Moving from Shared Hosting to a Dedicated Cloud VPS —
More Power, Better Security, Lower Cost
Our hosting was on a Hostinger Cloud Professional plan — a shared server where CPU, RAM, and disk were all contested by other websites. We were hitting memory limits regularly, server load was averaging 34+ (critical), and there was no way to install caching, security tools, or automation. Every update had to be done manually, site by site.
We moved everything to a Contabo Cloud VPS 20 — a dedicated server with 6 CPU cores, 12 GB RAM, and 100 GB NVMe storage. The migration took less than 24 hours using automated server-to-server scripts. No downtime, no data loss, no manual work.
The migration was executed server-to-server — the new Contabo server pulled data directly from the old Hostinger server. No files passed through any local computer, making it fast, secure, and zero-cost on AI credits.
⚡ The entire 42 GB of data moved between servers directly — no local machine involved. That’s why it was fast and cost almost nothing in AI credits.
| Scenario | Total |
|---|---|
| Renew Hostinger | ₹110,352 |
| Contabo VPS + R2 | ₹38,700 |
✅ ₹71,652 saved over 4 years
| Item | Included |
|---|---|
| Dedicated server | ✅ |
| SSL certs | ✅ Auto-renew |
| R2 backups | ✅ Daily + weekly |
| Security | ✅ fail2ban + scan |
| Updates | ✅ Auto weekly |
| Support | ✅ Remote managed |
Everything runs on automatic. You don’t log in. You don’t click “update.” You don’t check backups. The server handles itself.
2:00 AM — All sites backed up to Cloudflare R2. Database + files. Compressed. Secure.
Sunday midnight — All plugins, themes, and WordPress core updated automatically.
Sunday 3 AM — Full malware scan. Backdoors and threats removed automatically.
Real-time — fail2ban blocks brute force, bad bots, and exploit attempts.
Real-time — Redis cache, FastCGI cache, Brotli compression always active.
Auto-renew — Let’s Encrypt certificates renew before expiry. Never broken.
✅ You never need to update a plugin, check a backup, or run a security scan again. The server does it all.
| Feature | Hostinger | Contabo VPS |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Shared (load 34+) | 6 Dedicated Cores (load ~3) |
| RAM | 6GB capped | 12GB (8GB available) |
| Storage | Shared SSD (throttled) | 100GB NVMe |
| PHP | Unknown | PHP 8.4 (OPcache 768MB) |
| Database | MariaDB, per-site only | MySQL 8.4 + 1GB buffer |
| Cache | Not available | Redis 384MB + FastCGI |
| Page Load | 2–4 seconds | 0.01–0.05 seconds |
| Page Size | 212 KB raw | 40 KB (Brotli compressed) |
| Security | Manual only | fail2ban + auto-scan + HSTS |
| Admin Access | cPanel only | Full SSH root + CloudPanel |
| Backups | Not included | R2 daily, off-site |
• 65% cost reduction — from ₹27,588/yr to ₹9,675/yr
• 10× performance — dedicated CPU + NVMe + Redis
• Zero maintenance — backups, updates, security all automated
• Enterprise security — fail2ban, HSTS, malware scan
• Disaster recovery — R2 off-site backups, restore in 60 seconds
• 24-hour migration — server-to-server, zero downtime
• The VPS has 5+ years of headroom without upgrades
• Renewal is ₹9,675/year — locked, predictable
• R2 backup costs ~₹150/year — negligible
• No surprise bills — everything included
• Cloudflare for speed + Contabo for power = best of both
• Nothing to lose. Everything to gain.
We did in 24 hours what would take weeks manually. All automated from here.