Top 3 VPS Hosting for Blogs


Though most of the new blogs are good to go on shared hosting, if you are lucky enough to outgrow your shared hosting account, you may soon find yourself looking out for a VPS server to move your blog to. People also move over to VPS in order to give a better user experience to their audience. One thing you should be sure about while choosing a hosting plan for your blog is that it should support the systems and applications that your blogging platform would be using. And apart from the core requirements, there are few other things that will help boost the performance of your blog. So, keeping all these things in mind, here are 3 best blog VPS hosting providers that we recommend.

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1. A2 Hosting

A2 Hosting virtual servers come powered with SwiftServer Platform and optional SSD that can make your blog load 300% times faster than it would with regular VPS. It’s fully redundant cloud VPS with high available failover; so no surprise, you get a guaranteed uptime of 99.9%. They also have Guru Crew at your help 24×7 just in case you need any. There are 3 different plans to meet the varying resource needs: Power+, Prestige+, and Pinnacle+. All these plans have A2 QuickInstaller that will help you auto-install your blog (WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, etc.) in just few clicks. However, if you need root access to the server, you should go with their unmanaged VPS plans.

Specs for the cheapest blog hosting plan from A2 Hosting:

  • 2 GB RAM
  • 75 GB disk storage
  • 1000 GB data transfer
  • 4 core CPU
  • 2 dedicated IPs

2. Bluehost

Bluehost, the developer of the popular auto-installation script called SimpleScripts, has been a preferred web host for bloggers for more than a decade. But Bluehost had been offering only shared hosting accounts till mid last year (2013). Now that they have kicked off their VPS hosting plans, they have started to attract many new bloggers with their performance packed servers that come with their traditional offer of free domain, 24×7 support, and 30-day money-back guarantee. Server provisioning is instant and you can easily install blog using Mojo Marketplace. Moreover, this also gives you the flexibility of having your own dedicated server since you get full root access. They have 4 VPS plans: Standard, Enhanced, Premium and Ultimate.

Specs for the cheapest blog hosting plan from Bluehost:

  • 2 GB RAM
  • 30 GB SAN storage
  • 1 TB data transfer
  • 1 core CPU
  • 1 IP

3. Arvixe

Arvixe is another web host that has won the hearts of the blogging fraternity with their solid performance and high ethics. Their Linux VPS plans will make a good choice for your blog. The server comes installed and configured with all the major software. You can also install your custom applications since you get the admin access to the OS. For auto-installing your blogging script, you’ll find Softaculous Script Installer Pro in your control panel (cPanel). Depending upon your requirement, you can choose from any of their 2 Linux VPS plans: VPSClass and VPSClass Pro.

Specs for the cheapest blog hosting plan from Arvixe:

  • 5 GB RAM
  • 50 GB disk storage
  • Unlimited data transfer
  • 4 core CPU
  • 2 IPs

All of the above VPS are managed VPS and you’ll get the popular cPanel as your web hosting control panel. So, you can manage your account without any technical expertise, much like a shared hosting account. This will leave you with more time to dedicate to your core job – blogging, that is.

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