Bare metal hosting: when an entire physical machine is genuinely the right answer, and the trade-offs nobody mentions.
Dedicated servers give complete control of a physical machine to one tenant, which is useful for applications with specific performance needs. They are significantly more expensive and difficult to maintain than other options, but are worth considering for demanding workloads such as large databases.
This section compares benefits and challenges of using dedicated servers, and outlines which applications are best suited for this type of hosting.
Covers: When bare metal is worth it, and when it is not
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A server advertised at $150 a month doesn't necessarily cost $150 a month to operate. Setup fees, control panel licensing, backups, bandwidth and your own time all sit outside the headline price. Here's what the three-year total really looks like.
August 30, 2026 · 14 min read
