I've heard decent things about WiredTree for managed servers. Decent, not awesome.
Bytemark are awesome, and do offer managed servers, but I don't know how much they charge for them.
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#13DigitalOcean!!! You can't get a better VPS for their price. Super fast SSD (you feel the difference), almost no outages, extremely easy to setup and you build the stack you want. Stellar customer service. https://www.digitalocean.com/
Re: Ask HN: F*ck HostGator. Can anyone suggest a better managed VPS alternative?
#14I've heard decent things about WiredTree for managed servers. Decent, not awesome. Bytemark are awesome, and do offer managed servers, but I don't know how much they charge for them.
Bytemark start from £85 for an hour a month of hands-on work, along with the automation, monitoring & etc:
http://www.bytemark.co.uk/managed_hosting/transparent_pricin...
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#15How 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.
Generally "managed" means you share the login details to your host with somebody, they apply updates, they help work with you to tune your server, and they let you know of upcoming problems.
Although there are providers who both offer hosts and offer the management you might find a decent compromise is to pay for them separately.
I remotely manage a lot of servers (40-80) in exchange for an ongoing minimal fee, and I'm not alone in that I expect.
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#17You should definitely check out WiredTree or Future Hosting. They are both fantastic for managed VPS. http://www.futurehosting.com http://www.wiredtree.com
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#18DigitalOcean!!! You can't get a better VPS for their price. Super fast SSD (you feel the difference), almost no outages, extremely easy to setup and you build the stack you want. Stellar customer service. https://www.digitalocean.com/
DO is unmanaged though.
Re: Ask HN: F*ck HostGator. Can anyone suggest a better managed VPS alternative?
#19I've had good experiences with Webfaction - they've been quick to respond to tickets and communicate issues/outages well.
Roughly looking, your setup would be about $20/mth with them, I think.
Direct link: https://www.webfaction.com/features
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