Managed cloud hosting engineered for growth

Cloud hosting is a hosting service that uses a network of virtual servers to host websites, ensuring better performance, security and reliability than a single physical server. By distributing your data across multiple interconnected nodes, it provides a resilient hosting platform that prevents a single point of failure. If one node experiences an issue, another takes over instantly to maintain your website uptime.

It utilizes virtualization to pull resources from a global network of infrastructure. When a user visits your site, our cloud platform directs the request to the cloud host with the best speed and availability. This distributed approach ensures a fast experience and high performance hosting even during massive, unexpected traffic surges.

Yes, especially for business growth. While shared hosting is limited to one server’s resources, cloud web hosting provides scalable power and no downtime. It offers 5x more CPU power and isolated environments to ensure your high performance hosting isn't affected by other sites on the same infrastructure.

The main advantages of cloud hosting include:

• Scalable infrastructure: Resources automatically adjust as your site grows, making it easy to scale with traffic spikes, sales events or long-term business growth—no manual server upgrades required.

• Uptime reliability: Cloud hosting is built on resilient infrastructure designed to keep your site online and available, even during high traffic or unexpected events. At Wix, we are proud to offer 99.99% uptime rates.

• Enterprise-grade security: Built-in website security protections help safeguard your site and data at every level, from the server to the application layer.

• Fast performance worldwide: Integrated CDN technology delivers content from the closest location, ensuring fast load times and smooth experiences for visitors everywhere.

• No infrastructure complexity: Cloud hosting removes the need to manage servers or hardware, allowing you to focus on running your business instead of maintaining infrastructure.

Together, these benefits make cloud hosting a powerful, reliable foundation for businesses that want to grow without limits.

A VPS (Virtual Private Server) is a single physical server divided into virtual parts, while cloud hosting is a decentralized global network. Cloud hosting servers offer far better scalability and redundancy—if one hardware piece fails, your site stays online, whereas a VPS is still tied to the health of its underlying physical hardware.

When choosing the best cloud hosting provider, consider the following key factors:

• Proven reliability: Look for cloud hosting providers that deliver consistent performance and strong uptime. A 99.99% uptime standard (as offered by Wix) helps ensure your site stays online and available to customers.

• Built-in security: A strong hosting platform should include advanced security at the server and infrastructure level, protecting your site and data without requiring extra setup.

• Managed cloud hosting: The best solution for most businesses is a fully managed cloud hosting platform that takes care of server maintenance, updates, and security patches automatically.

• Support and monitoring: Ongoing monitoring and expert support help detect issues early and keep your site running smoothly around the clock.

• Business-first focus: Choosing a provider that manages the technical side of hosting allows you to focus on growing your business instead of managing servers.

A reliable, secure, and fully managed cloud hosting provider gives your business the performance and peace of mind it needs to scale with confidence.

Yes, cloud hosting for a small business provides access to the same fast and secure infrastructure used by major corporations. It is a cost-effective way to ensure your site is scalable and ready for growth without hiring a dedicated IT team to manage your cloud hosting servers.

Absolutely. Our secure cloud hosting features multiple layers of protection, including SSL, firewalls and anti-DDoS measures. Because your data is encrypted and backed up across a multi cloud hosting infrastructure, it remains protected from hardware failures and cyber threats. You can learn more about our protocols in the security section above.

With managed cloud hosting, the provider handles all security updates, server maintenance and backups for you. Unmanaged hosting gives you full control but requires high technical expertise to keep the infrastructure secure and updated—managed cloud hosting is the standard for businesses that want a hands-off, hassle-free experience.

Typical market pricing for cloud hosting services can range from $10 to $500+ per month depending on resource usage. However, when you create a site with Wix, reliable managed cloud hosting is included for free, giving you enterprise-grade speed, dedicated cloud hosting quality and 99.99% uptime at no extra cost.