What Is the Difference Between VPS, VDS, and Dedicated Servers?

At DartNode, we offer multiple hosting solutions to match your performance, control, and budget needs. Here's a breakdown of each type so you can find the perfect fit for your project:

🖥️ VPS — Virtual Private Server

A VPS is a virtual machine that runs on shared physical hardware, giving you dedicated slices of CPU, memory, and disk space — but the underlying infrastructure is shared.

✅ Benefits:

• 💰 Affordable and fast to deploy

• 🔒 Isolated environment with root access

• ⚙️ Ideal for small to moderate workloads

🎯 Best for:

• Personal websites and blogs

• Dev/testing environments

• Lightweight apps and services

⚡ VDS — Virtual Dedicated Server

A VDS is a step up from VPS. While still virtualized, it provides guaranteed CPU cores and RAM, offering near-dedicated performance.

✅ Benefits:

• 🧠 Dedicated CPU cores & memory (not shared)

• 🚀 More consistent performance than VPS

• 💸 Cheaper than full dedicated servers

🎯 Best for:

• Medium to high-traffic websites

• Game servers, app hosting

• Users needing dedicated power without physical hardware costs

🏢 Dedicated Server

A Dedicated Server gives you control over an entire physical machine — 100% of the hardware is yours, with no sharing.

✅ Benefits:

• 🏎️ Maximum performance & stability

• 🔐 Full hardware isolation

• 🔧 Support for custom configurations and upgrades

🎯 Best for:

• Enterprise apps and services

• Big data or high-performance computing

• Large databases and mission-critical workloads

❓ Still Not Sure Which One to Choose?

No worries — we’re here to help.
📩 Contact us at support@dartnode.com and we’ll recommend the best solution for your goals and budget.