Who is your favorite hosting provider?
Have been working on the application for about 3 months now locally on my computer. I think the time has finally come for me to move this application online and test in a proper operating environment. Need to make some decisions about the hosting provider to use.
I switched from self-hosted to DigitalOcean App Platform. Will probably go back to self-hosted soon.
For static sites I use Netlify.
@jessachandler I just started using digitalOcean. So far so good. The service is very good. Haven't experienced any issues. No downtime and the documentation is great.
@hashnuke Hello Akash. Would like to know why you want to switch back to self hosted. I know that most techies like to use their own systems without dependencies of any sort. Could that be the reason?
Hetzner has better performance/price ratio compared to DigitalOcean and others.
For static sites I use Netlify + Google Forms under hood.
Heroku is also a good option. Also if you want to host your app for free, go for Heroku. Note: To avoid "downtime hours" on free plan - use website downtime checker, which will "ping" your app and won't let it sleep.
@ostapbregin Thank you Ostap. I haven't heard of Hetzner before. So far DigitalOcean appears to be the best option. I have used Heroku before. It is good for testing small applications before going to production. Might check out Netlify in the future. Thanks mate.
For static sites I use Vercel.
For application hosting I use AWS using Lambda all deployed and provisioned using Laravel Vapor.
@nwby I think AWS EC2 instances can run node apps. Will check it out. Thanks Sam
Please check this tool where you compare price and server configuration of different hosting providers
https://comparewebservices.com/compare-vps-hostings
Iβm loving Netlify for static sites and DigitalOcean for everything else. Both have great UI & UX and really friendly to use.
@nina Yeah DigitalOcean is pretty good. Have been using it for a while now and have not experienced any issues so far. The team is doing a good job
Netlify and Github pages.
@catico I think these are pretty good for static sites. If you just want to have something online to share.
I've been using a combination of heroku, GitHub, and Namecheap.
I like heroku for testing applications - you can spin something up and test it in the wild with little effort.
@jessachandler Yes, it is pretty easy to set up and deploy applications on Heroku. I have used it in the past to test some applications. The price they charge for hosting is something like $25 per month for the production plan.
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