Cloud vs VPS — similar but scaling and price differ.
VPS
Slice of one server. $5-50/mo. DigitalOcean, Hetzner.
Cloud
Cluster. Auto-scaling. $10-100+. AWS, GCP.
VPS when
Stable traffic, tight budget.
Cloud when
Spiky traffic, auto-scale needed.
Cloud vs VPS — similar but scaling and price differ.
Slice of one server. $5-50/mo. DigitalOcean, Hetzner.
Cluster. Auto-scaling. $10-100+. AWS, GCP.
Stable traffic, tight budget.
Spiky traffic, auto-scale needed.