Drawbacks of Shared Hosting

Every web project must have a solid foundation in order to successfully achieve its objectives, so the choice of the type of hosting where to host the files that make up the website is an important choice.

Shared hosting is one of the most used when it comes to hosting web pages due to its characteristics that allow obtaining good specifications, for a reduced economic cost. For small projects, new sites, blogs, or tight budgets, shared hosting is the ideal web hosting solution.

In this article, we will see what is shared hosting and what are its benefits and disadvantages when using it to host a website.

What is shared hosting

Shared hosting is a type of hosting where all the server resources are shared by the websites it hosts. The server resources are storage capacity (disk space), bandwidth, RAM, and processing power, and are shared by all the websites that are on the server.

Shared hosting servers allow different users to run independent web projects despite sharing the same hardware platform (server or server farm).

Advantages of shared hosting

There are many benefits to be obtained by hiring shared hosting to host a website. Among the main advantages of hiring this type of hosting, we have:

Economic web hosting

A shared web hosting server can contain from a few tens to thousands of web pages, which makes the price of hiring this hosting service the most economical.

Compared to other types of hosting such as dedicated hosting or VPS hosting, shared hosting is a cheaper option.

Administration and maintenance of the server

The hosting provider will take care of the administration, maintenance, and updating of the server, so the web developer or designer will not have to worry about this kind of aspect and will be able to focus on the development of his web host project. At Ilimit we offer this managed service in all our products.

Shared hosting providers include options to install content management systems easily and with just a few mouse clicks (such as WordPress, for example).

Simple management

To manage shared hosting it is not necessary to have advanced knowledge, since this type of web hosting facilitates the administration and configuration through control panels where you can do it quickly and easily. The two types of administration panels most commonly used for this type of hosting are cPanel and Plesk, which have a simple and intuitive interface from which to manage all the hosting options.

Shared hosting providers include options to install platforms, content managers, and e-commerce easily and in just a few mouse clicks (WordPress, Drupal, and PrestaShop, for example).

Customer Support

The technical support offered by shared hosting providers helps in the management and configuration of the website, receiving help when managing emails, domains, databases, and the like.

It is common for shared hosting providers to have documentation and tutorials to help solve problems or resolve doubts.

Adaptable Service

The contracting of a shared hosting service is not static and can be modified at any time if more or fewer features are needed by the website (more or less bandwidth or storage space, for example). It is therefore an adaptable system that allows you to change the contracted plan at any time to modify the conditions of the same, and to suit the current requirements of the website.

SSL Certificates

Many shared hosting plans offer the possibility of having free and self-renewable SSL certificates, such as those of the well-known Let’s Encrypt. This is an improvement in terms of site security and other services offered by the platform.