So much for a personal site? If you really wanna ship it (the site) then even shared hosting is enough. But if you want to dive into something bigger for sake

So much for a personal site? If you really wanna ship it (the site) then even shared hosting is enough. But if you want to dive into something bigger for sake of it and you like more control then go VPS. This really is more of a personal choice then technical decision - since you don't need either Cloud or VPS. Shared hosting is enough for personal site (unless you are Paul Graham, of course)