How to pick the right plan
Shared vs VPS vs Managed Cloud vs Dedicated — a decision tree.
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We sell four compute products that overlap on purpose. Here's how to choose between them without reading the whole pricing page.
Pick Shared if your workload is a marketing site, a personal blog, a small WordPress install, or a static frontend. Shared is managed for you — you don't operate the OS or web server. Cheapest tier; promote to VPS when you outgrow it.
Pick VPS if you want full root access, a real Linux box, dedicated vCPU, and the freedom to run anything. Best for production apps where the engineering team is comfortable operating a server. Live resize lets you grow without re-provisioning.
Pick Managed Cloud if you want VPS-level performance but don't want to own the OS patch cycle, web server config, or scaling triggers. Frameworks supported out of the box: Next.js, Laravel, Django, Rails, FastAPI. Cost premium over a raw VPS is worth it if a sysadmin's time is more valuable than the price difference.
Pick Dedicated if you need predictable IOPS at scale, custom kernel parameters, GPUs, HSMs, or simply don't want neighbours. Provisioning is hours rather than seconds; this is the right tier for high-IOPS databases and self-managed Kubernetes clusters.
Still not sure? Email sales@vintonyhost.com with a one-paragraph description of your workload (or open a ticket) and we'll point you at the right plan within an hour.