Who do you use for your web hosting?

General Discussions
#1

I have been with godaddy since I created my site years ago. Overall they haven’t been too bad (after you get through the initial having to opt-out of 100 useless paid add-ons). I’ve been planning to migrate away from them for ages but never got round to it.
It’s really hard to find a cheap hosting company that doesn’t look dodgey as hell so I thought I would ask you guys who you use and what you think of them. I have been looking into doing more server-side stuff lately and am not really keen on PHP (the only option for GoDaddy economy) so I’m after a server that has at least Python and preferably Java servlets (if it doesn’t double the price).

[tr][td]Hosting Company[/td][td]Plan[/td][td]Cost (per month)[/td][td]Good[/td][td]Bad[/td][td]Would I reccomend[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Godaddy.com[/td][td]Economy Linux[/td][td]$5.99[/td][td]Realtively cheap/reliable[/td][td]Horrible corporate giant, PHP Only[/td][td]Not really[/td][/tr]

#2

Using a german hoster.

[tr][td]Hosting Company[/td][td]Plan[/td][td]Cost (per month)[/td][td]Good[/td][td]Bad[/td][td]Would I reccomend[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Alfahosting.de[/td][td]Starter, nothing fancy, but all a simple page needs[/td][td]$0.99[/td][td]Cheap & great customer support[/td][td]eeeh very rare maintenance in the middle of the night? nothing really[/td][td]yes sir[/td][/tr]

used Yahoo Small Business before, and god no - it’s horrible and way more expensive

of course you gotta pay more for more traffic…

#3

[tr][td]Hosting Company[/td][td]Plan[/td][td]Cost (per month)[/td][td]Good[/td][td]Bad[/td][td]Would I reccomend[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Linode[/td][td]Private virtual host with full sudo[/td][td]$20-$30[/td][td]Good ping, memory, bandwidth, can do anything you want[/td][td]Price, I guess?[/td][td]Yes[/td][/tr]

#4

I like OpenShift, especially because it is free :slight_smile:

Of course it is not traditional hosting but a cloud service, but the options are quite extensive.

#5

[tr][td]Hosting Company[/td][td]Plan[/td][td]Cost (per month)[/td][td]Good[/td][td]Bad[/td][td]Would I recommend[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]http://123systems.net/[/td][td]Linux VPS[/td][td]$3 / month[/td][td]Excellent/fast support, cheap[/td][td]Hosted in Texas (USA)[/td][td]Yes.[/td][/tr]

You can host your programs on the VPS and also host your website with apache. That way you can host your applets and website on the same host.

Great VPS to start with and introduce yourself with networking with servers etc. It’s really cheap but works well with java ( haven’t had any problems with it yet ).

#6

123systems.net seems really cheap, I didn’t realize you could get a VPS for that price. Might have to give them a go.

#7

I’m confused how their VPS accounts are cheaper than their more limited reseller accounts.

Anyway, JGO runs on the smallest Linode VPS for $19.95 + $5 backup.

#8

[tr][td]Hosting Company[/td][td]Plan[/td][td]Cost (per month)[/td][td]Good[/td][td]Bad[/td][td]Would I recommend[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]WebFaction[/td][td]Linux shared server[/td][td]$5.50 (paying 5 years up front)[/td][td]ssh access, can host multiple sites, DBs[/td][td]Shared server[/td][td]Most certainly[/td][/tr]

There are various features which could go in the “Good” column, but I don’t use them. I initially paid for 2 years, haven’t had a single problem, and decided to pony up for 5 years when I renewed.

For Python the control panel will let you set up CherryPy, Django, mod_python, mod_wsgi, Pyramid, Pylons, TurboGears, or Zope; or you can go for a custom install and hack things around. There is a way to set up Java apps, but I don’t know offhand what it is.

#9

I’m using Webfaction as well and they’re pretty good. Very reliable and a really nice control panel for setting up domains/routing/applcations etc. The best shared hosting I’ve used, and you can run a java VM as well if you want (although I’ve not tried it and it sounds a bit fiddly to set up).

Although I’m tempted to get a proper VPS at some point and just write/configure/deploy everything myself. This may be the way madness lies though…

#10

I decided to go with WebFaction as 123systems seemed a bit sketchy. So far I’m impressed, FTP uploads are much faster and more reliable than they were on Godaddy and the control panel is pretty nice.
Thanks for the recommendations!