This document has been prepared by the BrandLoom technical team with the experience of creating and maintaining hundreds of websites for the last seven years.
| Shared Server (godaddy) | Cloud Server | |
| Server Type | Single server shared by multiple businesses in separate folders in separate accounts. | Multiple servers in single/multiple locations host your website. |
| What you get | No specifics. Example – Unlimited Websites Unlimited bandwidth Means unreliable service. Good for development. Unable to handle any traffic. | You get what you pay for Example – 3 websites100,000 monthly page views |
| Resources | Limited Resources are shared by multiple websites. | Resources paid for are exclusively yours |
| Staging features | There is no staging option for testing before going live. | It has staging feature which allow us to create new clone for testing and development |
| Page load speed | Cannot be controlled. Typical page load times are 5-15 seconds It deteriorates further with increased traffic. | Page load speeds of less than 4 seconds can be achieved. |
| Scalability | If traffic to the website increases suddenly, it may be challenging to handle impulsive shifts in traffic. | It has the capacity to manage a sudden change in traffic, which makes it dependable and effective. |
| Availability | It is difficult to make it available to every user at once due to its low uptime capacity. Note : It also effect on website speed making it less browser friendly | It has many servers, so if the current server fails, it instantly switches to the next available server, ensuring that there is no downtime. |
| Pricingppp Pricing | Inexpensive. | Somewhat expensive. |
| Support | Minimal. For basics like server outage. Limited knowledgebase. | Advanced. Detailed knowledge base. Instant chat with technical/billing support. Help in isolation of web app as well as server issues. |
| Security | Self managed | Need to be managed. But support is available for isolation of problems. |
| Use | For website development / parking purposes | Future ready for production |
