Ask HN: Reliable vps?

1 point·bobcattr··5 comments

Looking for a cheap and realiable vps service. Not looking for linode or a cloud provider as they are too expensive

Any of the following will be suitable:

http://www.hostigation.com http://www.buyvm.com http://www.ramnode.com http://www.prometeus.net http://www.edis.at http://www.severdragon.com http://www.ipxcore.com http://www.bluevm.com

All of the above offer VPS's for really low prices.. Most of those have packages for under $3 per month.

Check out LowEndBox (http://www.lowendbox.com) and LowEndTalk (http://www.lowendtalk.com) for more cheap VPS services as most of the main cheap VPS providers can be found on there :).

I have tried a few from low end box before. They aren't very reliable.

Who have you tried? I've been with many providers who advertise at Low End Box and most have been fine.

Edis, BuyVM, Hostigation, Prometeus and RamNode are some of the most respected and reliable providers there.

I personally use NameCheap (http://www.namecheap.com/) and can say that they have a reasonably good interface and great support for a low-mid range price from what I've seen shopping around. However, there have been more sites like DigitalOcean (https://www.digitalocean.com/) that offer cloud services which, in the lower tiers, are a great value for smaller projects. If you're looking for something that scales and with more support behind it, I'd probably stick with the more expensive ones just to minimize the potential stress and hassle.

Just some thoughts to be taken as you please :)

My vote goes to:

1. IntoVPS

2. Linode

I put Linode because they donated a year of 512MB to run FontPrep on, so kudos to them. (http://fontprep.com)

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