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I use Digital Ocean now and used Linode for a long time before that, both are great. But, before I knew how to manage my own server, I used https://dathorn.com

I use Digital Ocean now and used Linode for a long time before that, both are great. But, before I knew how to manage my own server, I used https://dathorn.com/ https://dathorn.com/. They were the absolute greatest shared host that I have ever used. The guy running it is extremely responsive, and I never had any issues. If you're looking for shared hosting, I can't recommend them enough. I'm not affiliated, I just hope they never gets put under by big hosting companies.

mercer 6y ago
You might be right, but I'd be careful recommending any shared hosting that you aren't currently using! I 'upgraded' to using VPS', mostly Digital Ocean and Hetzner a few years ago. But before that I relied on shared hosting. I constantly experienced the following: - use shared hosting provider <x> because they're affordable and support is great. - lots of people start using <x> - support degrades, uptime is affected, and the whole thing goes to shit. - check various subreddits and forums to figure out what the current 'good' host is. - go through the trouble of moving my sites (and, early on, DNS) to the new great solution. - rinse, repeat. My experience with VPS providers has been less unstable. I mostly moved from DO to Hetzner because the latter is cheaper and still good enough for my use-cases. But the time I've been with DO is multiples of how long I stuck with a shared hosting provider until they went to shit. (I think HostGator was the last straw for me, iirc)