Sometimes the right decision.
WHEN IT MAKES SENSE
The maintenance burden exceeds the benefit You bought a VPS for a requirement that no longer applies The server is unmaintained and therefore less secure than managed hosting Costs including your time exceed a shared or reseller plan Nobody in the business has the skills to run it safely
THERE IS NO SHAME IN THIS
An unmaintained VPS is worse than shared hosting in every respect that matters. Recognising that is good judgement.
WHAT YOU LOSE
Root access, custom software, persistent processes, and control over the stack.
Check nothing you actually rely on depends on those before moving.
THE MIGRATION
- Order the shared or reseller plan.
- Copy files and databases across.
- Recreate mailboxes.
- Test with a hosts file entry.
- Change DNS.
- Keep the VPS running for a week.
- Take a final backup before decommissioning.
WHAT TO CHECK
PHP version and extensions available Any cron jobs Anything that required root
ASK US
Describe what the VPS runs and we will tell you honestly whether shared hosting covers it.
