Question

I have looked everywhere…
whats the difference between a hosted database and a cloud database they seem like the same things?

Thanks

Answer 1

Both “hosted database” and “cloud database” mean that the database lives on the servers of some external provider/hoster.

The hoster might even be the same in both cases.
The main difference is that the “cloud” plans are usually meant to scale more (at a higher monthly fee), so you’d use them when you expect your site to get huge soon and need to quickly adjust server capacity when needed.

On the other hand, “hosted” plans are not that expensive, but have more limitations (server speed, database size…) and are more suited for “small” websites.

Of course this isn’t by any means an “official” description of the two terms, but that’s the impression that I get every time I see “cloud” or “hosted” webspaces/databases/services/whatever.