Shared Hosting Server Alternatives
SHARED WEB HOSTING ALTERNATIVE
With so many options available, choosing a hosting provider can be a confusing process. In this guide, we’ll compare shared hosting plans to Convesio’s managed, scalable hosting plan.
SHARED HOSTING ALTERNATIVE
Shared Hosting vs. Convesio
With so many options available, choosing a host can be a confusing process.
In this guide, we’ll compare shared hosting plans to Convesio’s managed, scalable hosting plan.
Is Shared Hosting Worth the Risk Compared to Dedicated Hosting?
Shared hosting service is a common entry point for creating a new website. While it’s inexpensive and accessible, it also comes with a ton of downsides. These include an inability to handle large amounts of traffic, unreliable downtime, less support, and an inability to scale – just to name a few. When things go wrong, a shared hosting plan can cost your business days or even weeks of lost revenue.
And that’s where Convesio comes in. Our dedicated hosting plans are the perfect “next step” for sites that want to graduate from shared hosting. With Convesio, your site will load faster, be more secure, and be able to handle more traffic. If anything goes wrong, our expert team is here around-the-clock to solve issues. Put simply: if you run a business, you need Convesio.
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SHARED HOSTING
- Less secure
- Poor support
- No ability to scale
As the name suggests, shared web hosting plans are shared with other users on the server, sometimes up to even 1,000 sites on a single server. This makes them quite inexpensive, as the host can divide the costs over multiple customers.
If your site gets a lot of traffic or handles sensitive customer data, however, you’ll inevitably run into serious issues. There can be additional issues around security as one site gets hacked, it’s possible for the entire server to be taken over.
CONVESIO
- More secure
- Personal support
- Scale automatically to handle high traffic
Convesio uses an innovative technology called “Docker containers” which isolates your WordPress install onto a self-contained entity that has no extra applications or frills running.
Containers make your site load faster, as you don’t share any resources with other users. Your data is also more secure, as you don’t have to worry about other users’ behavior.
See Auto Scaling In Action
Auto scaling allows your site to scale up resources during high-traffic events, then scale back down when the traffic has subsided.
See how easy it is to set up auto scaling on Convesio. Shared hosting plans almost never offer auto scaling, as it requires more resources.
See Auto Scaling In Action
Auto scaling allows your site to scale up resources during high-traffic events, then scale back down when the traffic has subsided.
See how easy it is to set up auto scaling on Convesio. Shared hosting plans almost never offer auto scaling, as it requires more resources.
Any Questions?
We’ve transferred many websites from a shared host, where multiple websites share the same server, to our platform. Click the chat button in the corner below and we’ll happily answer any questions you may have.
How Many Features Do You Need?
Web hosting plans, especially shared hosting plans, are cheaper but lack many of the features found in more advanced hosting plans like Convesio.
SHARED HOSTING
Why are web hosting services offering shared hosting plans so inexpensive? Mostly because they lack the features of more powerful hosts. They tend to have unspecialized servers which can run a variety of software. This allows for cheaper costs, but it also limits how much you can optimize and customize the server.
CONVESIO
Convesio is built on cutting-edge technology. Using Docker containers, our hosting plans can scale efficiently, ensuring that your site stays up under heavy traffic. We also boost our stack with Cloudflare Enterprise, Redis, fast caching, autoscaling, and more.
| Key Features | Shared | Convesio |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | Generic, basic hosting for many purposes (PHP, Drupal, other use cases) is not optimized. Bad neighbors can also cause issues | Extra resources are always available when you need them. Plus, the WordPress-specific configuration improves performance overall |
| Resources | No dedicated resources or protected spaces, as you’re sharing them with others. If you need extra resources, you pay for them separately, even if they’re unused | Choose how many extra resources you need – and when you’ll need them. Only pay for what you use. Plus, Convesio's baseline performance is excellent and boosted by third party solutions like Cloudflare and Redis |
| Scalability | It is difficult or impossible to scale a shared site without changing to a new “all-in” hosting plan. This is why shared hosts will constantly try to upsell you to more expensive plans | Containers let you scale up as traffic increases and down when it decreases. This means you only pay for capacity when you need it |
| Support | Support for shared hosting customers is usually slow and lacking in technical knowledge. Solving more complex problems can take days or weeks. This is because it’s not cost effective for shared hosts to offer anything other than the absolute basics | Expert support team available around-the-clock to handle any issues immediately |
| Customization | Usually stuck with specific hosting plans with non-negotiate resources | We can craft a specific, flexible configuration for your exact needs |
| Uptime | We offer tailor-made WordPress hosting solutions to keep your site up and running smoothly – and we monitor everything 24/7 to proactively address any issues | We offer tailor-made WordPress hosting solutions to keep your site up and running smoothly – and we monitor everything 24/7 to proactively address any issues |
| Security | Riskier, as you are in a shared hosting environment. Shared hosting providers don't expect their clients to host business-critical websites. This means security isn't prioritized over their own commercial interests | Isolated server environment is significantly more secure. Convesio deploys multiple security layers at infrastructure, network and applications levels |
| Technical Knowledge Required | Easy to use and aimed at beginners, but more advanced changes require expertise | Our dashboard is easy to use and requires no technical knowledge. Our clients can set up a highly scalable instance of WordPress in minutes |
| Business Model of the Host | Aim to maximize the number of paying users per resource, meaning that each individual user has less resources and support | Focused on individual customers and keeping their sites running smoothly, and specializing in high-traffic WordPress and WooCommerce websites |
Shared Hosting is Cheap – Until Something Goes Wrong
Shared hosting plans are cheaper, but lack many of the features found in more advanced hosting plans like Convesio.
SHARED HOSTING
- Premium features cost extra
- Less secure
- Fast support costs more
When it comes to price, shared hosting is a double-edged sword. Most shared hosting plans are very affordable, making them ideal for smaller websites or side projects.
However, this low price comes at a cost: reduced performance and security. You’ll also need to pay extra for additional features, which can quickly add up. Perhaps most importantly, you’ll end up spending a lot of time and money solving support issues that more advanced plans simply don’t have.
CONVESIO
- Premium features included
- Highly secure
- Top-notch support 24/7
At first glance, Convesio appears to be more expensive than shared hosting plans. However, this price includes a bundle of extra features, advanced support, personalized server configuration, and more. If you purchase these features separately – as you’ll inevitably need to do on a shared hosting plan – you’ll spend far more.
Most importantly, we’re experts at scaling your site and keeping it online, even during sales campaigns or viral events. With Convesio, you don’t need to worry about losing sales due to heavy traffic.
What Our Customers Are Saying
Can You Get Help When You Need It?
If you have any issues, how difficult is it to get them fixed by your web host? While shared hosting companies do have large support teams, they will typically only help resolve hosting related issues.
SHARED HOSTING
- Canned responses from unknown, unqualified people
- Usually just link you to an article or video
- Limited expertise
- Costs more for advanced support
Most shared hosting services have very basic ticket-based support. While they may have a large and international support team, the level of expertise is typically quite low. In general, resolving your issues can take days or even weeks.
CONVESIO
- Friendly, personable support with email and Slack
- Available any time you need us
- Experts with deep knowledge of technology
- Support is built into our business model
Convesio’s support team is composed of experts with decades of experience. Our support technicians are available around the clock to solve issues as they arise and you can contact us via Slack or live chat. Unlike some generalist shared hosts, we specialize in scaling WordPress sites. This means we can provide targeted, customized support in ways other hosts can’t.
Our Promise
At Convesio, we’re always here to help, around the clock. Our team is accessible, knowledgeable, and capable of handling any hosting issue.The Final Verdict
Shared hosting is a solid option for personal and hobbyist websites. But when it comes to business-critical websites and scalability, you need more robust web hosting solutions. For more serious projects, you’ll definitely need more than a shared hosting plan. And that’s where Convesio fits in.
- Cheap but not powerful or customizable
- Lack of qualified support
- Not scalable / performs poorly under stress
- Communication issues, support not always accessible
- More expensive, but premium product
- Expert support available around the clock
- Scales to match any needs
- Data is more secure in an isolated environment
Ready To Start Building a Powerful Site?
If you’re ready to take your web hosting to the next level, give Convesio a try. It’s completely risk-free and your site won’t go down while we migrate it to our servers.
- 7-day free trial
- Free white glove migration
- No down time. No data loss.
Ready To Start Building a Powerful Site?
If you’re ready to take your web hosting to the next level, give Convesio a try. It’s completely risk-free and your site won’t go down while we migrate it to our servers.
- 7-day free trial
- Free white glove migration
- No down time. No data loss.
Learn More About Shared Hosting
Shared hosting is a website hosting plan where you share server resources with other customers, often offering the feature of unlimited websites under one hosting plan.
A dedicated host means that you have a server dedicated entirely to your own site. This is usually more expensive than shared hosting, but it also comes with significant advantages in performance, scalability, and security.
Shared hosting plans are fine for small sites that don’t anticipate much traffic and don’t handle sensitive data like credit cards. However, if you need more performance or security, a dedicated hosting plan is a much better choice.
Shared hosting plans are much cheaper than dedicated hosting plans. They are also sometimes easier to set up and manage, as shared hosting is targeted at beginners and people creating personal websites.
While shared hosting plans are cheaper, they come with many problems. These include less security, an inability to scale, and extra costs for more than basic features.
Because the server resources are shared with other customers. This allows the host to have lower prices, but also means that each customer has less individual server resources.
If you anticipate larger amounts of traffic or want to keep private data secure, a dedicated hosting plan is probably a good idea.
Not much. Since other customers are also on your server, your ability to modify it is very limited.
It is definitely a possibility. If other sites are getting a lot of traffic, yours will probably be affected too.
