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Ask HN: F*ck HostGator. Can anyone suggest a better managed VPS alternative?

by vicken on 4/17/14, 12:44 AM with 17 comments

• by michaelchum on 4/18/14, 6:15 AM

  DigitalOcean!!! You can't get a better VPS for their price. Super fast SSD (you feel the difference), almost no outages, extremely easy to setup and you build the stack you want. Stellar customer service. https://www.digitalocean.com/

• by stevejalim on 4/21/14, 11:44 AM

  I've had good experiences with Webfaction - they've been quick to respond to tickets and communicate issues/outages well.

  Roughly looking, your setup would be about $20/mth with them, I think.

  Direct link: https://www.webfaction.com/features

  Shameless affiliate link, even though I'd recommend them anyway: https://www.webfaction.com/features?affiliate=stevejalim

• by thenomad on 4/17/14, 10:38 AM

  I've heard decent things about WiredTree for managed servers. Decent, not awesome.

  Bytemark are awesome, and do offer managed servers, but I don't know how much they charge for them.

• by gesman on 4/17/14, 2:01 AM

  Go for dedicated server for the same price:

  http://c.gg/ovh

  That's what I use after I ran away from crappying hostgator.

• by jboss4 on 4/19/14, 11:27 PM

  You should definitely check out WiredTree or Future Hosting. They are both fantastic for managed VPS. http://www.futurehosting.com http://www.wiredtree.com

• by Steveism on 4/17/14, 1:14 AM

  I think LiquidWeb is certainly worth considering for a managed VPS in this price range: http://www.liquidweb.com/StormServers/vps.html

• by pskittle on 4/17/14, 12:51 PM

  https://www.strikingly.com/s/pricing

• by hardwaresofton on 4/17/14, 12:48 AM

  How strongly do you feel about it being managed? What are you hosting?

• by pixeloution on 4/17/14, 1:03 AM

  maybe these guys? http://www.unixy.net/vps-hosting/

• by godzillabrennus on 4/17/14, 5:43 AM

  I use dotblock.com and they rock.