So I had this crazy idea to make a list of providers and kinda rate them.
Bytemark BigV
My first and what this blog runs on
Pros
- 1 v4, 1 v6 in a /64 directly on the machine
- £12 pr month (incl VAT) for 1GiB mem, 24GiB disk, 200GiB transfer
- Command-line management client
- Own or remote CD/.iso install
- No bullshit clean images provided by Bytemark
- Multiple users on same account (not that I need it for my private stuff)
- Incredibly helpful support
Cons
- UK Location only
Digital Ocean
Tried them for 16 hours (2014-02-05 – 06)
Pros
- Dual location (Amsterdam + New York)
- Cheap ($5 for 512MB mem, 20G SSD Disk, 1T Transfer)
- Nice feedback system, not a lot of response …
- Very easy to launch new machines
- SSH Key deployment support
- root password sent by email
- Paypal payment
Cons
- No IPv6 – like ever … current ETA = Don’t count on it
- Invoice system is non-EU regulation compatible
Other to test
- Edis.at – Iceland, Stockholm locations – Cheap
- Hetzner – Germany only – €7.90 512MB mem, 20G disk, 1T transfer
- OVH.co.uk – £4.99 512MB, 25G
- 3 sites (2 french + 1 in Canada), 9 for £8.49 (US, Hong Kong, DE, ES, IT, FR)
- Cons: CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian only
Tell me more – I’d love to hear about others to test out …