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How does DigitalOcean compare to RamNode? I've been using a small VPS at RamNode and it's been great. It offers pretty much the same features (SSD, 1 CPU, 1 Gbps connection) as DigitalOcean (plus RamNode offers 16 IPv6 addresses), yet it's half the price. The only downside to RamNode is the 500 GB of bandwidth compared to 1 TB at DigitalOcean. Maybe I'm missing something, but why would one use DigitalOcean over RamNode for VPS hosting?

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500GB bandwidth you say? That is the plan with only 128MB of memory; you can't run many things with so little memory. The 512MB plan at RamNode is $7.5, 50% more.

Is that factoring in the coupons they keep putting out there? I paid $100.44 for a year after their 38% coupon (38RLY) and signed up for 1024 MB RAM plan, 150 GB disk, 2 IPv4 addresses, 3000 GB bandwidth. It's great.

I only considered the base monthly price; you can definitely get it cheap with coupons and yearly plans.

If you're looking for a bargain, I found this:

    2GB RAM, 50GB disk, 2TB bw, 2 IPv4, 100Mbps
    STEALOFADEAL (coupon) - 12 months, $40
    Chicago, IL - https://billing.chicagovps.net/cart.php?a=add&pid=160
    Buffalo, NY - https://billing.chicagovps.net/cart.php?a=add&pid=161
    Los Angeles, CA - https://billing.chicagovps.net/cart.php?a=add&pid=162
    Atlanta, GA - https://billing.chicagovps.net/cart.php?a=add&pid=163a=add&pid=163

ChicagoVPS are terrible. If you Google ChicagoVPS the suggest searches are "ChicagoVPS down" and "ChicagoVPS hacked".

There's 10 million threads on Lowendtalk bitching about ChicagoVPS. Here's one from last year. http://lowendtalk.com/discussion/7668/chicagovps-has-lost-th...

You get what you pay for.

I've sworn off cheap VPSes - most are running WHM as their control panel/billing and they're a target for DDoSes and attacks by skiddies.

I have too. I used some cheap vms for about 9 months, but after the host lost vms including backups (I had my own backups, but I still had to set everything up again), and relatively frequent outages, I switched to Digital Ocean, and couldn't be happier, and the price is pretty good. I figure I'll switch to Linode if I start having problems, but it's been great so far (knock on wood).

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