AWS or shared hosting?

The short answer

Shared hosting for simple sites at low cost; AWS-class infrastructure when traffic, compliance or architecture demand it. AWS unmanaged is a sports car without a driver - the managed middle path serves most growing businesses.

How to actually decide

• Traffic reality, not ambitions.
• Who manages the infrastructure - by name?
• Bill shock scenarios at scale.

What we recommend

The lean stack here ships the managed middle: edge-served static where possible, managed platform where not. Both sides of this comparison are builds we deliver - which is exactly why the recommendation above has no sales angle. Itemise your stack in the comparisons hub, or stack guidance.