What is Unlimited Hosting?

Unlimited hosting, it sounds amazing. For less than $10 a month you can get all the bandwidth and memory you would ever need. Why bother buying expensive dedicated hosting (which can go for $50 to $70 a month) when you can get unlimited storage?

If it’s starting to sound too good, then you’re right.

Let’s say it right now, unlimited hosting is not unlimited. There are heavy restrictions on the amount of hosting space you get and on what your website can and cannot have. Now, if you follow these rules, it is very unlikely that you will surpass your alloted server space, but you should still watch out. If your website grows too large your host just may cut it from their servers.

So, what restrictions are placed on your website? Do you like music? Do you like movies? Do you like games? I hope you don’t plan to add them to your page, because adding such memory-heavy files will get you banned from your host.

What these unlimited hosts are planning on is that you use very little memory or bandwidth. For most websites, this will be the truth. Most websites use very little memory until they start expanding or gain a loyal fanbase.

Does this mean you should avoid unlimited hosts like the plague? No, it doesn’t. Unlimited hosts have their place in the digital world, you just have to plan yourself, and your website, accordingly.

Unlimited hosts are meant mostly for smaller websites. If your website is starting up, or if you are planning to make a website that doesn’t require much resources, using unlimited hosts will help you out. It’s a waste to get dedicated hosting if you are just beginning.

However, if you plan to make a large website with memory-heavy files, then you can’t use unlimited hosting. You will quickly eat up your ambiguous storage space and will lose your hosted status.

When looking for an unlimited host, look for all the same things you would with any other host. You still need FTP access, scripting support and reliability. Unlimited hosts can supply this, as long as you research your host appropriately.