RTFVerterra> VPS is self-manged hosting package. If you are novice to VPS, you may consider to purchase the license of control panel from your hosting provider. With the control panel, you can control your website better. Otherwise, you have do it with command prompt.
digilimit> VPS is always better than shared hosting. Because VPS has it own CPU, RAM where it all at your own usage. Shared hosting package is at a shared environment. Your site will be affected if someone overload your server.
