Choosing the right kind of hosting can be a very tedious job for any consumer. You can get your very own space on the Internet through webhosting or co-location. Companies offer services in web hosting. First off, most companies offer dedicated traditional hosting. With this type of web hosting, you rent an entire server exclusively for your own use. The second type of web hosting is cloud hosting, which is now steadily gaining popularity. Cloud hosting involves an inter link of several server. The amount of processing power used determines how much the customer is charged. The question then arises whether cloud hosting is more expensive or traditional hosting. In traditional hosting, the consumer has to pay for the entire server. Regardless of how much of the resources is used, you have to pay a fixed amount.