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The irony of this article is that current customers like myself who read this news are now looking at alternatives. I spend roughly $120/m with DO and have don
by treebornfrog 7y ago
The irony of this article is that current customers like myself who read this news are now looking at alternatives.
I spend roughly $120/m with DO and have done for the last 2 years. I have a majority 5 usd droplets and 1 20 usd droplet.
LightSail may be the way to go for now.
Here comes all the migration work.. Fun :)
- tams 7y agoLast time I touched Lightsail it looked like a t2 instance rebrand without the option to pay for extra CPU credits. It grinds to a half if you use up your compute stipend and you cannot do anything about it. That's a big risk for a VPS-like use-case.
- mr_toad 7y agot2.nano is fine for a low traffic website, which is what most Lightsail instances will be.
- beatgammit 7y agoWhy migrate? Afaict, Digital Ocean isn't going anywhere, it's mostly internal restructuring. I'm sure you posted before the comment by one of the cofounders, so definitely give it a read before you make any decisions. Personally, I have more instances on vultr and linode, but I still keep an instance at DO so I have a reason to keep tabs on them. I have no qualms about recommending their service to others.
- treebornfrog 7y agoYes, I did indeed post this before the comment from the co-founder. Sticking to DO!
- JonoBB 7y agoDo yourself a favour and compare the performance of DO and Lightsail before you migrate. It may be the same or similar in pricing, but every benchmark I've seen shows worse performance on Lightsail. On a value for money basis, Lightsail is most likely more expensive.