With more and more businesses choosing to carry out their business activities online, by launching their E-commerce (electronic commerce) websites, the global website hosting services have witnessed an unprecedented boost in the demand for web hosting for business sites.
The ever-growing market size of global web hosting services was valued at $56.7 billion in 2019. As per projections, its expansion will be at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 15.5%, in between 2020 and 2027. The sub-sector of VPS is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 16.2%, starting from 2019 to 2026. As per estimates, its market size is expected to reach $8.2 billion by the year 2026. With regard to all the sub-sectors, Managed VPS is supposed to witness expansion at the highest CAGR, which is expected to be 16.5%, during the years from 2019 to 2026.
It goes without saying that hosting a website on a VPS, especially a business site, is an extremely popular and economically viable hosting solution. In this context, what is a VPS? What is a Managed VPS? What are the types of VPS? What are the benefits of hosting your business site on a VPS? You will find the answers to all these questions, along with much more relevant and useful information, as you continue reading this blog.
What is a VPS?
Before we delve into the three main reasons for hosting your business site on a VPS, let us first explain what a VPS is.
A VPS or a Virtual Private Server is a web server that is private and has been created virtually to offer dedicated server space, dedicated server resources, dedicated IP address and the flexibility to customize the server (installation of own software and Operating System) to each of the websites that is hosted on the same physical web server. Hence, a VPS is able to offer the environment of a dedicated web server on a shared server, at a price that is much less than the price for availing a dedicated server.
The availability of dedicated server resources, enhances the speed and the performance of the sites hosted on a VPS. By ensuring that every hosted site is stored and processed in a private, isolated, dedicated server space, a VPS boosts the security of the hosted website. As mentioned previously, a Virtual Private Server is able to create and offer the environment of a dedicated server to each of the sites that shares web server space on a VPS. If you are wondering that how that is made possible. Then, let us mention that next.
In a VPS for Linux or for Windows, multiple websites are hosted on each physical web server, wherein Virtualization Technology is used to create multiple, isolated, independent and private servers. Each of these virtually-created servers, that is configured to function independently, can host a website as well as is capable of installing its own software and Operating System. Since the entire web server space is segmented into multiple, virtually-created servers that are private and can function independently, a VPS is able to replicate the environment of a dedicated server and offer the same benefits that a dedicated server offers and at a much lesser price. A VPS, regardless of its type, proves to be a cheaper yet effective alternative to a dedicated server. Before we elaborate on its types, let us quickly run you through some of the benefits of using a Virtual Private Server.
How Can You Benefit by Opting for a VPS?
Since a VPS is able to offer the environment of a dedicated server to each of the websites hosted in a shared server environment, there are some major benefits that it has to offer. A few of those benefits are being mentioned below –
Value-for-money hosting solution, as it provides a cheaper alternative to a dedicated server
Dedicated server resources
Enhanced site speed
Peak site performance
Dedicated server space
Augmented site security
Dedicated IP address
Flexibility to customize the server by installing own software and Operating System.
A VPS offers all these benefits and a VPS Hosting plan includes many features based on the chosen hosting plan. Some of these features, especially those that are part of all the VPS Hosting plans offered by HTS Hosting, which is regarded as the best Web Hosting Company, are the following –
High uptime
Seamless site availability
Powerful security
Fast page loads
User-friendly control panel
Expandable SSD
24/7 technical support
With such benefits to offer, a VPS turns out to be an excellent value-for-money hosting solution for resource-intensive sites, as well as for sites that need dedicated server resources, enhanced security, speed and top-notch performance, such as business sites.
What are the options available to you, when you look for a VPS Hosting plan? That’s next.
Two Types of VPS
You can host your website on either a Managed VPS or on a Self-managed VPS, which is also referred to as an Unmanaged VPS. HTS Hosting offers a range of efficient and highly affordable VPS Hosting plans in the form of the following –
Windows Managed VPS Hosting
Linux Managed VPS Hosting
Windows Self-managed VPS Hosting
Linux Self-managed VPS Hosting
A Managed VPS is a Virtual Private Server that is provided by, as well as is managed, kept updated and secure by the service provider. Here, the user of the VPS does not have to be bothered about its proper management and its security, which are the responsibility of the service provider. It needs to be mentioned here that HTS Hosting, as the Top Web Hosting Company, operates from its state-of-the-art, exceptionally well-managed and fully-secure data centre, HTS Data Centre. The experts at HTS Data Centre work proactively and round the clock to keep every client’s Managed VPS fully secure and perfectly managed. The reliability and the efficiency of the service that is delivered by HTS, get a tremendous boost as the services are delivered straight from its data centre.
Apart from a Managed VPS, a Virtual Private Server can be availed as a Self-managed VPS, wherein the server is provided by the service provider but is managed, kept updated and secure by the user. Here, the user of the VPS or his/her in-house team has to ensure the proper management and the security of the server, without any involvement of the service provider in this regard. This offers the user of this type of VPS, full control over the management and the security of the web server.
You can choose either of these VPS, depending on the extent of convenience that you seek in your VPS Hosting service and your capability with regard to managing and keeping your server secure. Moreover, the VPS Hosting plans for Self-managed VPS are cheaper than the plans for Managed VPS. Hence, budget is also a factor to be considered.
At HTS Hosting, you will find a wide variety of VPS Hosting plans for Managed VPS as well as for Self-managed VPS, at massively discounted prices, that offer secure and fast hosting along with powerful site performance.
Next, you will get to know the three main reasons that make a VPS a popular hosting option for business sites.
Why Should You Host Your Business Site on a VPS?
A Virtual Private Server, whether it is a Managed VPS or a Self-managed VPS, offers many benefits, which are especially beneficial for hosting a business website. Here, we shall elaborate on the three main reasons for which businesses regularly prefer to host their websites on VPS.
Less Expensive, Effective Alternative to a Dedicated Server
A Virtual Private Server offers a cheaper alternative to a dedicated server. As mentioned earlier, it offers the environment of a dedicated server (dedicated server resources, dedicated IP address, dedicated server space, server customization) to each of the sites hosted on the same web server.
By opting for a VPS, rather than a dedicated server, a business can ensure the same features and effectiveness that a dedicated server offers and at the same time save money spent on availing hosting services. That is because a VPS Hosting plan is always less expensive than a plan for availing a dedicated server. Regardless of the size of a business and the profit that it makes, every business looks for the most affordable and efficient hosting solution. A VPS Hosting plan offers both. Moreover, the VPS Hosting plans of HTS Hosting can be availed at heavily discounted prices and excel at delivering the best VPS Hosting.
Enhanced Speed, Performance and Security
Business sites need to deliver excellent user experience, in order to retain their existing customers and gain new customers. A business site cannot afford to lose its customers or asale, due to the site being down or slow or unsecure. Since a VPS is configured to deliver dedicated server resources and dedicated server space, it is unrivalled in terms of offering exceptional level of speed, performance and security. When the pages of your site load quickly and are fully secure, it succeeds in providing an excellent user experience to ensure site revisits.
With the powerfully configured and fully-secure VPS of HTS Hosting, your website will be seamlessly and securely available to site visitors and will offer the fastest page loads, to ensure that your business site never loses the opportunity to generate a sale.
Flexibility to Customize the Server
There are different types of businesses with varied hosting requirements. A VPS lets you customize your server by providing the flexibility to install your choice of software, based on your specific requirements.
The above-mentioned reasons, along with all the other benefits that a VPS has to offer, have ensured its ever-growing popularity among businesses for hosting their sites that need to load quickly, remain securely and seamlessly accessible and deliver peak performance.
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