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Choosing a web host in 2026: shared, VPS, or managed?

A pragmatic decision matrix for picking a hosting tier, with realistic numbers on bandwidth, uptime, and the actual cost of "free" features.

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Placeholder body — replace with the final draft. The decision matrix below is the skeleton for the editorial pass.

Shared, VPS, or managed?

Shared hosting wins on price but caps you at 99.9% SLAs and shared CPU. VPS gives root access and predictable resources at 2–4× the cost. Managed cloud abstracts ops away but charges a premium of 20–40% for the convenience.

What "unlimited bandwidth" really means

It means soft-capped, with traffic spikes throttled at the load balancer. Read the AUP before committing — that's where the actual ceiling lives.

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