Whenever I need a managed hosting provider (admittedly pretty rare, I run most of my personal stuff off a Digital Ocean VPS, but I'm also very comfortable with linux/ops/security and don't mind managing these things myself), I always head to https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ - these days they support a pretty varied collection of languages/frameworks, and they have a good combo of extremely transparent pricing, solid reliability, nice security features, and seemingly strong technical background.
Ask HN: What are good hosting providers?
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Re: Ask HN: What are good hosting providers?
#12I've had excellent experience on DO for over 4 years now. Almost 0 downtime. DO is awesome!
Here are some that are not so great: ServerPronto
Here is one that nearly ruined my entire business: Rimuhosting (there was an actual hardware issue with the VPS and every 5 requests, the server would go down and they couldn't fix it, it was really awful.)
Re: Ask HN: What are good hosting providers?
#13You can't go wrong with DO for $5/mo.
Re: Ask HN: What are good hosting providers?
#14I've had excellent experience on DO for over 4 years now. Almost 0 downtime. DO is awesome! Here are some that are not so great: ServerPronto Here is one that nearly ruined my entire business: Rimuhosting (there was an actual hardware issue with the VPS and every 5 requests, the server would go down and they couldn't fix it, it was really awful.)
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#15I am using Vultr. They have very cheap VPS options and they have many different OS images i.e. I am running a CentOS and a OpenBSD instances.
Re: Ask HN: What are good hosting providers?
#16I moved from DO to Scaleway a few years ago and I am super satisfied. Never had any problems whatsoever and I haven't found a cheaper hosting. Their console is easy to use and their offering is generally pretty good. Highly recommended. I spend $3.33 (2.99€) and host a few apps. None big but they all run smooth as butter. It's amazing how much you can actually host on this little machines.
Worth pointing out that Scaleway only has servers in Europe. Paris and Amsterdam to be specific.
I'm American, but I've been using Scaleway for a few months, and latency aside, I've had zero problems as well and they're one of the only hosting providers I'm aware of that has ARM64 based VPS. Amazon recently announced ARM EC2 instances, but even their cheapest offering is weaker and significantly more expensive than Scaleways.
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#17Linode is great for cheap VPS. Most people here use DigitalOcean, but I did the comparison and liked Linode. Management console is pretty good (though I haven't tried their new one). The one serious benefit over DO is faster transfer (40gbps down/1 up). Not huge, but that's why I picked it.
I like the look of vultr, and have considered it, but their plans are functionally identical these days and I probably won't bother switching.
Re: Ask HN: What are good hosting providers?
#18If you're willing to learn - consider a google cloud VM.
It allows you to run a VM 24/7 for free indefinitely. Obvious not the most powerful machine but you can host a couple low activity sites on it no sweat.
>Is digitalocean right choice?
It's a good choice.
Re: Ask HN: What are good hosting providers?
#19It depends on your needs really. DO is fine for low budget projects. Just below them I would suggest Vultr. If you don't care about API's and that sort of thing, then Ramnode is even cheaper, but I've had issues with the user interface. There are a bunch of aggregator sites that compare vps providers. Here are two of them. [1] [2] [3] Disclaimer: These sites can be a bit spammy. Use NoScript / uBlock. Also, you reall…
>lowendbox.com
Love it, but not sure that's a wise suggestion for someone clearly new to it all.
Re: Ask HN: What are good hosting providers?
#20It depends on your needs really. DO is fine for low budget projects. Just below them I would suggest Vultr. If you don't care about API's and that sort of thing, then Ramnode is even cheaper, but I've had issues with the user interface. There are a bunch of aggregator sites that compare vps providers. Here are two of them. [1] [2] [3] Disclaimer: These sites can be a bit spammy. Use NoScript / uBlock. Also, you reall…
>lowendbox.com Love it, but not sure that's a wise suggestion for someone clearly new to it all.
The aggregator sites are certainly spammy and take time to get used to. I primarily linked them as a list of VPS providers, prices, etc.. One can always go directly to the VPS main site.