Published: 16.06.2026
Providers advertise huge numbers, but most websites use only a small part of them. Estimate your real needs and avoid paying for resources that stay empty.
Typical disk usage
- Business card site: 100-500 MB.
- Blog or news site: 1-5 GB, growing with images.
- Online shop: 5-20 GB depending on the catalogue and photos.
- Portfolio with video or large images: 10 GB and more, unless media is stored elsewhere.
Remember to include mail boxes, backups and logs when you count.
How to calculate traffic
Multiply the average page weight by the number of page views. For example, a 2 MB page viewed 20,000 times a month creates about 40 GB of transfer. Compression, caching and a CDN reduce this number a lot.
What does "unlimited" mean?
The word usually means "within fair use". The hidden limits are inodes (the number of files), CPU time, memory and the number of processes. Read the terms and check the limits that matter for your application.
Ways to reduce usage
- Compress images and use modern formats such as WebP or AVIF.
- Delete old backups, unused themes and plugins.
- Enable gzip or Brotli compression.
- Use a CDN for static files.
- Rotate or archive logs.
How to pick a plan
- Measure the current size of your site and the monthly traffic in the statistics.
- Add at least 50% for growth.
- Prefer fast SSD or NVMe storage over a larger but slower disk.
- Choose a provider that lets you upgrade the plan without moving the site.
Frequently asked questions
What happens when I exceed the limit? The website may slow down, or the provider asks you to upgrade the plan.
Is more disk space better? Not necessarily. Speed and reliability matter more than size.
