Managed Cloud Hosting is the next-gen iteration of Managed VPS – it’s everything that made Managed VPS simple but powerful to use, with AWS and Google Cloud to supercharge the product line-up.
The SIRSTEVEHQCloud server spec has been adjusted to it easier for end customers to compare against AWS and Google Cloud and offers a value alternative to the big names.
AWS and Google Cloud are recognised providers with a high-degree of brand trust, we wanted to offer those solutions to customers, without having to manage the complexities that comes with direct server admin, and whilst being able to continue to manage sites directly through SIRSTEVEHQ CP just like you do with any other site you host with SIRSTEVEHQ. These providers also offer global locations which we support.
In terms of the difference between Managed VPS and SIRSTEVEHQCloud, the two products are based on the same physical hardware, but with slightly different features/offerings. SIRSTEVEHQCloud is a refresh of the Managed VPS stack from a performance point of view and there are new optimisations profiles available. The performance from the actual hardware is identical, however MySQL now runs locally on the server for the new SIRSTEVEHQCloud/AWS/GCP products, this will increase performance but means local server resources are now used/consumed by MySQL as well as the web server. For specific, resource intensive sites they will see better performance on SIRSTEVEHQCloud along as the server spec is appropriate for the website size.
