Ask HN: Canadian VPS hosting?

6 points by raquo 12y ago ↗ HN

Hello HNers,

Could anyone please recommend a Canadian equivalent of Linode or DigitalOcean? I've done my googling, but the providers I've found seem amateurish and/or outdated, not to mention expensive.

Thanks.

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mcrider 12y ago ↗

Try Gossamer Threads (https://gt.net/). What are your reasons for not using Linode or DIgitalOcean anyway -- do you work for a university library or other public institution?

julianlam 12y ago ↗

Starting at $250 a month for a VPS? I don't even want to know why...

mcrider 12y ago ↗

Because its fully managed. Can't say for sure if its worth it, but I have heard good things about them.

raquo 12y ago ↗

No, I don't need this to comply with PIPEDA, but for a couple of my projects it would be nice to be hosted within the country.

idev247 12y ago ↗

I've used http://www.netelligent.ca/ VPS in the past. They have a cloud version now but I've never tried it.

fleclerc 12y ago ↗

There's CloudA (https://www.clouda.ca/) that is similar to DigitalOcean.

raquo 12y ago ↗

Thanks for the suggestion, but CloudA is what I mean by "amateurish". Their website is extremely confusing (compare to https://www.digitalocean.com/ or https://www.linode.com/). They even use StackOverflow logo as an icon for their "Fast Spin Up Time" feature. All this does not inspire confidence.

fleclerc 12y ago ↗

Ok. Digital Ocean itself is supposed to come to Canada sometime this year if you can wait.

DLion 12y ago ↗

http://cloudatcost.com have vps starting at 35$ one time (yes, one time really)

lastcanal 12y ago ↗

OVH has a big datacenter outside Montreal.

http://www.ovh.com/ca/en/vps/

olssy 12y ago ↗

This company was a client where I used to work and seemed very knowledgable and friendly: http://www.cartika.com Not really the same as DigitalOcean but they offer VPS hosting with data centers in Canada(and US) and they are based in Toronto(or where 2 years ago, they grew quite big since then)