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Because money makes the world go round, it all comes down to the price. Depending on your budget you can choose from three types of hosting: free, shared or dedicated / collocated.
Free or cheap hosting.
Yes, there are companies that offer disk space for free or for very small prices (eg $ 0.99 / month). They typically create a sub domain of their own domain (eg yourdomain.freehosting.org) but some web hosts even let you use your own domain name. In exchange for the free space, they will put advertisements on the top or the on other areas of your web pages. Beside advertisements, they do not typically offer a control panel for your hosting account, database server access, PHP scripting or other scripts installed. But, if you have a small, simple site and you do not care too much about reliability or performance, free web hosting may be right for you. Why pay for a limousine when you only need a small car to get from point A to point B?
Shared hosting.
It's the most common type of hosting package and it's the best choice for most of the future webmasters. You rent some space and bandwidth on a server and for a low price you get a lot of features and technical support. The offer is rich, starting from very low cost plans (around $ 5-6 per month). More expensive plans ($ 15-25) usually offer more space and more bandwidth.
Dedicated / Collocated hosting.
If your website is a critical business then it's worth spending some money on a dedicated server. The largest advantage offered by dedicated servers is that you will not have reliability problems that may occur with shared hosting if your site stays on a "crowded" server. Also, you can configure and install the dedicated server to your liking. Of course, all this comes with a price: dedicated servers usually start at around $ 100 per month. With Collocated hosting you'll actually buy the hardware on which the website is hosted, not just rent it.
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