Ask HN: Best Budget VPS providers?

2 points by johnwaynedoe 8y ago ↗ HN

I am currently looking for a reasonably priced VPS. I am planning on hosting a few personal site on it, but would also like the ability to possibly run plex or a similar service on it. So a large HDD would be nice. Does anyone have any recommendations? Who is your host? Are you happy with them?

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johnwaynedoe 8y ago ↗

This looked like the ideal plan to me

https://servarica.com/clients/cart.php?gid=43

But after ordering, paying and waiting a day for "provisioning" they cancelled my order.

K900 8y ago ↗

I'm pretty happy with Scaleway - no major issues and their ARM boxes are surprisingly powerful for what they offer. SSD only though, with no large storage options.

johnwaynedoe 8y ago ↗

I will take a look. Thank you!

msh 8y ago ↗

Their bandwidth is extremely cheap.

taneliv 8y ago ↗

Could you consider a dedicated server instead of a VPS? Depending on how great your desire for larger storage is, one of Online.net [1], OVH [2] or Hetzner.de's serverbörse [3] might be a better fit. I have good experience with all three, but they all have their quirks. Also, I don't think they all have presence in Northern America, if you're worried about latency.

[1] https://www.online.net/en/dedicated-server#anchor-perso [2] Either their https://www.kimsufi.com/ or https://www.soyoustart.com line of servers [3] https://www.hetzner.com/sb?country=gb

johnwaynedoe 8y ago ↗

Perfect. Thank you for all the links. I will definitely consider a dedicated box if the price is right. I appreciate you taking the time to make some recommendations. Picking through them now.