The short answer
Shared hosting
Choose it for a company website, a blog or a small shop. The server is run for you and costs the least.
From €0.22 / month
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Choose it when you need your own software, versions or background jobs, with reserved CPU and memory.
From €7.16 / month
See vpsManaged cloud VPS
Choose it when you want the power of a VPS but would rather our engineers look after the server.
From €7.16 / month
See managed cloud vpsDedicated server
Choose it when one machine’s full CPU, memory, disks and network port must be yours alone.
From €41.17 / month
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Side by side
| What to compare | Shared | VPS | Cloud VPS | Dedicated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How resources work | Shared with other sites on the same server, within your plan’s limits | Reserved vCPU and memory on a shared physical host | Reserved vCPU and memory, resized as you grow | The whole physical machine |
| Root or administrator access | No, you use a control panel | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Who runs the server | We do | You run your software; our engineers help with the server, network and OS | Our engineers, together with you | You, with our engineers on call for the hardware and network |
| Your own software and versions | Within what the platform supports | Anything that runs on the OS | Anything that runs on the OS | Anything, including your own virtualisation |
| Smallest plan today | 2 GB of Space | 4 vCPU Cores, 6GB, Storage: 100 GB NVMe | 4 vCPU Cores, 6GB, Storage: 100 GB NVMe | 8C/8T @ 2.5GHz, 16GB DDR2, 500GB SATA |
| Live starting price | €0.22 / month Shared Hosting | €7.16 / month VPS Hosting | €7.16 / month Cloud VPS | €41.17 / month Dedicated Servers |
| Typical use | Company sites, blogs, small stores | Apps, APIs, busy stores, bots | Growing stores and apps without a sysadmin | Large databases, heavy traffic, private clouds |
Prices are the lowest live price in each family, in EUR, +VAT 5% where applicable. Plans differ, so check the plan you buy.
Signs it is time to move up
Most sites start on shared hosting and never need more. These are the signals that you do:
- You keep hitting your plan’s limits. Resource warnings in the control panel, or pages that slow down only when traffic peaks.
- You need software the platform does not offer. A specific PHP, Node.js or database version, Docker, a queue worker or a custom port.
- Jobs must run all the time. Bots, scheduled tasks, websockets and automation tools like n8n need a VPS.
- Your VPS is busy all day. CPU close to 100% for long periods, or a database that no longer fits in memory, points to a larger VPS or a dedicated server.
- You need isolation. Some contracts or audits ask that no other customer shares your hardware: that is a dedicated server.
Not sure? The plan finder asks four questions and recommends a plan from our live catalog.
Matching plans
Hostia Lite
Free SSL, email and backups, with the server run for you.
2 GB of Space
€0.22 / month+VAT 5% where applicable
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Reserved resources and full root or administrator access.
4 vCPU Cores, 6GB, Storage: 100 GB NVMe
€7.16 / month+VAT 5% where applicable
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A whole bare-metal machine with full root access.
8C/8T @ 2.5GHz, 16GB DDR2, 500GB SATA
€41.17 / month+VAT 5% where applicable
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