I use+like vultr: it's like a better digital ocean. I can often fit more than one service onto a single $5 node.
(referral link: http://www.vultr.com/?ref=6993536-3B, should give you $20 of credit)
(referral link: http://www.vultr.com/?ref=6993536-3B, should give you $20 of credit)
- CPU seems to be a bit faster than DO
- More data centres (notably for me: one in Australia (sydney))
- Allow using any operating system/distro you want (just upload the ISO)
- Free snapshots (for now...)
Though looking at https://joshtronic.com/2017/02/14/five-dollar-showdown-linod... the current ones still aren't that bad.