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Originally Posted by Dave
Even if you have a low budget, it's not hard to find a cheap good working VPS these days for almost the same amount of money. Personally, I would even go for a VPS when I need to host a low traffic site, just because it's safer and I have much more control over my resources and installation. On a shared website host, I can not guarantee the safety of the website.
If the user however doesn't care about the resources and/or restrictions and the safety aspects of a shared webhost vs a VPS, then a shared webhost would be fine.
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IF I have a low budget, I probably do not have the time or expertise to spend managing the VPS, which is HUGE portion of running your own server.
Are you going to do everything by hand? PHP/MySQL updates? Are you going to have a control panel? Who is going to manage your DNS? You, your webhost?
How are you going to secure your server?
Are you okay with working on the command line?
Can you deal with an unmanaged vps?
VPS's, especially unmanaged ones, without control panels (only way its going to be _cheap_) are not safe or secure.