ITT: Op asks for honest opinions about webhosts because other sites just give me a bunch of referral links.
Gets a bunch of referral links.
But thanks for those who've offered good advice, I think I might go for digitalocean.
Ask HN: Who is your go-to web hosting company?
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#12I've had good experiences with HostGator since moving there from a smaller company that basically stopped responding to support requests. They seem to update software regularly, and it's cost effective.
I've heard bad things about GoDaddy from various sources, and that's why I opted not to go with them. Not that I'm putting up any content that is infringing or even remotely in a grey area, but I've heard their policy as a company is to take down your site at the smallest complaint and then they only look into the complaint after you ask why your site is down.
All that said, I'm still on the lookout for a hosting stack (hosting provider, OS, and application) that allows me to rapidly prototype new ideas (Drupal looks awful without a lot of customization and I'm not clued up enough for Docker).
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#13I use DigitalOcean. I know people have had issues with them but so far its been nothing but a good experience. I also prefer being close the metal as far as a server goes so it fit my needs perfectly.
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#14I was sick of mainstream companies after endless problems and issues and I found vultr on a web hosting forum: http://www.vultr.com And it's awesome. A good hosting provider is one you forget about. When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all. So far, I didn't have any problems, didn't need any support and nothing went wrong. And the reviews, when you finally find them, are usually grea…
Read the TOS before you use it. You could be sued trillions of dollars for sending (accidentally or intentionally) spam over SMTP.
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#15I like DigitalOcean for my hosting, and NameCheap as a registrar. DigitalOcean has a ton of tutorials and other good resources to learn how to use its platform, and NameCheap is, well, cheap.
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#16The best shared/pseudo-vps hosting that EXISTS in the world is: https://www.webfaction.com/?aid=9281 (referral link) Source: Have hosted from php/mysql stuff to 350+ requests/second uwsgi-python-flask-postgresql webapp on a 10$/month shared-space. I challenge every commenter on this thread to find a better host than webfaction!!
+1 Never have any problems with them and their customer service is great
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#17For shared, I've never used a service that could measure itself with NearlyFreeSpeech. Of course, I don't host anything huge or very important, but I suspect that even if I did I would still go with NFS. Their pay-for-what-you-use pricing, realm options, and support (for an extra but fair fee) are simply phenomenal. I have nothing at all to complain about with NFS, whereas I hold plenty of grudges against godaddy and hostgator.
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#18I was sick of mainstream companies after endless problems and issues and I found vultr on a web hosting forum: http://www.vultr.com And it's awesome. A good hosting provider is one you forget about. When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all. So far, I didn't have any problems, didn't need any support and nothing went wrong. And the reviews, when you finally find them, are usually grea…
Even though it's obvious, it's considered good etiquette to disclose when you're using a referral link. Also, you're on a new account. There's also another reply vouching for Vultr on a new account in this thread, albeit without a referral link. Something smells. If I were OP I wouldn't even consider vultr. > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9118593 > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9118652
Yes, you got me. I created my account 10 days ago and commented on various threads just to post a referral link to a web hosting provider.
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#19DigitalOcean is awesome for both side projects and complex ones, let us not forget OpenShift (redhat), heroku (it is free :D) and linode that has support for Tor.
But DO is awesome for starters. For registrar I suggest NameCheap, I have used Godaddy and I am sad I did.
AWS is beautifully awesome for high scalable projects.
Re: Ask HN: Who is your go-to web hosting company?
#20I was sick of mainstream companies after endless problems and issues and I found vultr on a web hosting forum: http://www.vultr.com And it's awesome. A good hosting provider is one you forget about. When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all. So far, I didn't have any problems, didn't need any support and nothing went wrong. And the reviews, when you finally find them, are usually grea…
Read the TOS before you use it. You could be sued trillions of dollars for sending (accidentally or intentionally) spam over SMTP.
It's a generic Indemnification clause. Digital Ocean has it. Linode has it. AWS has it. Even my startup has it.