# Hosting

Concept · [Cloud, hosting and security](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloud)

Also called: web hosting, host, hosted, hosting provider

Renting space on a [server](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/server) so your site or app can be reached on the internet at all hours.

**For example:** Your app works on your laptop, but customers cannot reach it there. You pay a hosting company a monthly fee to run it on their [servers](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/server).

## Connects to (28)

- [Server](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/server): A computer that stays on and connected to the internet so it can run your app and answer requests from people's phones and browsers.
- [Deployment](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/deployment): Putting the latest version of your app onto the live servers where real users can reach it.
- [Domain](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/domain): The address people type to reach your site, such as example.com.
- [Production](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/production): The live version of your app that real customers use.
- [Cloud](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms/cloud): Computers and storage that you rent over the internet from a large provider, instead of owning the machines yourself.
- [Static site](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/static-site): A website made of fixed pages that look the same for every visitor.
- [CDN](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cdn): Content delivery network.
- [DNS](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dns): Domain Name System.
- [HTTPS](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/https): The secure version of the way browsers talk to websites.
- [Uptime](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/uptime): The share of time a service is working and reachable.
- [Free tier](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/free-tier): The part of a paid service that costs nothing, within set limits.
- [Cloudflare](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloudflare): A company that runs a global network for websites and apps.
- [Vercel](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/vercel): A platform for deploying and hosting web apps.
- [Container](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/container): A package that holds an app together with everything it needs to run, so it behaves the same on a laptop and on a server.
- [WordPress](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wordpress): Free, open-source software for building and running websites and blogs, used by a large share of the web.
- [WP Engine](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wp-engine): A hosting company that specializes in WordPress sites.
- [Webflow](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/webflow): A visual website builder and host.
- [Wix](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wix): A website builder and host aimed at small businesses.
- [GoDaddy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/godaddy): A company that sells domain names, along with web hosting and business email.
- [cPanel](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cpanel): A control panel that many web hosting companies give customers for managing a website, email accounts, files and databases from a browser.
- [Vimeo](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/vimeo): A video hosting service aimed at businesses and creators.
- [SoundCloud](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/soundcloud): A site for uploading and sharing music and audio, popular with independent artists and podcasters.
- [ChatGPT Sites](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/chatgpt-sites): A ChatGPT and Codex feature for creating, previewing, publishing and sharing simple websites and web apps, which OpenAI hosts.
- [Netlify](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/netlify): A hosting platform for websites and web apps.
- [GitHub Pages](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/github-pages): A free GitHub service that publishes a static website straight from a repository.
- [Replit](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/replit): An online platform for writing, running and hosting code in a browser, with an AI agent that can build an app from a description.
- [OKC WordPress Users Group](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/okc-wordpress-users-group): An Oklahoma City Meetup group for people who build with WordPress, part of WordPress's network of local meetups, with monthly meetings…
- [Tulsa WordPress Meetup](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wordpress-tulsa): A free monthly meetup in Tulsa where WordPress users of every level, from beginners and business site owners to developers, teach and…

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