A VPS paid monthly isn’t “cloud”. It’s just a server.
“Cloud” tends to assume elasticity, pay by minute, managed software services, etc.
“On the internet” isn’t cloud automatically
“Cloud” tends to assume elasticity, pay by minute, managed software services, etc.
“On the internet” isn’t cloud automatically
Others would define a cloud server as any server that someone else owns and you don't have physical access to it.
The main point I was making was figure out hosting later after figuring out the product/market fit.