Contrary to popular belief, Magento hosting is not extremely costly. As an Open Source platform, Magento can be run on a VPS server with 4 CPU cores and 16 GB RAM, which costs around $30 per month. However, this does not mean that companies paying even several thousand dollars per month for hosting are overpaying. Each case requires individual analysis.

In this article, we will divide Magento hosting into five categories and discuss their advantages and limitations.

In this category, we mainly find VPS and shared hosting services that offer no or very limited technical support. If a failure occurs, administrator response times can take several days. At this price, you cannot expect system monitoring or automatic optimizations.

This is a good solution for technically skilled users who can manage the server themselves and ensure its stability. However, there is no doubt that a Magento store can run on such resources—and run fast and smoothly.

Here, you typically pay separately for cloud resources and server management. Hosting companies specializing in Magento often provide additional services such as:

• Magento administrator support,
• Store migration to a new environment,
• Basic configuration optimization.

However, you must take care of store optimization yourself. It is worth ensuring that:

• Page load time without cache does not exceed 1.5–2 seconds,
• The store is not overloaded with unnecessary modules,
• The server is regularly profiled.

Support in this category is better but does not cover advanced issues like database bottlenecks or optimization of service communication.

The most important thing when choosing such hosting is to select a company that knows Magento and specializes in its hosting.

In this category, high-availability (HA) hosting appears. The configuration includes:

• Separate database servers (master and slave),
• Dedicated machines for Redis, Elasticsearch, and Varnish,
• A scalable architecture ensuring continuous operation.

This type of hosting minimizes downtime risks and ensures store stability and continuity. With an HA solution, you can be sure that your store's data is continuously copied between two databases. If one fails, the system automatically switches to the other, preventing prolonged downtime.

At this level, you receive:

• Multiple web servers handling traffic,
• Server and application monitoring,
• 15-minute SLA response time for critical issues.

This solution is for stores handling thousands of users simultaneously and requiring stability and guaranteed technical support.

The key difference from the previous tier is that the SLA is usually significantly better, experts can dedicate more time to assistance, and they possess deep technical expertise.

The largest e-commerce stores with global reach use advanced solutions such as:

• Dedicated frontend servers,
• Separate CDNs for each region,
• Advanced load balancing,
• Support from a dedicated account manager and technical team.

This is essential for stores generating millions in revenue and requiring guaranteed performance.