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so glad to have you here! In today’s video we’re going to break down everything there is to know
about WordPress Cloud Hosting. Plus, I’m including our picks for the top 3 providers of 2021.
So get comfortable, and let’s jump right in! If you’re already using a cloud hosting provider,
take a second and let me know which one in the comment below!
If you’re not sure what WordPress Cloud hosting is, don’t worry. I’ll simplify it
for you without all of the fancy developer-speak. So WordPress hosting is WordPress specific. It is
geared towards those who use WordPress- AKA the world's most popular content management system.
What do we mean when we say a website is hosted on Cloud? It’s when the hosting
provider keeps all of the data of a certain website on multiple virtual servers, which may
be deployed on different physical servers. This is quite different from the more
traditional style of web hosting, which stores data on a single physical server.
For more information on the different types of hosting, make sure to check out this video.
Now, how exactly does cloud hosting work? Well, let’s take a look.
In this image, you can see how cloud hosting takes two physical servers and virtualizes them
into multiple servers. Information connected to a website is spread out amongst them.
This army of virtual servers in turn acts as a network that can pull
necessary information more dynamically. This whole system is more reliable,
as it does not depend on a physical server. It allows a lot of administrative flexibility
and independence, thanks to containerization. The cloud system can also automatically move your
virtual server into another physical server. Now that you understand what WordPress Cloud
hosting is, you may be wondering “is this the right fit for me?”. As this style of hosting is
becoming one of the most popular options—and for good reason; we’ll get into all the pros
in a second, who exactly is it best suited for? To be honest, it’s for anyone who wants the best
of all worlds when it comes to hosting, as it combines high-quality services with affordable
pricing. This makes it an absolute must for agencies, a fantastic option for freelancers and
developers, and it is also becoming increasingly popular for just about all website owners.
To better understand why, let’s look at all the pros of cloud hosting,
and of course consider the cons too. But first, you may be wondering: “So,
there are cloud providers like AWS, GCloud, or Azure, I should get hosting from them.”
But, it’s not that simple. They’ll provide you with an OS-level
environment, and virtualized hardware resources like vCPU. But, in order to set up WordPress,
you still need to set up PHP, the web server, database, and other dependencies. But
what’s the solution to avoid doing the full setup and configurations yourself? Instead of general
Cloud hosting, go for WordPress cloud hosting. This provides the set up of all these environments
through managed/automated hosting. Then you can sit back and relax.
Now, let’s dive into the pros of WP Cloud hosting.
Number one on the pro list, is of course what everyone looks for and expects - “demands”*
in a website. Speed. As mentioned above, cloud hosting uses a network of virtual servers rather
than a physical one. This means your site can pull all the information it needs faster. And,
without the risk of downtime due to crashes. Connected to the first point, the second
advantage is load balancing. Cloud load balancing works by distributing workloads
and resources within a cloud environment. This spreads the traffic load coming to
your website across multiple virtual local area networks. As a result,
your website will be able to handle high traffic, without losing speed. Number three
in our list of pros is scalability. This refers to the cloud hosting service’s capacity to scale—and
then adjust—the resources needed for your website. It is much easier and faster to scale in the cloud
rather than in the physical server. This is because the latter would
involve manually adding RAM or hard disks to the server, and could take weeks to do.
Since scaling can be done faster in the cloud, your website can continue to function optimally,
welcoming all the new visitors! The connectivity between
your server and your user base will impact your website’s speed and performance. And
the benefit of cloud is you can easily transfer your website from one data center to another.
This brings us to our next pro: data centers. Most cloud hosting providers offer a network
of data center locations across the globe. This connects your website to
different areas—and therefore, audiences. So when a visitor from...let’s say...
Australia wants to check out your awesome website, the info will be transferred with
the help of the closest data center. And hey, it may even impact your
website’s reach and bring in more traffic. Not too shabby, right mate?
And we of course need to speak about security. What good is it to spend
time and money on a beautiful website, if it’s not gonna be safe? Cloud hosting comes
to the rescue in a couple of different ways. First, its use of multiple virtual servers
significantly reduces the risk of attack. And should your server ever fall victim to one,
the content will simply be generated from a different virtual server, and be shielded. As
an added bonus, this means no downtime for your website! And finally. With shared hosting many
websites reside on a single web server like a chaotic cluster of neighbors. Cloud hosting,
on the other hand, keeps neighbors separated. This way, security issues that may happen to them
will not automatically affect your website. Because loving thy neighbor doesn’t mean you
have to go down with their sinking ship! And our final pro is perhaps one of the most important:
flexible pricing. With all of the advantages WordPress cloud hosting brings to the table,
you may assume it’s on the pricier side. However, the virtualization method reduces:
operating costs, space requirements, and server energy consumption.
This contributes to keeping hosting costs to a minimum. Remember when I said
cloud hosting combines the best of all worlds? I wasn’t messing around.
Honestly, the disadvantages of WordPress Cloud Hosting are few and far between.
While it’s not free, it is affordable, and offers so much! It is important to note that
not all plans are created equal. Some can include hidden costs, which you may only
become aware of after signing up. So just make sure to go with a reputable hosting provider
to reap all the benefits...without digging further into your wallet.
Now that we’ve gone through all of the advantages of WordPress cloud hosting,
you may be thinking. The next step is choosing the best WordPress Cloud Hosting provider, and
lucky for you, I’ve summed up the top 3 options. Coming in at number one is 10Web of course! 10Web
is an Automated WordPress Platform powered by Google Cloud. 10Web benefits from the platform’s
‘premium tier’ network, which delivers traffic over Google’s highly reliable global network.
This results in the fast and secure transport of your website’s data.
Remember when I mentioned the importance of data centers in providing a great user experience?
And attracting new audiences? 10Web has got you covered with 12 data centers—yes, 12 —distributed
across four continents. Meaning your website is ready for long-distance relationships with global
audiences, whether they be from Canada, Australia, Japan, and…...you get the picture. 10Web’s
state-of-the-art infrastructure also includes: 99.9% uptime guarantee for your website,
high-capacity SSD storage—since we know too much is never enough,
advanced caching that will help get your website ranking higher on Google,
and of course elastic scaling. 10Web uses elastic scaling to adapt and adjust resources
to meet traffic spikes, and charges only $2 at the end of the billing month for
every extra 10,000 visitors or 5GB SSD storage. And that’s not all. 10Web differs from other
hosting providers by being an Automated WordPress Platform.
This makes it especially well suited for agencies due to its
time-saving nature that prioritizes optimization. What do the automated features include? You can:
migrate your existing website to 10Web’s platform automatically without any loss of data,
manage your websites automatically from our intuitive dashboard,
automate hosting services such as caching, staging, scheduled backups, security scans,
and free SSL certificates. And last but certainly not least,
10Web guarantees a 90+ PageSpeed Score for both desktop and mobile.
And remember when I mentioned affordability as a surprising advantage of WordPress Cloud hosting?
With 10Web, our agency plan results in just $6 per website, and gets you white labeling,
VIP support, and allows 400,000 monthly visitors plus 50 GB storage space.
At 10Web, we believe the proof is in the pudding,
so we encourage you to try out our 14-day no-credit card free trial,
linked below. See for yourself the world of difference automation brings!
Next up on our list of the top WordPress Cloud hosting providers is Kinsta.
Kinsta is a managed WordPress hosting provider best suited for business websites.
It offers hosting that is powered on Google Cloud, also benefiting from the “premium tier network”.
Kinsta takes the security of your website very seriously, monitoring and securing websites 24/7.
While it doesn’t guarantee an automatic speed score, Kinsta uses state-of-the-art
technology that results in a fast website. It also offers: sufficient SSD storage, a 99.9%
uptime guarantee, and a user-friendly dashboard. When it comes to migration,
Kinsta offers one or more migration credits, depending on your plan. Once you use up the
migration credits your plan allows, you must pay $100 for every additional migration.
In terms of scalability, every request is handled by an idle resource that has capacity,
which in this case is RAM or CPU. But perhaps one of the greatest
features of Kinsta is the fact that it has 28 data centers around the world. And we know that
results in a great user experience—globally. Pricing-wise, Kinsta plans range from $30
to $1500, with their business plan starting at $50 a website. This plan
allows 100,000 visitors, and 30 GB disk space. As far as managed WordPress hosting providers,
Kinsta is a fantastic option for businesses we are happy to feature in our list.
And that brings us to our final pick for the 2021 best WordPress Cloud Hosting providers.
We’re wrapping things up with WP Engine. WP Engine is the leading managed WordPress hosting provider,
a great option especially for developers. In 2019 WP Engine became the first WordPress
Digital Experience Platform, or DXP, to offer Next Generation hardware from Google Cloud Platform.
This significantly improved the performance and speed of hosted websites.
WP Engine also uses: a proprietary caching system, a fully-managed content delivery
network, and scalable architecture to further fulfill their need for speed.
WP Engine uses proactive multi-layered security measures to ensure the safety of
your site. These include automatic WordPress updates to combat vulnerable site code,
database containment, and intelligent brute force prevention and blacklisting.
WP Engine has 11 Google data center locations, but a few are reserved only for upgraded pricing.
It allows you to migrate one website with the starting plan,
which must be done through a plugin. In terms of plans, they range from $25 for
managed hosting, to $291.67 for secure hosting. Their business plan starts at roughly $9.60
a website, which allows you 100,000 monthly visitors and 20 GB storage.
Both Kinsta and WP Engine are fantastic managed WordPress Cloud hosting providers.
But, they simply cannot compete with the automated system and services 10Web brings to the table,
its extremely affordable pricing, and of course, its guaranteed 90+ PageSpeed Score.
All right everyone, this is all you need to know about WordPress Cloud hosting with our
top three provider picks. I hope you enjoyed this video. For more awesome content just like
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