| Hosting Type |
Cost |
Resources
Available |
Upgradeability |
| Shared Hosting |
$ |
Sharing resources with other users. |
Hard to upgrade to VPS, easy to upgrade to another shared hosting plan with the same web based configuration system. |
| VPS Hosting |
$$ |
Dedicated resources, much higher performance over shared hosting. |
Easy to upgrade resources. |
| VPS Dedicated |
$$$ |
Full dedicated system. |
Easy to upgrade resources. |
| Dedicated
|
$$$$ |
Full dedicated system. |
Hard to move applications from one system to antoher. |
| Colocation |
$$$$ |
Full dedicated system. |
Hard to move applications from one system to antoher. |
| Enterprise |
$$$$$$$ |
Many full dedicated systems. |
Rather difficult and takes expertise. |
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