If you're in any way technical, why would you go MediaTemple (or other VPS provider) and not Amazon EC2? With the new micro instances, Amazon is very competitive on the low end, and they've got configurations to scale up to the highest volumes. I think as far as features go, they're miles ahead of the competition, but feel like there's something I must be missing.
We’re creating a “Startup toolbox”. What apps should go in it?
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Re: We’re creating a “Startup toolbox”. What apps should go in it?
#62domain: godaddy.com ($7.67 with promo code) hosting and db: google app engine (free) mail: google apps (free) support: get satisfaction (free) blog: tumblr (free) graphics: gimp (free) analytics: google analytics (free) :this is what I use for all my projects: http://shaloc.com , http://checkinmania.com , http://misotrendy.com more at http://initlabs.com
Excellent suggestions. The awesomeness of App Engine should not be under estimated. It makes running a web app extremely easy and painless (and free, at first).
It has some gaps though depending on what you're going to use it for. For example, its sending/receiving to/from custom domains is quite limited.
To fix that I've used: -To send emails from a custom domain: SendGrid.com -To receive emails sent to a custom domain: CloudMailin.net
For buying domain names, I've switched from GoDaddy to name.com, just to get away from the awfulness that is GoDaddy's UI.
Re: We’re creating a “Startup toolbox”. What apps should go in it?
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I use mediatemple. My setup is the mediatemple for client projects and a linode vps for my own personal playground I like them because they are like an entry level honda to, for comparison, say the Rolls Royce of one of the more expensive Rackspace plans. I don't know if anyone else has used rackspace but I had a client who did once. You pay them something like $2000 - $4000 a month but everytime you call them you in…
Thanks for responding! I do have a couple questions. What type of site are you running on your MediaTemple account? If just a standard website or blog, why MediaTemple over, say, Dreamhost? I would personally compare Dreamhost to a honda and MediaTemple to a Rolls Royce when thinking of hosting, say, a design blog, but that would be solely based on price. For just standard hosting, $97 can get you a year's hosting at…
You're welcome!
and phone support is about the only difference as far as I can tell.
Its nice to be able to call someone
Re: We’re creating a “Startup toolbox”. What apps should go in it?
#64Lots of great stuff mentioned, but here's some I didn't see:
Password Management: http://passpack.com/
Stickers: http://www.stickermule.com/ :-)