The difference between the cheapest hosting and good hosting is a few thousand denars a year. That sounds like saving — until you calculate what it costs when something stops working.
What happens when the site goes down
- Calls stop — people do not call a company whose site will not open
- Google notices — a site that often goes down slowly drops in results
- Email often goes down with it — if it is on the same server
- You do not know when it happened — unless someone tells you
What you are really paying for
Not space — space is cheap. You pay for:
- Fast disks — NVMe instead of old ones
- Backups that work — daily, and that can actually be restored
- Someone who answers — when something happens on a Sunday
- A server that is not overcrowded — cheap hosts put hundreds of sites on one
The most expensive moment
A site always goes down at the worst time: in season, on Black Friday, while an ad is running. Then a few thousand denars a year look different.
One that gets forgotten
Moving hosts later is a day of work — if you have someone to do it. If the site is with someone who does not answer, it can take weeks.