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Ask HN: F*ck HostGator. Can anyone suggest a better managed VPS alternative?

6 points by vicken ↗ HN
I'm sick of HostGator's constant outages, including today's. Can anyone recommend a solid managed VPS service not related to BlueHost/HostGator?

I'm currently paying $51.95/mo for the following and would like to stay in the same price range for similar specs:

2.3Ghz (1 core) 1024MB RAM 60GB Disk Space 1000 GB Bandwidth

I'd gratefully appreciate any input.

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hardwaresofton
How strongly do you feel about it being managed? What are you hosting?
vicken
I strongly prefer it being managed so I don't really have to worry about server maintenance and such.

I don't host anything too crazy. I'm a web designer and currently have about 15 sites I'm hosting for clients, with a handful of them being WordPress sites, and the rest, simple HTML informational sites.

stevekemp
Generally "managed" means you share the login details to your host with somebody, they apply updates, they help work with you to tune your server, and they let you know of upcoming problems.

Although there are providers who both offer hosts and offer the management you might find a decent compromise is to pay for them separately.

I remotely manage a lot of servers (40-80) in exchange for an ongoing minimal fee, and I'm not alone in that I expect.

pixeloution
maybe these guys? http://www.unixy.net/vps-hosting/
vicken
Wow, these guys look pretty good. The prices are a little higher than I'd like, but definitely worth checking out, thanks.
cordite
A team I worked with totally ditched these guys due to their managed services quality
Steveism
I think LiquidWeb is certainly worth considering for a managed VPS in this price range: http://www.liquidweb.com/StormServers/vps.html
vicken
LiquidWeb looks very promising and fits right in my price range. Great find. LW is the top contender so far.

Great suggestions guys, keep em coming!

gesman
Go for dedicated server for the same price:

http://c.gg/ovh

That's what I use after I ran away from crappying hostgator.

michaelchum
DigitalOcean!!! You can't get a better VPS for their price. Super fast SSD (you feel the difference), almost no outages, extremely easy to setup and you build the stack you want. Stellar customer service. https://www.digitalocean.com/
nitely
DO is unmanaged though.
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