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Determine the right hosting specification for your website based on expected traffic, storage needs, uptime requirements, and performance targets.

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Hosting Tiers — Specs & Pricing

SpecificationSharedVPSDedicatedCloud / Serverless
Monthly Cost£5–20£20–80£80–250£10–200
Monthly VisitorsUp to 10K10K–100K100K+Auto-scales
CPUShared1–4 vCPU4–16 CPUOn-demand
RAM512 MB–1 GB2–8 GB8–64 GBAuto-managed
Storage5–20 GB20–100 GB SSD100 GB–1 TBPay-per-use
Uptime SLA99%99.5–99.9%99.9–99.99%99.95%+
SSLOften extraFree (Let’s Encrypt)IncludedIncluded
BackupsManual / extraConfigurableIncluded dailyAutomatic
Best ForBlogs, small sitesGrowing businessesHigh-traffic, regulatedModern web apps

Prices are typical UK hosting rates excluding VAT. Cloud/serverless costs scale with usage. Cloudswitched includes hosting with every web development project

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