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Best reputation providers + best value LEB?
For those who have been around this community for a while, can someone please help me (and others) by understanding who has the best reputation around this community in terms of reliability and not overselling the servers and attitude when dealing with clients?
Also, what is the best value LEB provider / deal going around right now that people recommend?
Thank you.
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I liked the 4$/yr virmach offer yesterday.
If you spend some time reading threads in this board you'll quickly get an image of who is a respected provider and who is a summerhost. @francisco is one of the respected for example.
Am only going to list host that are that got reputation for good service, am not going to talk about deal as most of the good offer were released back in black Friday anyway.
@AnthonySmith from Inception Hosting: Got a few services with them fast server and reliable opened a few ticket over the years all answered fast and professional by Anthony no issues.
@Nick_A from RamNode: Had a number of services over the year like Inception Hosting also fast servers with good reliable, support also fast and effective.
Add netcup and ultravps.eu (based on my observation on the buying habits of the vets here)
Depends on what specs/location/budget you have.
You'll find some may have amazing support but not in the location you want
one more vote on netcup.
as matter of fact , it's THE best provider I have ever come across so far.
specially their control panel , damn good.
There are many best providers here. At least more than the number of my fingers
. Some lucky to grow big, some just bite the dust and struggle to get back.
@Francisco, @AnthonySmith, @Nick_A, @Kujoe, @Serverian, @Hassan, @McPhill, @jarland, @ishaq, @jbiloh, and many more.
.> @vmhaus said:
^ pretty much this ... so much depends on your specific use case as a client.
Speaking personally from my own limited experience in the past year with maybe a dozen providers who have some reputation here ... I have been pleasantly surprised with the quality of service I get for paying sometimes just pennies a day. But I always take the time to use the search feature and read older threads to get a better sense of what I might be getting into.
It's helpful to be clear about what you are looking for. Are your priorities oriented more towards business or entertainment? If business, does it involve footwear? If entertainment, does it involve pirated tentacle porn? If some combination of the two, do you expect to need protection against DDOS? (To be clear, you'll have more luck finding tentacle-friendly hosts if that's important to you. Spammers, scammers, and sneakerbots will get the boot from any host who knows what they're doing.)
Would humbly suggest to recite the following to the tune of "Some Girls":
Some providers offer lower prices. Some offer newer hardware. Some provide a faster connection to the locations where I care about latency or throughput. Some have been in business for many years, with well-established policies, procedures, and reputations. Others are fresh out of the gate, maybe more footloose and fancy-free, and one hopes to see them grow. Just a few will reek of shilling and scamming, and those seem to get called out pretty quickly here on LET (but maybe not so much on LEB, unfortunately).
All things considered, good enough is usually good enough, and too good to be true is often just that. I feel fortunate to have avoided any scams or truly bad services so far. But even with the best intentions of a provider, it is entirely possible that sooner or later I may find myself travelling some distance down the proverbial well-paved road to hell, especially if I'm jumping on some consistently unsustainable deal.
So a little risk management can go a long way - be sure to keep good backups of anything you care about no matter which hosts you trust to keep it with ....
@clouvider, ImpactVPS, BuyVM, @anthonysmith etc are some excellent providers who have earned and deserve all the good rep they get.
+1 to Ramnode. I am using them since 3 years (I think) and I have no issues.
Speaking of NetCup, I guess their #0.19/mo promo isn't working out as well as they had hoped.
BASTARDS!
I currently have 18+ VPS's spread out over many providers, all of which I actually use and monitor on a continuous basis, so if/when something goes wrong, I'd know about it.
I'll highlight only those I believe are outstanding:
RamNode: Based on my almost 4 years with these guys, I have absolutely ZERO complaints. I have a few low cost VPS's and a couple of more robust ones. Support is uniformly top notch, as is the equipment and the uptime. IMHO, all providers should strive to follow their example. A bit more expensive, but well worth it for mission critical applications.
Virmach: I picked up four budget VPS's from them about six months ago (and three more yesterday). At this price point, the service is ridiculously good. No problems at all. Rock-solid equipment, no signs of being oversold, great network.
Iniz: I've had a budget VPS here since 2014 - "old reliable", never a problem.
Cloudxtiny: I picked up a few low cost VPS's from this UK-based provider a few months ago (~3-5 GBP/yr!). Service and support have been excellent - a few transient routing hiccups that were resolved, but in general very reliable and an excellent value. I frankly don't know why they don't get more recognition here. The specs/price points/locations of their low end VPS offerings are a perfect fit for LET.
Depends on your budget and expectations. Virmach is loved here for the lowest price and best deals. But in terms of test files it has the lowest consistent speed score for me. That tells me it's oversold and highly utilized. But for the price it's probably worth it.
Then on the other end of the spectrum you have companies like Shock Hosting which are rarely active here, almost no one talks about but give solid discounts (generally through PM) and their network is "shockingly"
under utilized.
Lastly you have the reliable budget crowd that fall somewhere in the middle like frantech buyvm and buyshared. BuyVM is considerably more reliable than buyshared but the value in terms of hardware isn't generally there. You'll get half a cpu while others will give you a full cpu for the same price. Doesn't mean the service is bad just that they know their market and niche into it nicely. You generally don't need as much cpu as you would think.
Vultr. Shock Hosting. BuyVM. ChicagoVPS. Psychz. They'll give you consistent reliable service generally near the 1gbps speed they promise and io above 150mb/s (1gbps+).
Virmach, Alpha, etc. Will give you rock bottom pricing but performance will be saturated. For example virmach Seattle test file gives me 17mb/s to a CA server while Vultr Seattle gives me 70MB/s. They'll both work but it's obvious who's giving nearly true 1gbps and who's closer to 100mbps. Additionally These budget providers, They'll give you generally near or slightly above 10mb/s performance (100mbps) but don't expect them to give you consistent performance near the 1gbps level in terms of IO or internet speeds. Hardware will also be a generation behind such as L5520 cpus.. But the pricing will reflect this during sales (5-10 a yr!)
So what's your budget and tolerance to speed fluctuations? The way to get the best pricing is to know exactly what you need and to put a clear request for it.
Do you need 4gb of ram or 1gb/512mb ram? Do you need 1vcore or 4? 20gb of space or 100gb? Can you stand 30mins down time randomly or do you need true 100% reliability? What's the cost value of that to you?
Unfortunately your not going to get the best possible service for $8 a year but it'll be definitely worth $8 a year. It'll be fast enough to warrant that price. But Around $25+ a year for 1vcore, 1gb ram, 20gb of HD speed, 1gbps burst access speeds is where you'll start to see decent value. At $50-60 a year you'll see the best performance for similar specs to the ones mentioned above.
Was this part of some campaign/deal/custom setup? The lowest priced annual plans I could find on their site were ~17 GBP hosting, and 60(+12 VAT) GBP VPS
+1 rsync is your friend. Learn it. Love it. Use it. Even if it's just to a rasberry pi you setup at home. Any backup is better than no backup
Here's their post:
https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/2472089
The only 3 I would be willing to put support behind publically on this site are @Francisco, @Prometeus and @Nick_A, until you have services with a provider long enough to truly experience performance, support and how they handle a real disaster situation you cannot be sure how good they are. All 3 have done it, proven they are worthy. You need to pay them what they ask rather than looking for how cheap you can get them.
I have more services with all 3 than most providers, virtually nothing in my own personal name to be fair but spend about $500 each month with them.
I can vouch for @Prometeus too even if they don't participate that much to "insane deals" on this site
other than that lurk, fail and learn I guess
VolumeDrive
I've been with @AnthonySmith and @Kujoe for years. Neither have ever let me down.
I’m not sure whether you’re joking or have returned to plague the board with your necroposts and crappy suggestions.
Thanks for the mention!
I'm Negan.
You’re spectacularly failing to capture the essence of Negan.
Buy shared. Stable and dedicated ip. But one hell of an overloaded server
Not to mention sold out for the month.
How much load?
I can vouch for @nekki . That gay give great service along with @wss
You keep saying all these words, but all I hear is "fuck me until your dick breaks off inside me and fuses into some kind of barbie doll crotch."
Unfortunately, I can’t vouch for @yokowasis. He comes like a a steam train the moment you show him a little bit of testicle.
So, essentially you’re having fantasies about consensual sex with me that end with you suffering what is sure to be a fatal injury and me to undergo some form of transformation into a genderless being.
I’m flattered that you’d sacrifice yourself for me in this way, but you should probably have realised something wasn’t right when everything I said was that same sentence - nobody does that, not even porn stars, even they can manage a little variety.
I’d strongly suggest you see a healthcare professional immediately...but, shit, you’re only going to hear the barbie doll thing again.....
NUUURSE!
I vouch for @exception0x876, been using them. Great uptime and support.