Is it better to pay monthly for a server from a web hosting company or buy your own server when starting a website?

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asked Jun 29, 2017 in Web Hosting by Tolby (180 points)
Is it better to pay monthly for a server from a web hosting company or buy your own server when starting a website?

For starting a website should I rent a shared hosting server from a web host or should I buy my own web server?

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answered Jun 29, 2017 by Jodie (35,100 points)
If you're just starting the website then you only need a shared web server at the start.

A dedicated server would only be needed if you need to customize stuff on the server for your website to run correctly and you have a lot of website visitors.

Make sure you know how to handle a web server and operate one as they're much more complicated than hosting a website on a shared server where everything is taken care of.

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