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For static site hosting there are a ton of "good enough" free options these days like GitHub Pages, Netlify, etc. For pure VPS, there are cheaper options, espe

For static site hosting there are a ton of "good enough" free options these days like GitHub Pages, Netlify, etc. For pure VPS, there are cheaper options, especially if you don't need a ton of customer support like DO offers. For example, buyvm.net has a VPS with 1 vCPU, 1GB RAM, 20GB SSD, and unmetered bandwidth for $3.50/mo. DO's cheapest VPS is 1 vCPU, 1GB RAM, 25GB SSD, and 1TB bandwidth for $5.00/mo. Digital Ocean does offer a ton of value in other ways - support, uptime SLA, and other managed products... Edit: Check out https://lowendbox.com/ https://lowendbox.com/ to find cheap VPS providers.

dannyw 7y ago
Very happy BuyVM customer. The unmetered bandwidth really is unmetered, and support from the founder has been remarkably transparent and often minutes when he's awake and working.
- SahAssar 7y ago
  Have you checked the performance of their VPS:es? Any numbers to share? I've been thinking of using them because of their anycast support.
  - dannyw 7y ago
    CPU: model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz So yes, it's a 7 year old quad core, with maximum of 32 GB of RAM. You only get access to one core (technically thread); 512NB to 2GB nodes can burst to use the full thread, but are expected to not 100% it. The 4GB node (1/8th of the server) is allowed to fully peg their thread. Some of the newer servers are powered by AMD Ryzens, which is a great thing (they are far better perf/$ now; they're on GCP, and Tencent is deploying tens of thousands of ryzens in their DC). I have a 2GB node, and I've ran Geekbench 5 and got a score of 661. Here are the results: https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/1278946 https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/1278946 For comparison, a Vultr 1GB ($5/m) has a geekbench score of 2413. For most web server needs, BuyVM should suffice. Yes, other providers are much faster; but other providers don't offer unmetered bandwidth. BuyVM is great for bandwidth heavy, compute-low loads.

dannyw 7y ago

Very happy BuyVM customer. The unmetered bandwidth really is unmetered, and support from the founder has been remarkably transparent and often minutes when he's awake and working.

SahAssar 7y ago
Have you checked the performance of their VPS:es? Any numbers to share? I've been thinking of using them because of their anycast support.
- dannyw 7y ago
  CPU: model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz So yes, it's a 7 year old quad core, with maximum of 32 GB of RAM. You only get access to one core (technically thread); 512NB to 2GB nodes can burst to use the full thread, but are expected to not 100% it. The 4GB node (1/8th of the server) is allowed to fully peg their thread. Some of the newer servers are powered by AMD Ryzens, which is a great thing (they are far better perf/$ now; they're on GCP, and Tencent is deploying tens of thousands of ryzens in their DC). I have a 2GB node, and I've ran Geekbench 5 and got a score of 661. Here are the results: https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/1278946 https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/1278946 For comparison, a Vultr 1GB ($5/m) has a geekbench score of 2413. For most web server needs, BuyVM should suffice. Yes, other providers are much faster; but other providers don't offer unmetered bandwidth. BuyVM is great for bandwidth heavy, compute-low loads.