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Does look like they have hiked their prices. But it also depends on how you are making the comparison. For example, just a cursory look at both pricing shows me

Does look like they have hiked their prices. But it also depends on how you are making the comparison. For example, just a cursory look at both pricing shows me some major differences - Pair is offering "fully managed" VPS hosting which means the hosting providers employees will help you do most of the common hosting tasks (and provide better customer support) unlike "unmanaged" hosting where you have to do everything yourself with the tools provided. Is the Linode plan you cited also similar or for "unmanaged" hosting (which is what Linode was famous for)? Note that Linode (Akamia) also makes a distinction between "shared" vCPU vs "dedicated" vCPU and prices it differently. Don't know how Pair looks at that. The point is that the pricing variation can be justified by the services being offered. I admire and respect Akamai and also like Linode a lot. But I also recognize that Akamai is big B2B company offering enterprise services and small or independent developers will always be an after thought for them.

ubermonkey 4y ago
Serious question: why are you stanning for Pair? Do you work for them?
- webmobdev 4y ago
  No, I don't. I am vocal about brands I admire or dislike. One of the ways I was taught to evaluate web hosting companies was to check how long they have been in the business (both the company and the management) as web hosting is an easy business to get into (even today, any Tom, Dick and Harry can start a web hosting business with next to nothing investment by becoming a reseller). Pair hosting is one of the oldest web hosting companies I know, and they have / had a reputation for high server uptimes (I still remember one of their employee had once posted in some forum on how one of their FreeBSD run server had an uptime of more than 2+ years - yeah, bragging about server uptimes was once a thing too) and great customer support. (I also have fond memories of Linode, Slicehost, Rackspace etc. before they all gave up and were gobbled up by someone, and web hosting became all this "cloud" bullshit.) Tl;dr: No. Brand recognition / recall is a powerful marketing tool.
  - duskwuff 4y ago
    Some old businesses are still running because they've been able to stay relevant over the long term. And some old businesses are still running because they've been relying on name recognition and customers who can't be bothered to move. Unfortunately, I think Pair is in the latter category.
    - webmobdev 4y ago
      Businesses that don't change with times do die a slow death. I have no idea how you've come to the conclusion though that Pair is in that category - would you like to clarify?
  - ubermonkey 4y ago
    Then it's weird you're consistently trying to rebut complaints about Pair in this thread.
    - webmobdev 4y ago
      Did you even read what I wrote or do you just like to troll when someone says something that is contrary to your point of view?

ubermonkey 4y ago

Serious question: why are you stanning for Pair? Do you work for them?

webmobdev 4y ago
No, I don't. I am vocal about brands I admire or dislike. One of the ways I was taught to evaluate web hosting companies was to check how long they have been in the business (both the company and the management) as web hosting is an easy business to get into (even today, any Tom, Dick and Harry can start a web hosting business with next to nothing investment by becoming a reseller). Pair hosting is one of the oldest web hosting companies I know, and they have / had a reputation for high server uptimes (I still remember one of their employee had once posted in some forum on how one of their FreeBSD run server had an uptime of more than 2+ years - yeah, bragging about server uptimes was once a thing too) and great customer support. (I also have fond memories of Linode, Slicehost, Rackspace etc. before they all gave up and were gobbled up by someone, and web hosting became all this "cloud" bullshit.) Tl;dr: No. Brand recognition / recall is a powerful marketing tool.
- duskwuff 4y ago
  Some old businesses are still running because they've been able to stay relevant over the long term. And some old businesses are still running because they've been relying on name recognition and customers who can't be bothered to move. Unfortunately, I think Pair is in the latter category.
  - webmobdev 4y ago
    Businesses that don't change with times do die a slow death. I have no idea how you've come to the conclusion though that Pair is in that category - would you like to clarify?
- ubermonkey 4y ago
  Then it's weird you're consistently trying to rebut complaints about Pair in this thread.
  - webmobdev 4y ago
    Did you even read what I wrote or do you just like to troll when someone says something that is contrary to your point of view?