Guide · Web hosting and cloud
Managed hosting or a VPS: when each makes sense for a small business
A basic DigitalOcean Droplet costs $6 a month, a managed cloud server on Cloudways starts at $11, and managed WordPress hosting from Kinsta at $35. The cheap option comes with a job description: operating system updates, runtime upgrades, backups, firewalls, certificates and monitoring. Here's how to tell whether that job is worth it for you.
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