Great guide, should be pinned

To me even though vps might not be needed ,I think vps is worth even for building simple websites because how long it takes you to build ur site on shared if the freaking thing is down all the time?

Why would it be down all the time?
There are thousands of high quality very reliable shared hosting providers out there.
Why would someone pay the extra money for VPS, in most cases a lot more money, when they don't need it?

This is some great information. VPS hosting I agree has some grey areas and some people get this confused with Reseller hosting. Not the same.

Again thank you for this post it is good to see that someone is giving good information.

Thanks for such post SwarmHost...

You mentioned right, shared hosting is for personal sites, and it is very convenient if you have multiple sites, which have small size but are very valuable for you.

Certainly, there are pro's and con's to each type of hosting. You really need to match each plan to your specific requirements, keeping in mind potential growth. Can you upgrade with your provider - from shared to VPS to Dedicated?

I would suggest if you are just starting out or you go with shared to learn the ropes of hosting.

If you have a larger site that needs it's own private space I would go with VPS or Dedicated Server.