13 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}
13 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}

Cloudfare and cloud hosting

by Ricardo Furtado
11 replies
What is the difference between cloudfare hosting and cloud hosting?
Regards
#cloud #cloudfare #hosting
  • Profile picture of the author NatesMarketing
    I don't believe there is such thing as "cloud hosting" - as all hosts are "in the cloud".

    Now, companies may say cloud hosting...but...it's just fancy terminology to make people oo and ah. And they may say cloud as in you can easily modify it to fit your requirements...just like a VPS.

    As for cloudflare...it's basically a website optimizer. It kind of sits on top of your website and filters it's content through some compressors (image, js, css, etc) and a CDN....all geared at increasing your site's speed.

    It does some other stuff with security as well...but basically, it's a "website optimizer"
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9323316].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author Alice12345
      Originally Posted by NatesMarketing View Post

      I don't believe there is such thing as "cloud hosting" - as all hosts are "in the cloud".

      Now, companies may say cloud hosting...but...it's just fancy terminology to make people oo and ah. And they may say cloud as in you can easily modify it to fit your requirements...just like a VPS.

      As for cloudflare...it's basically a website optimizer. It kind of sits on top of your website and filters it's content through some compressors (image, js, css, etc) and a CDN....all geared at increasing your site's speed.

      It does some other stuff with security as well...but basically, it's a "website optimizer"
      Thank you! I never knew the difference until I read your response.
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9323530].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author Ricardo Furtado
      Originally Posted by NatesMarketing View Post

      I don't believe there is such thing as "cloud hosting" - as all hosts are "in the cloud".

      Now, companies may say cloud hosting...but...it's just fancy terminology to make people oo and ah. And they may say cloud as in you can easily modify it to fit your requirements...just like a VPS.

      As for cloudflare...it's basically a website optimizer. It kind of sits on top of your website and filters it's content through some compressors (image, js, css, etc) and a CDN....all geared at increasing your site's speed.

      It does some other stuff with security as well...but basically, it's a "website optimizer"
      Thanks for the help.
      Regards
      Signature

      Ricardo Furtado

      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9337433].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author damoncloudflare
    Originally Posted by Ricardo Furtado View Post

    What is the difference between cloudfare hosting and cloud hosting?
    Regards
    I just wanted to clarify that CloudFlare doesn't provide hosting services of any sort. If you use CloudFlare on your site, you still keep your existing hosting provider when using our services to speed up and protect your site.
    Signature

    Damon
    CloudFlare Community Evangelist

    Tips for using WordPress with CloudFlare

    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9338765].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author Ricardo Furtado
      Originally Posted by damoncloudflare View Post

      I just wanted to clarify that CloudFlare doesn't provide hosting services of any sort. If you use CloudFlare on your site, you still keep your existing hosting provider when using our services to speed up and protect your site.
      Hi Damon.

      Thanks for your reply.

      This is kind of confusing to me. Is CloudFare same as VPS?

      Regards
      Signature

      Ricardo Furtado

      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9339178].message }}
      • Profile picture of the author damoncloudflare
        Originally Posted by Ricardo Furtado View Post

        Hi Damon.

        Thanks for your reply.

        This is kind of confusing to me. Is CloudFare same as VPS?

        Regards
        Hi,

        No, we don't provide hosting services of any sort (VPS, shared, etc.). We're a CDN and security solution for websites that works via DNS. You would still keep your host because we don't host your website's content.
        Signature

        Damon
        CloudFlare Community Evangelist

        Tips for using WordPress with CloudFlare

        {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9341094].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author Jeff Lenney
    No problem. I googled the address
    Signature
    JeffLenney.com
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9341125].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author sr.20
    Nate hit the question on the head, it is basically a website optimizer
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9342271].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author Ricardo Furtado
      Originally Posted by Clarke Hanna View Post

      Nate hit the question on the head, it is basically a website optimizer
      What does it optimize?
      Signature

      Ricardo Furtado

      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9342288].message }}
      • Profile picture of the author damoncloudflare
        Originally Posted by Ricardo Furtado View Post

        What does it optimize?
        While the other post is correct about us as a CDN is correct, we also do other things like:

        Security
        Website Optimization (image optimization, minify, asynchronous JavaScript loading).

        CloudFlare does both website performance and security.
        Signature

        Damon
        CloudFlare Community Evangelist

        Tips for using WordPress with CloudFlare

        {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9346747].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author MarkPerez
    CloudFlare is a Content Delivery Network (CDN). You set your domain DNS to CloudFlare, then your content will go through them before delivery to client's browser. CloudFlare will cache your static content like images, so it will reduce your bandwidth and increase page loading speed. It can also enhance your website security, display custom error messages when your server is down, provide analynics, act as dns servers, etc.. It doesn't mean we should choose CloudFlare all the time. If my server works fine then I would rather choose not to use CloudFlare because it is a longer route. CloudFlare is down sometime and your visitors will can not see your website.
    Cloud hosting is a hosting service and it will store your files. I am not an expert in cloud hosting but I believe the different between it and traditional hosting is it resources are located from all around the internet, where ever a location available for the hosting provider.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9344698].message }}

Trending Topics