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Re: Ask HN: Where should I host my startup?

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Post by chias »

komaromy wrote: post #8
chias wrote: post #3

If "$10 / month" counts as cheap in your book, check out a Linode VPS. I've been using them for a couple years now, and I have been extremely satisfied (although I've upgraded to a beefier VPS as my project has grown in popularity). Another good VPS option is DigitalOcean, which offers a smaller (and cheaper) plan for $5 / month. There are also a lot of shared hosting providers out there that will sell you cheaper sp…

If you're considering Linode, you should read up on their history of security incidents and make sure it's a risk you're willing to take.

Indeed - it's always good to be aware of these things. I've been around for most of them and I am still very happy to use them, but of course your own perspective may differ.

Re: Ask HN: Where should I host my startup?

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Post by sixhobbits »

imaginenore wrote: post #2

Cheap: browse through the listings on lowendbox.com, you will find some amazing deals for both VPS and dedicated servers. Reliable: AWS / Rackspace / DigitalOcean / Google cloud / basically any famous one. When you're starting, it's probably better to rent a cheap VPS server. If you start growing fast, you can always move to the cloud. But modern cheap VPSs are quite powerful. I have 7 websites running on one that co…

Curious, what's your definition of "the cloud"? Under mine, running off a cheap vps is very representative of "running in the cloud". What would the "move to the cloud" entail? Do you mean using more services such as lambda, S3, or a database as a service platform as opposed to doing this "manually" by installing software on a clean OS?

For me: buying a rack/dedicated machine is the "traditional" (though increasingly rare) option and running off a vps is "in the cloud"

Re: Ask HN: Where should I host my startup?

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Post by chias »

nhebb wrote: post #7
chias wrote: post #3

If "$10 / month" counts as cheap in your book, check out a Linode VPS. I've been using them for a couple years now, and I have been extremely satisfied (although I've upgraded to a beefier VPS as my project has grown in popularity). Another good VPS option is DigitalOcean, which offers a smaller (and cheaper) plan for $5 / month. There are also a lot of shared hosting providers out there that will sell you cheaper sp…

Linode has a $10 / month plan as well.

Ah, you're right! Thank you for the correction.

It's $10 and $5, I shall edit accordingly.

Re: Ask HN: Where should I host my startup?

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Post by pimterry »

If you're talking about hosting your startup's landing page, stick with Github Pages: https://pages.github.com/. Free, super quick & easy, with custom domains to boot.

Personally, for almost any product I start here. Even if you do need server-side infrastructure for the product, hosting all your marketing pages on GH pages is probably the right choice - they're going to be better at reliably hosting and serving static content than you are. Focus on your product instead.

When I do need server-side logic I then usually go for Digital Ocean, because they're very cheap, pretty great, and far less complicated to manage than EC2. It's also pretty easy to set up Dokku: https://medium.com/@pimterry/host-your-node-app-on-dokku-dig.... With that on top you then get a quick & effective Heroku-style deployment experience, at a fraction of the price.

Re: Ask HN: Where should I host my startup?

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Post by wtvanhest »

It depends on how much you want to do yourself.

Heroku is easiest and relatively cheap until you scale. (Great problem)

Lots of people seem to use AWS. My limited understanding is that it is marginally more difficult to implement than heroku.

You could also go with someone like Linode. I would only go that route if you have implemented before. There is a learning curve and if you are trying to get the site up quick, I would go with a different option.

Re: Ask HN: Where should I host my startup?

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Post by the_common_man »

acarrera wrote: post #4

if looking into digitalocean, vultr.com is slightly better in terms of pricing and processors, though it takes much longer (~2-3mins) to spin up a vm instead of <60s in digitalocean

This is not true if you have custom snapshots. DO takes quiet a bit of time if you have custom images. My experience with vultr is that it boots very fast (<1 min)

Re: Ask HN: Where should I host my startup?

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Post by ZenoArrow »

imaginenore wrote: post #2

Cheap: browse through the listings on lowendbox.com, you will find some amazing deals for both VPS and dedicated servers. Reliable: AWS / Rackspace / DigitalOcean / Google cloud / basically any famous one. When you're starting, it's probably better to rent a cheap VPS server. If you start growing fast, you can always move to the cloud. But modern cheap VPSs are quite powerful. I have 7 websites running on one that co…

As a 'best of both worlds' option you could use a free tier on one (or more) of the cloud hosts. As far as I'm aware OpenShift, AWS and Azure all offer free tiers. Combine that with a CDN with a free tier like CloudFlare and free SSL certificates from Let's Encrypt and you could be looking at a very low cost to start out (just the domain name cost).
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