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Self Hosted vs Shared Hosting
Robert Spencer edited this page Jun 13, 2024
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Platform for ChurchCRM is flexible. It all depends on your technical ability and your system requirements.
- Self-hosting a CentOS/Ubuntu or running a VPS on something like Linode gives you the most control over the platform. Some hosting providers place weird restrictions on upload sizes and script run times.
- Using shared hosting like "A Small Orange," "Go Daddy," et.al. means less responsibility on your part to manage the platform, but at a possible cost of performance/features.
Another point of consideration is data security - If you're "self-hosting," you're not sharing your platform with other users (but you still have to make sure the server is locked-down). If you're using shared hosting, your data is only as secure as your provider has configured.
In either scenario, you're still responsible for backing up your data.
We maintain a list of issues encountered separated by platform type:
We have had success with both styles of installation, and the choice is really up to you.