For most customers I recommend shared hosting, shared hosting is Web hosting in which the service provider serves pages for multiple Web sites, each having its own Internet domain name, from a single Web server. Shared hosting has several advantages for small businesses and organisations, the biggest of which is the small costs involved. Shared hosting prices vary between provider, but typically a good shared hosting package will cost only £50 a year or less. shared hosting also has the advantage of being pre-configured which makes it simple to get a website up and running quickly without requiring much server configuration.

For customers with high traffic or e-commerce websites, something more powerful such as a dedicated server will be required. On a dedicated server instead of sharing the servers resources with other users, you are the sole user and have complete access to all the system resources and configuration. On a dedicated server you also have your own unique IP address which can be useful if you want to implement your own on site payment system. Prices for dedicated servers usually start at about £100 per month, but the extra expense is more than worthwhile for the increase in speed and control that come with a dedicated system.