx, Apache or Caddy; PHP, Node, Python, Go.
Isolation via KVM — separate kernel, separate machine.
No domain limit — as many sites as the server holds.
Dedicated IPv4 on every plan for SSL and DNS.
Storage: HDD on Classic, SSD and NVMe further up.
Not dedicated cores, and backups are not included.

What Changes When You Leave Shared Hosting

Four things that genuinely change, and one that this page used to claim and should not have.

You choose the software, all of it Nginx, Apache, Caddy or something else. PHP 8.4 or Node 24 or Python or Go. MySQL, MariaDB or PostgreSQL. Redis, Varnish, both, neither. On shared hosting you get whatever the panel supports; here the stack is a decision rather than a constraint. Real
Isolation from other customers' code This is the honest version of the “dedicated resources” claim. On shared hosting another account's runaway script executes on the same OS as your site. On a KVM VPS other customers cannot run code inside your machine at all — they are in separate virtual machines with separate kernels. How KVM isolates you → Real
As many sites as the server holds Server blocks or virtual hosts, one per domain, limited only by CPU, memory and disk. Shared hosting counts your domains; a VPS counts nothing. Real
Your own IP and your own certificates One dedicated IPv4 on every plan. Certbot, wildcard certificates, custom DNS, mail records — all straightforward when the address is yours and your reputation is not pooled with strangers. Dedicated IPv4 → Real
Dedicated CPU cores — you do not get those The previous version of this page claimed a VPS gives you dedicated CPU and RAM. It does not, on any range here. Resources are allocated to your instance rather than drawn from a shared pool as you use them, which is better than shared hosting — but only the VDS range states dedicated RAM, and dedicated cores are not sold at all. What VDS adds → Not real

Which Plan Fits Your Sites

Sized by what the sites do rather than how many there are. Each row shows the cheapest plan in the catalogue that meets the requirement.

Which Plan Fits Your Sites
If this is you	Cheapest plan that fits	What it gives you	Price
One small site or a few static pages A brochure site, a portfolio, a landing page. Genuinely fine on the entry range.	Starter Budget VPS Classic VPS range	1 Core · 1 GB DDR3 RAM 15 GB HDD Storage	$4.95/mo + $3.00 one-time setup
A dynamic site with a database PHP or Node plus a database, with enough memory that neither is fighting the other.	Starter SSD VPS SSD VPS range	1 Core · 2 GB DDR3 RAM 15 GB Enterprise SSD	$8.95/mo + $2.00 one-time setup
Several sites, or one busy one Multiple server blocks, multiple databases, and traffic that arrives in bursts.	Business SSD VPS SSD VPS range	2 Cores · 4 GB DDR3 RAM 30 GB Enterprise SSD	$14.95/mo + $0.00 one-time setup
An agency or reseller setup Many client sites where no single one is allowed to take the others down with it.	Enterprise SSD VPS SSD VPS range	4 Cores · 8 GB DDR3 RAM 50 GB Enterprise SSD	$24.95/mo + $0.00 one-time setup

The threshold worth knowing: a VPS usually becomes cheaper than shared hosting somewhere around the third site, because shared plans price per domain and a VPS prices per server. Below that, the reason to move is control rather than cost — and control is only worth paying for if you intend to use it.

Three Things to Be Honest With Yourself About First

If all three are comfortable, the move is straightforward. If none are, shared hosting is not a failure — it is the right product.

You are comfortable in a shell

Installing Nginx, editing a config file, reading a log and restarting a service are the daily vocabulary of running your own web server. If none of that is familiar, the honest recommendation is to stay on shared hosting a little longer or hire someone — not to buy and hope.

You will keep it patched

A web server on the public internet is scanned continuously. Automatic security updates, a firewall that closes what you are not using, and SSH keys instead of passwords are the baseline. It is about fifteen minutes of work on day one and almost none afterwards.

You will back it up yourself

No plan includes an automatic backup product. Shared hosts usually take some kind of backup, so this is a genuine loss when you move, and one people notice at the worst possible moment. Set it up in week one, off the server.

Web Hosting on a VPS: Questions

Nginx if you have no strong opinion — it handles static files and concurrency well and most modern guides assume it. Apache if you rely on .htaccess or software that expects it. Caddy if automatic HTTPS matters more than configuration flexibility. The knowledgebase has install guides for all of them.

Your own web server, from $4.95.

Any stack, no domain limit, a dedicated IPv4 on every plan, and a 7-day money-back guarantee on your first order if the move turns out to be more than you wanted.

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