Virtual Private Servers or Virtual Dedicated Servers are for companies and individuals who require more flexibility and performance from their hosted environment than a normal shared server can provide. Without incurring the capital investment cost of a purchasing and maintaining a dedicated server.
Using the virtual server gives you a privately segmented section of the physical server, so you can install all your own applications and software. Without incurring the capital costs of owning and maintaining your own hardware and the support infrastructure to maintain it.
Full root/administrator access to your VPS which is great if you have a website or program that does not demand the full resource and cost of having a physical dedicated server, but needs that step above shared hosting.
Prices starting from £10 per month.