If you’re experiencing performance issues then, sharing your server’s resources with other people might not be the best idea. Your website will be noticeably faster if you host it on a VPS. And we really do mean noticeably. It is said that the website loading time is improved by at least 300% if they are hosted on a VPS.

If when you switch to a VPS it is properly configured and protected, it will be far more secure than a shared hosting account. Unlike a shared hosting plan, your virtual private server is private to you and only you. With a VPS, the chances of someone accessing your data are limited, unless you grant them the access. When it comes to shared hosting, in case of a security breach or infection on any of the other sites hosted there, all the other sites will most probably be infected as well. So if you’re a growing business with important, confidential information, switching now would be best.

Shared hosting has a limited number of visitors it can handle on one site. One you’re really tipping the limits in visitors, you may notice that your site starts cutting visitors off sometimes. This may also be followed by warnings from your host that you are hogging too much resources.

Some shared hosting plans place limits on the amount of bandwidth that your site can use per month. The more visitors you are getting, the more bandwidth is taken up.

If you see that you are using up your monthly allocation well before time, you urgently need to find a better hosting plan!

When your business needs change and you require complete control over your web hosting account to perform more advanced actions (eg. installing desired software, creating, deleting or suspending your cPanel account or setting permissions whenever you wish to) then, you need to switch to VPS as you get root access control with these hosting plans which is absent in shared server hosting.