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Ask HN: Best Web Hosting Options in 2014?
I am doing some pro-bono work currently with a number of NGOs who all seem to have horror stories about their web hosting platforms. I have moved some of them onto a simple VPS with DO for now but would like a better long term solution (i.e something managed).
The main problem I am having at this point is that given they are NGOs money is a big issue and finding something that would work with their price range and isn't at the Godaddy level is proving to be a bit of a challenge. I have also tried approaching WPEngine and a few others to see if they were able to arrange discount pricing for NGOs but so far have not had any luck.
I would love some feedback from you all as to what you would recommend out there. In terms of requirements I would need somewhere that will support SSL (so they can receive donations without PayPal) and a platform to handle their e-mail as Google Apps isn't an option for various reasons at this stage sadly.
Any advice would be hugely appreciated and would be helping a very worthy cause.
- toomuchtodo 12y ago> I have moved some of them onto a simple VPS with DO for now but would like a better long term solution (i.e something managed). > The main problem I am having at this point is that given they are NGOs money is a big issue and finding something that would work with their price range and isn't at the Godaddy level is proving to be a bit of a challenge. These statements contradict each other. If money is an issue, you're going to have a hard time finding someone to manage an environment that small. S3 + Jekyll are out if you need SSL. Have you thought about Docker containers on Digital Ocean with Cloudflare in front of the site (free tier comes with SNI SSL)?
- mhoad 12y agoI'd like to be able to hand the project off at some point and fear that much beyond a basic hosting setup will really limit their options in the future due to too much perceived complexity.
- hackertoolbox 12y ago> S3 + Jekyll are out if you need SSL. Isn't this possible with cloudfront? https://www.google.com/search?q=s3+website+sshl&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb#rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&q=s3%20static%20website%20ssl https://www.google.com/search?q=s3+website+sshl&ie=utf-8&oe=...
- jlees 12y agoIs Heroku sufficient? It doesn't have the email aspect but there are plenty of standalone options there. It abstracts away a lot of the headache from custom VPSen, as long as the sort of thing you want to host is supported. AWS OpsWorks could be an alternative.
- codegeek 12y agoI recommend http://www.asmallorange.com http://www.asmallorange.com We use them for a dedicated server and their support is awesome. They are also not too big like the godaddys and seem to care about their customers. No affiliations, I just like them a lot.
- crazypyro 12y agoSomeone mentioned to me in IRC that they are owned by Endurance, same owners of HostGator and a bunch of other hosts. Not sure this really affects anyone's opinion. I have a 35/year personal site hosted there.
- triggerworlds 12y agoCheck out Zoho Mail for an alternative to Google Apps email interface [1]. Has worked pretty well for me when handling several non-proit email platforms. It isn't as pretty of an interface as Gmail or google, but I have found it to be reliable and cost-inexpensive. [1] https://www.zoho.com/mail/ https://www.zoho.com/mail/
- hackertoolbox 12y agoWhat are you going to host? static site or dynamic site, or just a wordpress site? How is the traffic of this site? Some tools suggested from previous HN discussions: http://www.hackertoolbox.com/tags/cloud%20hosting http://www.hackertoolbox.com/tags/cloud%20hosting http://www.hackertoolbox.com/tags/email%20hosting http://www.hackertoolbox.com/tags/email%20hosting