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Difference Between Cloud Hosting and VPS Hosting [Cloud Hosting vs VPS Hosting]

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Lokesh Joshi
Difference Between Cloud Hosting and VPS Hosting [Cloud Hosting vs VPS Hosting]

Well, both terms are used for hosting purposes, however, there are some differences you can understand by n number of examples. In simple terms, the basic concept of Cloud and VPS hosting is the same but when we talk about Flexibility, Reliability and Availability then cloud hosting is preferred. Cloud-hosted websites or web applications can be accessed from any location at any time.


Cloud vs VPS Hosting


With the help of various cloud resources, Cloud Hosting makes websites and applications accessible. VPS stands for Virtual Private Server, and VPS is a unit of hosting. When points come to privacy as well as performance in that case VPS hosting is a better choice as compared to shared hosting. VPS hosting is also known as the private cloud as well as private cloud hosting. Cloud hosting is also known as Virtual Machine. Cloud hosting has already achieved an amazing level of success in a very short time.


The below bullets will clarify your concept about both term Cloud and VPS hosting.


1. In VPS hosting(Virtual Private Server) is hosted on only one physical server, whereas in Cloud hosting cloud server is hosted on multiple physical servers.

2. Maximum scalability and high availability are there in cloud hosting as compared to VPS hosting.

3. Cloud hosting is more costly as compared to VPS hosting. Because in cloud hosting we are paying for hardware, complex networking, and many other activities. While with VPS we only pay for what we use.

4.  VPS hosting is more secure than cloud hosting, because in VPS hosting all of the files are private and inaccessible to other users.

5.  VPS hosting is less efficient as compared to cloud hosting as VPS allocated only a specified amount of resources to every client.

6.  Cloud hosting is more flexible to use as compared to VPS hosting.

7.  Cloud hosting is faster and provides better performance as compared to VPS hosting, whereas VPS hosting provides only a fixed level of performance.

8. VPS hosting provides complete control over your computer, here you are free to use it as you want, while it is not possible with cloud hosting.

9. There are lots of advantages of cloud hosting such as here you can get unlimited storage and no ties to a specific piece of hardware while it is not done with VPS hosting.


Hope it will help you.


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