Ask HN: F*ck HostGator. Can anyone suggest a better managed VPS alternative?

#1

Post by vicken » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 12:44 AM UTC

I'm sick of HostGator's constant outages, including today's. Can anyone recommend a solid managed VPS service not related to BlueHost/HostGator?

I'm currently paying $51.95/mo for the following and would like to stay in the same price range for similar specs:

2.3Ghz (1 core) 1024MB RAM 60GB Disk Space 1000 GB Bandwidth

I'd gratefully appreciate any input.

Re: Ask HN: F*ck HostGator. Can anyone suggest a better managed VPS alternative?

#2

Post by hardwaresofton » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 12:48 AM UTC

How strongly do you feel about it being managed? What are you hosting?

Re: Ask HN: F*ck HostGator. Can anyone suggest a better managed VPS alternative?

#3

Post by pixeloution » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 1:03 AM UTC

maybe these guys? http://www.unixy.net/vps-hosting/

Re: Ask HN: F*ck HostGator. Can anyone suggest a better managed VPS alternative?

#4

Post by vicken » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 1:13 AM UTC

hardwaresofton wrote: post #2

How strongly do you feel about it being managed? What are you hosting?

I strongly prefer it being managed so I don't really have to worry about server maintenance and such.

I don't host anything too crazy. I'm a web designer and currently have about 15 sites I'm hosting for clients, with a handful of them being WordPress sites, and the rest, simple HTML informational sites.

Re: Ask HN: F*ck HostGator. Can anyone suggest a better managed VPS alternative?

#5

Post by Steveism » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 1:14 AM UTC

I think LiquidWeb is certainly worth considering for a managed VPS in this price range: http://www.liquidweb.com/StormServers/vps.html

Re: Ask HN: F*ck HostGator. Can anyone suggest a better managed VPS alternative?

#6

Post by vicken » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 1:18 AM UTC

pixeloution wrote: post #3

maybe these guys? http://www.unixy.net/vps-hosting/

Wow, these guys look pretty good. The prices are a little higher than I'd like, but definitely worth checking out, thanks.

Re: Ask HN: F*ck HostGator. Can anyone suggest a better managed VPS alternative?

#7

Post by vicken » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 1:22 AM UTC

Steveism wrote: post #5

I think LiquidWeb is certainly worth considering for a managed VPS in this price range: http://www.liquidweb.com/StormServers/vps.html

LiquidWeb looks very promising and fits right in my price range. Great find. LW is the top contender so far.

Great suggestions guys, keep em coming!

Re: Ask HN: F*ck HostGator. Can anyone suggest a better managed VPS alternative?

#8

Post by gesman » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 2:01 AM UTC

Go for dedicated server for the same price:

http://c.gg/ovh

That's what I use after I ran away from crappying hostgator.

Re: Ask HN: F*ck HostGator. Can anyone suggest a better managed VPS alternative?

#9

Post by cordite » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 5:08 AM UTC

pixeloution wrote: post #3

maybe these guys? http://www.unixy.net/vps-hosting/

A team I worked with totally ditched these guys due to their managed services quality

Re: Ask HN: F*ck HostGator. Can anyone suggest a better managed VPS alternative?

#10

Post by godzillabrennus » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 5:43 AM UTC

I use dotblock.com and they rock.