Ask HN: Best Budget VPS providers?

#1

Post by johnwaynedoe » Tue, Aug 29, 2017, 3:49 PM UTC

I am currently looking for a reasonably priced VPS. I am planning on hosting a few personal site on it, but would also like the ability to possibly run plex or a similar service on it. So a large HDD would be nice. Does anyone have any recommendations? Who is your host? Are you happy with them?

Re: Ask HN: Best Budget VPS providers?

#2

Post by johnwaynedoe » Tue, Aug 29, 2017, 3:50 PM UTC

This looked like the ideal plan to me

https://servarica.com/clients/cart.php?gid=43

But after ordering, paying and waiting a day for "provisioning" they cancelled my order.

Re: Ask HN: Best Budget VPS providers?

#3

Post by K900 » Tue, Aug 29, 2017, 3:52 PM UTC

I'm pretty happy with Scaleway - no major issues and their ARM boxes are surprisingly powerful for what they offer. SSD only though, with no large storage options.

Re: Ask HN: Best Budget VPS providers?

#4

Post by taneliv » Tue, Aug 29, 2017, 4:09 PM UTC

Could you consider a dedicated server instead of a VPS? Depending on how great your desire for larger storage is, one of Online.net [1], OVH [2] or Hetzner.de's serverbörse [3] might be a better fit. I have good experience with all three, but they all have their quirks. Also, I don't think they all have presence in Northern America, if you're worried about latency.

[1] https://www.online.net/en/dedicated-server#anchor-perso [2] Either their https://www.kimsufi.com/ or https://www.soyoustart.com line of servers [3] https://www.hetzner.com/sb?country=gb

Re: Ask HN: Best Budget VPS providers?

#5

Post by johnwaynedoe » Tue, Aug 29, 2017, 4:10 PM UTC

taneliv wrote: post #4

Could you consider a dedicated server instead of a VPS? Depending on how great your desire for larger storage is, one of Online.net [1], OVH [2] or Hetzner.de's serverbörse [3] might be a better fit. I have good experience with all three, but they all have their quirks. Also, I don't think they all have presence in Northern America, if you're worried about latency. [1] https://www.online.net/en/dedicated-server#ancho…

Perfect. Thank you for all the links. I will definitely consider a dedicated box if the price is right. I appreciate you taking the time to make some recommendations. Picking through them now.

Re: Ask HN: Best Budget VPS providers?

#6

Post by johnwaynedoe » Tue, Aug 29, 2017, 4:59 PM UTC

K900 wrote: post #3

I'm pretty happy with Scaleway - no major issues and their ARM boxes are surprisingly powerful for what they offer. SSD only though, with no large storage options.

I will take a look. Thank you!

Re: Ask HN: Best Budget VPS providers?

#7

Post by msh » Wed, Aug 30, 2017, 11:12 AM UTC

johnwaynedoe wrote: post #6

K900 wrote: post #3

I'm pretty happy with Scaleway - no major issues and their ARM boxes are surprisingly powerful for what they offer. SSD only though, with no large storage options.

I will take a look. Thank you!

Their bandwidth is extremely cheap.