While there is plenty of cheap alternatives for your VPS or Cloud server, I'm curious for those who are using shared hosting, if at all, what are you using it for?
Ask HN: Are you still using shared hosting for anything?
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Re: Ask HN: Are you still using shared hosting for anything?
#2I still have about 5 web sites on HostGator shared hosting. They don't get much traffic, and the cost of keeping them running is very low.
Re: Ask HN: Are you still using shared hosting for anything?
#3I still have about 5 web sites on HostGator shared hosting. They don't get much traffic, and the cost of keeping them running is very low.
Have you looked at Pride Tech Design? Managed VPS and cheaper than hostgator.
Full disclosure: I am an employee
Re: Ask HN: Are you still using shared hosting for anything?
#4I use Siteground for a few wordpress installations - support is excellent and performance is reasonably good - plans are reasonably priced and haven't had any issues. That said, I don't run any intensive applications, just self-contained systems.
Re: Ask HN: Are you still using shared hosting for anything?
#5I use shared hosting for my personal site and a few low traffic client sites. I use it for my site because it's WordPress and I don't really want a high risk application running alongside some of my other more secure projects. I use it for client sites because they don't get much traffic and it's very cheap meaning I can keep their costs down.
Re: Ask HN: Are you still using shared hosting for anything?
#6I use Siteground for a few wordpress installations - support is excellent and performance is reasonably good - plans are reasonably priced and haven't had any issues. That said, I don't run any intensive applications, just self-contained systems.
Me too. It's so much more cost effective than the alternatives, and support is great. Anything else, I'm happy to run on a PaaS.
Re: Ask HN: Are you still using shared hosting for anything?
#7It's been a year since I moved the last domain off of hostgator.
Reason I used it so long is email/mail server. Since moving to a vps some emails don't come. Usually important ones that used domain verification.
Re: Ask HN: Are you still using shared hosting for anything?
#8I wrote an article about this called Shared Hosting is Bad for Business. I pointed out that shared hosting as a business model depends on the failure of it's customers' websites. You can't run 1,000 high traffic websites on a single server, typically, but you can run 1,000 no-traffic websites on a single server.
You see this in practice because basically every shared hosting provider will disable your account if your website starts using more than it's quota of system resources.
Some providers go so far as to say their service is unlimited but obviously that's false, there are several physical limitations no matter what hardware is being utilized.
Re: Ask HN: Are you still using shared hosting for anything?
#9Some old clients running Wordpress sites, mostly company landing pages.
Re: Ask HN: Are you still using shared hosting for anything?
#10It's been a year since I moved the last domain off of hostgator. Reason I used it so long is email/mail server. Since moving to a vps some emails don't come. Usually important ones that used domain verification.
What did you like and not like about Hostgator?
I was with Rackspace for years, but Liquid Web bought their cloud site service and I am not too fond of the support I have been getting from Liquid Web and am looking to make a change.