[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"post-hosting-wspoldzielony-czy-vps-en":3},{"cover_image":4,"excerpt":5,"id":6,"pinned":7,"published_at":8,"severity":9,"slug":10,"tags":11,"title":15,"updated_at":8,"body":16},"","A WooCommerce shop, a WordPress blog, a Node app? When shared hosting is enough and when a VPS pays off – no marketing, just specifics.",1,false,"2026-08-26T19:45:32Z","info","hosting-wspoldzielony-czy-vps",[12,13,14],"hosting","vps","wordpress","Shared hosting or a VPS – how to pick the right server for your site","The question we hear most often at support is \"hosting or VPS?\". The answer depends on three things: what you run, how much traffic you have and who administers it.\n\n## Shared hosting – when it just has to work\n\nOn shared hosting we maintain the server, PHP, database, backups and security updates. You get a panel to add domains and mailboxes and install WordPress in one click.\n\nPick hosting if:\n\n- you run a company site, blog or shop with up to a few thousand visits a day,\n- you use PHP (WordPress, WooCommerce, PrestaShop, Joomla, Laravel),\n- you do not want to administer a server or track OS updates.\n\nAt Hosteam every plan runs on NVMe storage with per-account CPU\u002FRAM limits, so neighbours never slow your site down.\n\n## VPS – when you need your own system\n\nA VPS is a virtual server with its own operating system, root access and guaranteed resources. Install anything: Node.js, Python, Docker, your own database or a game server.\n\nPick a VPS if:\n\n- your application is not \"a regular PHP site\" (Node, Python, Go, .NET, containers),\n- you need custom web server, cache or queue configuration,\n- traffic is unpredictable and you want to scale with a slider,\n- someone will handle OS updates and security (or you want to learn).\n\n## When to move from hosting to a VPS\n\nSigns hosting is getting too small:\n\n1. The site regularly hits the CPU limit shown in the panel.\n2. You need Redis\u002FElasticsearch or a background process.\n3. The shop sees more than ~10k visits a day at peak.\n\nThe move does not have to be a leap – we help migrate the site, and on the VPS you can install an admin panel to simplify daily tasks.\n\n## Summary\n\n| | Shared hosting | VPS |\n|---|---|---|\n| Administration | us | you |\n| Any software | no (PHP) | yes |\n| Scaling | change plan | CPU\u002FRAM\u002Fdisk slider |\n| Starting price | lower | higher |\n\nStill unsure? Send us a description of the project – we will advise, and if after a month it turns out to be the wrong pick, we will move you to the other option."]