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Hi, what’s better for a growing website, shared hosting or VPS? I’d love to hear your experiences with both.

Shared hosting. Once your provider starts suggesting a VPS, you can pay more and move to a VPS.

I started with shared hosting and for the early stage it was completely enough - everything was simple, no need to deal with server configs, and the site ran fine; but as traffic grew I began noticing occasional slowdowns, so I switched to a VPS and the difference was noticeable right away with more stable performance and full control over the environment, plus now I’m on a setup with 24/7 support which is really helpful when something breaks, and daily offsite backups give extra peace of mind, so overall shared is a good start but moving to VPS later feels like a natural step once the project grows.