Ask HN: Which VPS provider you use other than DO?

#1

Post by avinassh » Sat, Nov 26, 2016, 11:55 AM UTC

It seems everyone I know uses Digital Ocean, so I was wondering if you use any other VPS provider and recommend them.

There are many Black Friday deals floating around, so I wanted to try something else other than DO.

Re: Ask HN: Which VPS provider you use other than DO?

#2

Post by gooderist » Sat, Nov 26, 2016, 1:22 PM UTC

Vultr has been good for my needs. Especially since they offer datacenters in Tokyo unlike other providers. Interface not as good as DO but they are getting better.

Re: Ask HN: Which VPS provider you use other than DO?

#3

Post by MildlySerious » Sat, Nov 26, 2016, 2:07 PM UTC

I'm not doing anything major, but I am happy with OVH so far.

Their backend feels very unorganized and always somehow WIP, but I only use it for renewing every couple weeks, so I've been fine with that.

Re: Ask HN: Which VPS provider you use other than DO?

#4

Post by brianwawok » Sat, Nov 26, 2016, 5:37 PM UTC

gooderist wrote: post #2

Vultr has been good for my needs. Especially since they offer datacenters in Tokyo unlike other providers. Interface not as good as DO but they are getting better.

They also have the giant spinny rust instance type, which is nice for some needs.

Re: Ask HN: Which VPS provider you use other than DO?

#5

Post by jrnichols » Sat, Nov 26, 2016, 9:26 PM UTC

so far I've been happy with SSDNodes.

but it depends on what you're doing. I have definitely had problems with email deliverability. For example, right now I can't deliver to any verizon.net users because verizon claims the IP that my VPS is on is a dynamic IP. They won't budge either. uptime has been great and they're (my node at least) at a data center in nearby Dallas, TX so ping times are nice and low and it's usually no more than 9 hops away.