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Ask HN: Best Web Hosts (2012 Edition)

13 points by taphangum ↗ HN
Hi guys,

I'm looking to move one of my sites from a shared host to something a little more professional.

What's a service i can start with and stay with for a while. Without having to worry about moving again?

I appreciate any help.

Cheers,

Tapha.

13 comments

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cjoh
Linode or Appfog.
jameswyse
Really depends on what kind of site you want to host, if it's just static you could use Amazon S3 & Cloudfront, there's even a free usage tier: https://aws.amazon.com/free/
dataminer
I use hetzner, they are based in Germany. The customer service is stellar and servers are priced very competitively. You can check them out at www.hetzner.de
jel
I second Hetzner. Moved back/forth between a number of hosts but always (ultimately) hosted my projects on a Hetzner VPS. http://www.hetzner.de/en/ (English)
ksec
Since you manage to survive using shared host, your proberly dont need a "best" host as most of the host ( VPS ) will be good enough for you.

Check out Linode or Dediserve.

dholowiski
I've been very happy with Liquidweb vps. High quality, excellent support, semi managed (fully managed available). Not super cheap, but not really expensive either.
rc4algorithm
The only experience I have to offer is at the bottom rung, the smallest possible servers. The one's you use for sandboxes or low-traffic personal sites. I made my decision a week ago, and landed on Rackspace. Their cheapest option is about $12 a month, compared to Linode's $20. Also, if you're new to web administration you'll be helped tremendously by all of the accurate and thorough tutorials they host. However, the two or three people that I know that administer larger sites suggested Linode, so as always your choice should probably depend on your individual needs.
orangethirty
Any good Windows web hosts?
jordhy
Hostway.com. For nearly 10 years they've given me great servers on dedicated and shared servers.
brandoncordell
I absolutely love Linode. They have a fantastic service, amazing support, and they're cheap.
ra
Am very happy with my VPS from prgmr.com which I've had for just over a year now.

I also have VPSs with Linode, Slicehost and Amazon ... but honestly prgmr is just excellent value.

Neelix
I use Linode and prgmr. Both are excellent services, though I would slighly favor Linode.