Hosting pages love jargon. Shared, unlimited, business, WordPress, reseller: it's not obvious what the difference is, and the plan names don't help. Here's a plain-language guide to the main types, who each one is for, and how to tell when you've outgrown yours.
Shared hosting
What it is: your website lives on a powerful server alongside other customers' sites. Each account gets its own allocation of CPU, RAM and storage, and the server's cost is shared, which is why it's affordable.
Who it's for: most small business websites, portfolios, personal sites and small blogs. If your site has a few pages, a contact form and some email accounts, shared hosting is all you need.
What you get with us: cPanel, free SSL, email on your domain, one-click WordPress and weekly backups on LiteSpeed SSD servers in Karachi. See the web hosting plans.
Unlimited hosting
What it is: still shared hosting, but with the disk, bandwidth, email and database caps removed, and more CPU and RAM per account.
Who it's for: online stores, busy blogs, and anyone running several websites on one account. It's also the plan we suggest when a Budget customer starts hitting their limits.
"Unlimited" never means infinite server power, and any host that says otherwise is stretching the truth. What it does mean is that you won't be stopped by storage or bandwidth limits under normal use.
WordPress hosting
What it is: hosting set up specifically for WordPress, with LiteSpeed caching, generous resources and tools that make installing, updating and restoring WordPress easy.
Who it's for: anyone whose site runs on WordPress, especially with WooCommerce, page builders or lots of plugins. We wrote a full guide to WordPress hosting in Pakistan if you want the details. Plans are on the WordPress hosting page.
Business hosting
What it is: semi-dedicated hosting. Your account sits on a server with far fewer accounts than normal shared hosting, so you get more consistent performance.
Who it's for: corporate websites and online businesses where downtime or a slow afternoon costs real money. See business hosting.
Reseller hosting
What it is: a hosting account you can split into many separate cPanel accounts, one per client, managed from WHM. You set the limits and bill your clients however you like. Your clients never see our name.
Who it's for: web designers, developers, SEO agencies and software houses that build websites for clients and want to host them too. See reseller hosting.
Quick guide
| If you… | Choose |
|---|---|
| Need a simple business site or portfolio | Shared hosting |
| Run a store, a busy blog or several sites | Unlimited hosting |
| Run WordPress with plugins or WooCommerce | WordPress hosting |
| Need stable performance for a corporate site | Business hosting |
| Build and host sites for clients | Reseller hosting |
Signs you've outgrown your plan
- Pages load slowly at busy times, even though the site is light.
- You keep getting warnings about disk, email or database limits.
- Your admin panel or checkout feels sluggish.
- You're adding a second or third website.
Upgrading is easy and you don't lose anything: same account, more room. If you're not sure where you stand, send us your domain and we'll look at your usage and tell you honestly whether you need to upgrade at all.
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