Hosting as of 2024

[Jason]

What are some current trends? What might the future look like? How does the present compare to the past? How does the hosting you have match up with this stuff?

 

[Tracy]

For me.. I will ALWAYS dump the shared hosting and invest in a VPS. There are only a VERY few shared hosting providers that I trust to give adequate performance, and none of them are major big name companies.
You get better performance from the VPS offering and if done correctly with outside email sending (Amazon SES as one example) a much more resilient system. But many choose cheap over what offers the best performance in comparison.
We all need to remember.. you get what you pay for.
For those interested in getting away from shared hosting.. I highly suggest you investigate CentMin Mod. You will ultimately need and outside transactional email provider... but for $10 more a month you can host your own VPS instance also using something like Mail-in-a-box or similar.

If using XenForo... I'll be more than happy to answer questions here. Realize... I spend more time on my site and trying to obtain content for it, but I do check in semi-regularly as time allows. Currently I am out traveling in the RV investigating dark sites and generating content for my main website as time allows. And since I only have cellular access which is regularly Verizon slow, my response times may be slower. It doesn't help that my aged self tripped over a root and I destroyed my Surface Book in a drop and in my stupidity forgot to bring a spare PC so my interface is restricted to a stupid phone.

 

[Jason]

It doesn't help that my aged self tripped over a root and I destroyed my Surface Book in a drop and in my stupidity forgot to bring a spare PC so my interface is restricted to a stupid phone.

It's surprising, though, that for XenForo you can manage the software from a phone, even though you can't install stuff.

 

[Nomad]

I will ALWAYS dump the shared hosting and invest in a VPS

When I started, I started with shared hosting, and I always though to upgrade once my websites start getting good traffic and once I am financially capable of buying better hosting. However, 10 years on, I never reached that point and I sadly I am still with shared hosting. Thankfully I never have had any issues with my hosting. I am with Namecheap.

 

[Jason]

When I started, I started with shared hosting, and I always though to upgrade once my websites start getting good traffic and once I am financially capable of buying better hosting. However, 10 years on, I never reached that point and I sadly I am still with shared hosting. Thankfully I never have had any issues with my hosting. I am with Namecheap.

I don't think you really need a VPS unless huge traffic forces you. I think some people get a VPS when they don't need it, because they are techie type people and it makes them feel like they're on the edge.