Cloud hosting provides computing resources over the internet from a network of servers, offering scalability, reliability, and pay-only-for-what-you-use pricing.
Why It Matters
Cloud hosting eliminates the need to guess capacity, scale instantly with demand, and pay for unused servers during low-traffic periods.
When to Use This
- Hosting web applications with variable traffic
- Scaling automatically during traffic spikes
- Running databases with automatic backups
- Content delivery and media storage
Examples
- AWS EC2 running Laravel application servers
- DigitalOcean droplets for staging and production
- Cloudflare CDN accelerating static assets globally