| Feature
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Web Hosting
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VPS Hosting
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Cloud
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| Backup
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same datacenter / daily or weekly
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same datacenter / immediately using mysql binlog
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different datacenter + tapes (e.g. Amazon Glacier) / immediately using mysql binlog
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| Custom PHP
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usually not, sometimes php logs available for fee
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php plug-ins, increased memory limits, php logs, etc...
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same as VPS
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| Testing / deployment
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not possible
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limited to home copy
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possibility to duplicate machine and test on live data
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| Monitoring
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limited but 24x7 in price of hosting
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must by external services or another VPS
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for small fee even in different datacenter (eg. CloudWatch, Route 53)
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| Load balancing / High Availability
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not supported
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not supported
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relatively cheap in small scenarios compare to traditional hardware
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| DDos Protection
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sometimes included
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almost never (CloudFlare recommended)
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very basic (CloudFlare recommended)
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| Price
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from 2 USD per month
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10 USD per month + support + monitoring + services (dns, backups...)
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may vary, 10 USD simple VPS + bandwidth + services (on Amazon usually backups, monitoring is very cheap, in cents for smaller company) + support
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| Usage
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WordPress / 1 product e-shop / Company presentation
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Small e-shop, small projects
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Larger e-shop, projects where outage can cause large income drop
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