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Shared vs dedicated: which plan is right for your app?

Compare the DployHub shared plan and dedicated servers: who each is for, sizes, prices, limits and how to choose for small apps or high-traffic production.

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Every DployHub app runs on one of two plans. Both give you the same workflow: auto-deploy, zero-downtime releases, rollback, logs, metrics, automatic HTTPS and alerts. The difference is where your app runs and how much room it gets. This guide helps you pick.

Shared: for small apps and low traffic

On the shared plan your app runs as a lightweight Docker container on a DployHub server, next to other small apps. Each container has hard limits on CPU, memory, processes and network access, so a busy neighbour cannot slow you down and nobody can reach your app except through the HTTPS proxy.

  • Sizes: 0.25 to 2 vCPU, 256 MB to 4 GB memory, 1 to 10 GB storage.
  • Price: ₹300 per vCPU, ₹150 per GB of memory and ₹6 per GB of storage per month, from ₹118.50 a month.
  • Resize any time from Settings, applied with a quick restart.
  • Good for: personal sites, landing pages, bots, webhooks, internal tools, small APIs and early-stage products.

Dedicated: your own server for high traffic

On the dedicated plan we create a server just for your app in Mumbai, install DployHub on it and deploy your app there. No other customer runs anything on it. You never see a cloud console or manage the machine; we patch and monitor it like the rest of the platform.

  • Sizes: seven, from Starter (2 vCPU, 2 GB) to X-Large (8 vCPU, 32 GB), with 20 to 1000 GB of disk.
  • Price: a fixed monthly price per size, from ₹2,682 a month with 40 GB of disk.
  • Creating the server usually takes a few minutes, shown step by step in the deploy log.
  • Good for: production apps with steady or high traffic, memory-hungry services, and apps that need more than 2 vCPU or 4 GB.

Side by side

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                 Shared                      Dedicated
Runs on          shared DployHub server      a server only for you
Largest size     2 vCPU · 4 GB · 10 GB       8 vCPU · 32 GB · 1000 GB
From             ₹118.50 / month             ₹2,682 / month
First payment    ₹500 or 1 month, higher     1 full month
Resize later     any time                    choose at creation
Neighbours       yes, with hard limits       none

How to choose

  1. 1

    Start with traffic

    If you expect a few thousand visits a day or fewer, start on shared. You can watch real usage in the Metrics tab before spending more.

  2. 2

    Check the limits

    If your app needs more than 2 vCPU, 4 GB of memory or 10 GB of storage, it belongs on a dedicated server.

  3. 3

    Think about steadiness

    Apps that are busy all day, or that cannot tolerate sharing CPU with anyone, are a better fit for dedicated even at smaller sizes.

  4. 4

    Compare the cost

    The largest shared size is ₹1,500 a month. If you are near that and still growing, the Starter or Small dedicated server is the next step.

What is the same on both

  • Prepaid credit, charged by the hour. See Prepaid credits and top-ups.
  • Zero-downtime deploys behind a health check, and one-click rollback to any of the last 5 builds.
  • Persistent storage at /data, custom domains with HTTPS, encrypted environment variables and alerts.

Full details of the dedicated plan are in Dedicated servers, and shared sizes are explained in Choose resources.

Frequently asked questions

Which plan should a new app start on?

Usually shared. It is cheaper, resizable at any time, and shows you real CPU and memory use before you commit to a server.

Is my app safe on a shared server?

Yes. Each container has hard CPU, memory and process limits and cannot reach other apps or the host network.

What happens if a shared app hits its limits?

It is held to its size and you get an alert. Shared apps are never suspended for resource use. See Shared app limits.

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