Differences between Managed Cloud Hosting and Cloud Server
Managed Cloud Hosting combines the advantages of Cloud Servers with those of web hosting. You can configure and flexibly scale the dedicated resources assigned to your projects at any time. Moreover, you can individually configure the stack you are using. Unlike the Cloud Server, Managed Cloud Hosting requests no administration knowledge. IONOS sets up the entire infrastructure and manages it for you.
Find out the most important differences between Managed Cloud Hosting and Cloud Server listed below:
| Managed Cloud Hosting | Cloud Server | |
|---|---|---|
| Pay per Configuration | Yes | Yes |
| Scalable | Yes | Yes |
| Type of Infrastructure | Projects with dedicated resources | Virtual servers with dedicated resources |
| Selecting the Data Center | Free of charge selection | Free of charge selection |
| Selection of stack configuration | Yes | No |
| Root access | No | Yes |
| Administration knowledge required | No | Yes |
| System and stack security updates: | Managed by IONOS | Run manually by the administrator |
| Security updates for applications such as Drupal and WordPress | Run manually by the customer | Run manually by the administrator |
| Version updates: system, stack components and applications | Managed by IONOS | Run manually by the administrator |
| Firewall rules | Managed by IONOS | Run manually by the administrator |
| Load balancers | Managed by IONOS | Yes |
| Interactive invoices | Yes | Yes |