What are the different types of hostings that exist?

[Kratika Kashyap]

What are the different types of hostings that exist?

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In web hosting industry, there is a plethora of hosting options available, depending on specific needs of clients. These can range from small scale hosting that can be limited to a single web page to more complex types of hosting such as cloud or even some of the advanced application hosting types.

Common types of hosting are shared, dedicated virtual private servers, reseller, colocation hosting, and cloud hosting. Examples of some of the distinct types of hosting are blog hosting, image hosting, or video hosting services. For better utilization of resources, users can avail clustered hosting that uses multiple servers to host same content.