Shared WebHosting Drawbacks

Shared Hosting drawbacks

Recently I wrote an article about Shared Hosting Benefits. Now let's talk about Shared Hosting Drawbacks

• Resources sharing
  
  The main drawback of a shared hosting is that your web applications share server's resources (cpu, bandwidth, memory, etc.) between other customers, which slows down the server.
  


• Access to server
  
  Another inconvenience is that you don't have access to server, so you can't install any application that you might need.
  


• Limited disk space, bandwidth, etc
  
  
  Disk space, bandwidth are limited on a shared hosting plan.
  


• Shared IP Address
  
  On a shared hosting plan IP Address is shared between customers, so private SSL certificates cannot be used.
  


• Limited ports
  
  Some ports that you might need are closed for security reasons.
  


• Security
  
  E-commerce web sites usually deal with credit cards, I don't recommend shared hosting for this type of operations.
  


• Overselling
  
  
  Many shared hosting providers are oversold.