What is Business Hosting?
Business hosting is Linux Hosting (with cPanel), but with the power and resources of a private server without the need for a server administrator. Otherwise it's the same cPanel experience as shared hosting.
What's the difference between Linux shared hosting, business hosting, and a VPS?
- Shared hosting is an inexpensive way to get your sites up on the web.
- A Virtual Private Server (VPS) is more powerful, but costs more than shared hosting, and requires experience with server administration.
- Business hosting is a balance between the two, offering the power of a VPS with the ease of shared hosting.
You can use this chart to see the major differences between each type of Linux hosting:
| Shared Hosting | Business Hosting | VPS Hosting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level of technical skills | Basic | Basic | Advanced - knowledge of WHM and Linux command line needed |
| Suited for | Basic websites, low resource applications | E-commerce, high traffic or data-intensive sites and applications | Resource intensive web apps, full control of the server, ability to customize |
| Site Visitors | Low to moderate | High | High |
| Platform | LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) | LAMP | LAMP (Can install and use others such as NGINX, Node.js, Ruby on Rails) |
| Control Panel | cPanel | cPanel | cPanel and WHM |
| Support | 24/7 Standard Support | 24/7 Standard Support | Self-Managed, Managed, or Fully-Managed |
| Root Access | No | No | Yes |
| Dedicated IP Address | No | 1 | 3 or more |
| Snapshot Backups | No | No | Yes |
