For those requirements, I think a VPS would make sense if you're starting to outgrow shared hosting. 4 cores and 16GB RAM is already plenty for a normal WordPress site, and I'd probably go with NVMe as well if performance is important. Since you men…
For a small forum, 4 CPU and 8GB RAM should be more than enough to get started, assuming the traffic isn't unusually high.
With a $20/month budget, I'd mainly compare the actual CPU performance, whether the 16TB traffic is truly included, storage t…
For an online shop, I’d mainly look at CPU performance, RAM, NVMe/SSD storage, network speed, and especially the reliability of the provider. If you’re expecting traffic spikes, having enough CPU/RAM headroom is important, and regular backups are wo…
For what youve mentioned, Id pay more attention to the actual CPU model and single-core performance rather than just the advertised vCPU count. Network latency and the quality of DDoS protection would also be important, especially depending on where…