When you have shared hosting and your project begins to grow, the conditions offered by shared web hosting are insufficient to function optimally.
When should I switch to a VPS?
If your web project is just starting out and you don't have major technical requirements to operate, you can start with shared hosting. This is also true if you're just starting out as a developer and want to do design or programming tests; if you have a fledgling blog, virtual store, or e-commerce project, or simply a personal website.
You should switch when you consider it necessary based on the scalability of your project. That is, once your project matures, develops, and grows in visitors, it would be advisable to migrate to a Private Server.
VPS and its benefits
Among the advantages of using a VPS over hosting are the following:
Customization
If you use a VPS, you can choose the internet speed, RAM and RAM swap, and number of CPUs.
Dedicated
Unlike traditional web hosting, on a server, the resources indicated above are exclusive to your project. Hence the price difference.
Scalability
As it's a virtual machine, and depending on the resources used by your project or web application, you can increase the available resources, such as storage, bandwidth, RAM, among others. You can even add a wider IP range if more dynamic work is required.
Absolute control
Because it's customizable, you can control absolutely all virtual machine processes, including the RAM allocation, and even choose the OS and data infrastructure with which your content will be processed. You can install applications such as Python, Node JS, and Composer, and run scheduled tasks (cronjobs) manually.
Privacy
It's safer to use a machine that doesn't share an IP address, Linux distribution, or operating system.
Security
You can define users and create SSH credentials for each one, creating a server with restricted access. Firewall customization allows you to enable the ports exclusively necessary for your web application to function.
Speed
The speed of your project depends on both the web development or CMS you have running, as well as a good VPS server behind it.
At MOX, we have the ideal servers with the best national and international latency to host your projects and develop them in a customized way. Don't be fooled by low prices where overselling practices are practiced.