{"id":1054,"date":"2025-12-28T20:53:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T19:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/?post_type=manual_kb&#038;p=1054"},"modified":"2026-02-13T10:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:06:19","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-shared-hosting-and-elastic-web-hosting","status":"publish","type":"manual_kb","link":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/what-is-the-difference-between-shared-hosting-and-elastic-web-hosting\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between shared hosting and Flexible Hosting?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order for your website to see the light of day and appear on the Internet, you need hosting, which is a service that allows you to place your website files on a continuously working server to which all visitors will connect. This is a key element for your website and it is worth thinking carefully about which hosting to choose before making a decision. And there is a lot to choose from, as the market offers several solutions. Today, we&#8217;re going to take a look at and compare two in detail: Shared Hosting and Flexible Hosting in mybox.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_86 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/what-is-the-difference-between-shared-hosting-and-elastic-web-hosting\/#What_is_shared_hosting\" >What is shared hosting?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/what-is-the-difference-between-shared-hosting-and-elastic-web-hosting\/#What_is_Flexible_Hosting\" >What is Flexible Hosting?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/what-is-the-difference-between-shared-hosting-and-elastic-web-hosting\/#Comparison_of_Shared_Hosting_and_Flexible_Hosting\" >Comparison of Shared Hosting and Flexible Hosting<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/what-is-the-difference-between-shared-hosting-and-elastic-web-hosting\/#Summary\" >Summary<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_shared_hosting\"><\/span><strong>What is shared hosting?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a form of hosting service in which multiple websites are hosted on a single server. In this configuration, server resources such as storage space, processing power, and RAM are shared between different clients, making it a more economical option that can nevertheless affect performance in the event of a heavier load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"mybox-3011629880\" class=\"mybox-content mybox-entity-placement\"><div class=\"early-access-banner-inpost\">\r\n  <div class=\"banner-left-inpost\">\r\n    <div class=\"icon-box-inpost\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/square-info-icon.svg\" alt=\"Info\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"text-box-inpost\">\r\n      <span class=\"label-inpost\"><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Early access<\/span><\/span>\r\n      <h4><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Still need help?<\/span><\/h4>\r\n      <p><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Contact our customer service team.<\/span><\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"banner-right-inpost\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/panel.mybox.com\/helpdesk2\/v\/list\/\" class=\"banner-button-inpost\"><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Message us<\/span><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The advantage of this solution is the affordable price and management of the service by the administrators of the hosting company. They should also take care of your website&#8217;s backups. By choosing this service, you can immediately get to work and launch your website, because the whole environment is ready. In addition, you also get access to the administration panel. Depending on the company, there are licensed or proprietary panels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In shared hosting, the data of up to hundreds of users can be stored on one server! This is very problematic, because what happens to one user is not without influence on others. When there is increased traffic to your &#8220;neighbor&#8217;s&#8221; website, you may experience problems with the availability of your website because the load on the server you share increases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To reduce such situations, shared hosting introduces so-called security parameters, i.e. limits on the resources allocated to individual users. Limitations can be different and concern, for example, the number of files on the server, the memory used by all processes, the number of requests to the SQL server at a given time, etc. This is to force a fairer distribution. Unfortunately, as a result, you won&#8217;t even know when your website reaches the limit and gets blocked. With shared hosting, you have virtually no way to react to this situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only way out is to buy a higher package with more resources and keep it &#8220;just in case&#8221;, even if your website usually needs less. And here comes the eternal question: how many resources does my website need? As you can see, in shared hosting, for security, you have to aim higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Flexible_Hosting\"><\/span><strong>What is Flexible Hosting?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a unique solution offered by mybox.com. It works well for companies and individuals at every stage of their development. Flexible Hosting will stay with you and your business for years. Why? Because you can automatically increase the resources available to your website as it grows or even as you demand momentarily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You start with the guaranteed parameters, i.e 6 GHz CPU, 4 GB RAM and 25 GB SSD, which belong exclusively to you (similar to a dedicated server (you can read more about this solution in the article What is the difference between a dedicated server and Flexible Hosting?). They will meet the needs of most websites at the initial and slightly further stages of development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re just starting out and think that Flex Box is too much for you, you can take advantage of the One Box offer. Once your website grows, you can switch to Flexible Hosting at any time, with the ability to scale resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And what if you exceed these values? Remember what happened in this case in shared hosting? Yes, there were problems with the accessibility of the website. In the case of Flexible Web Hosting, there is no such possibility. Our guaranteed parameters are not safety parameters! If you exceed them, the elastic scaling option will automatically allocate you additional resources \u2013 similar to cloud computing. This will keep your website running smoothly. When demand decreases, the resources allocated will also be reduced (something that the cloud does not offer). Their use is settled on an hourly basis. Therefore, you only pay for the resources actually used, which are adjusted to your needs in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By choosing Flex Box, you don&#8217;t have to buy a package that defines the amount of resources needed or the number of visitors in advance. All you have to do is start flexible scaling and top up your pre-paid account, from which funds will be charged for additional resources. You are billed for them only at the moment of their launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s one thing we have in common with shared hosting &#8211; Flexible Hosting is fully managed by mybox.com admins and lets you get your website up and running right away. In addition, along with the service, you get access to a proprietary administration panel. We have been creating this solution over the years, listening to the opinions and suggestions of our customers to give you a tool tailored to your needs. Its intuitiveness makes service management a pleasure. We invite you to learn more about the possibilities of the mybox panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Comparison_of_Shared_Hosting_and_Flexible_Hosting\"><\/span><strong>Comparison of Shared Hosting and Flexible Hosting<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-5\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-5\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><th class=\"column-2\"><center><strong>Shared hosting<\/strong><\/center><\/th><th class=\"column-3\"><center><strong>mybox<\/strong><\/center><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Panel<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><center>yes<\/center><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><center>yes<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Active right after order<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><center>yes<\/center><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><center>yes<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Managed by admin team of hosting provider<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><center>yes<\/center><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><center>yes<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ability to scale resources<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><center>no<\/center><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><center>yes<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Limits on parameteres<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><center>yes (low)<\/center><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><center>no<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-5 from cache -->\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Summary\"><\/span>Summary<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flexible Hosting is a service that is better able to adapt to the changing situation of the Client than shared hosting. As the site grows, or when there is a sudden increase in load, your website will remain available. This is a key difference that can determine the fate of your business and the trust your visitors will have in you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The situation is different if you decide to choose Flexible Hosting. This solution is the most universal of all. It offers resource scaling, administrator, and high guaranteed parameters. It combines the advantages of shared hosting, dedicated server and cloud computing to change the way you think about hosting and its choice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","manualknowledgebasecat":[17,25],"manual_kb_tag":[701,702,288,291,600,677,680,682,685,700],"class_list":["post-1054","manual_kb","type-manual_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","manualknowledgebasecat-elastic-web-hosting","manualknowledgebasecat-hosting","manual_kb_tag-dedicated-server","manual_kb_tag-hosting-comparison","manual_kb_tag-web-hosting","manual_kb_tag-scalable-hosting","manual_kb_tag-elastic-scaling","manual_kb_tag-cloud-computing","manual_kb_tag-flexible-hosting","manual_kb_tag-resource-scaling","manual_kb_tag-managed-hosting","manual_kb_tag-shared-hosting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/1054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/manual_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/1054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3907,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/1054\/revisions\/3907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=1054"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=1054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}