{"id":35006,"date":"2021-09-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/?p=35006"},"modified":"2022-09-22T17:14:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T09:14:49","slug":"managed-vs-unmanaged-vps-hosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/vps-hosting\/managed-vs-unmanaged-vps-hosting","title":{"rendered":"Managed VPS Hosting vs Unmanaged VPS Hosting"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35006\" class=\"elementor elementor-35006\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35313a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35313a2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec7ff12\" data-id=\"ec7ff12\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81dc5ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"81dc5ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Managed VPS Hosting<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a392823 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a392823\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A fully managed VPS is a virtual private server that allows you to take an unattended approach. Your hosting company will handle the technical work to ensure that the VPS can provide the required features and virus and spam protection without any work from you. They will also handle maintenance, troubleshooting and software installation, saving you time and ensuring that the work is done with the help of experts.<\/span><\/p><p>Pros:<\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Save time<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Need no IT expertise<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensures OS updates are completed<\/span><\/li><li>Ensures changes are made correctly<\/li><\/ul><p>Cons:\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cost more than unmanaged<\/span><\/li><li>Gives more control to an outside party (Important to use a reputable hosting provider)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d56618 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d56618\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Unmanaged VPS Hosting<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d415c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d415c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unmanaged VPS or self-hosted VPS is a virtual private server managed by the company itself. The hosting company is responsible for providing VPS, maintaining hardware, and performing system-level health checks, but VPS customers perform the remaining maintenance, monitoring, and changes.<\/span><\/p><p>Pros:<\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cost savings over managed VPS<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More control<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Less trust required<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>Cons:<\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Takes time away from the core business functions<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Requires 24\/7 IT expert on the clock<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Difficult to keep up with OS updates and patches<\/span><\/li><li>Potentially reduces the overall security and reliability if the in-house team is slow to perform updates<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-958f11f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"958f11f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Do I need VPS hosting?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a68bef0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a68bef0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each type of hosting has its own use cases. So how do you determine that you need VPS hosting? If the following conditions are met, you might be considering using VPS hosting:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your business is expanding beyond the limits of shared hosting.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You expect site visits to increase significantly in the next few months. For example, your website is designed to carry out new marketing activities or promotions, or you want to expand to other markets.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may have enough bandwidth to handle one website, but two, three? If you plan to host multiple websites in the near future, you will need more resources. Similarly, if your current shared hosting account is consuming resources, and your host asks you to consider upgrading, then it is time to consider VPS.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compared with shared hosting, your website needs better privacy and performance.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You want complete control of the server, such as custom configuration, root user access and installations where shared hosting is not available.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b5c7ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b5c7ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0To look for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/asia-vps-hosting\">cheap VPS Hosting Asia<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, kindly look into our product plans.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Managed VPS Hosting A fully managed VPS is a virtual private server that allows you to take an unattended approach. 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