Shared hosting and VPS hosting both run WordPress beautifully — until they don't. The difference isn't quality, it's control: shared gives you a managed slice of a tuned server, while a VPS reserves CPU and memory that nobody else can touch.
Stay on shared if…
Your site gets under ~30,000 visits a month, runs a blog, portfolio, brochure site, or a small store, and you'd rather we handled updates, caching, and security. Shared is faster to launch and far easier to run.
Move to VPS when you see these signs
Traffic spikes that slow checkout, background jobs (imports, reports, CRMs) fighting visitors for CPU, or a developer asking for root access — that's your cue.
Other triggers: staging environments you can't risk on production, custom software like Node.js services or Docker containers, and compliance needs that demand isolation from other tenants.
The cost math surprises people
Our VPS starts at $39.59/month — just $10 more than shared. If slow pages cost you even one sale a month, the upgrade has already paid for itself. And scaling is live: add RAM during a launch, drop back down after.
Still unsure? Send us your traffic numbers and we'll recommend a size honestly — including telling you to stay on shared when that's the right call.