DEV Community

Discussion on: Where do you host server-side code?

Collapse
 
louislow profile image
Louis Low • Edited

My only favorite is Digital Ocean. It's cheap and highly configurable to any of my expectations. Dismantle the configuration anytime to save money.

Collapse
 
madza profile image
Madza

What's the learning curve on it? 👀

Collapse
 
louislow profile image
Louis Low • Edited

Very few clicks, clean user interface, like adding or dismantle CPU, memory, or storage just a few clicks away. Unlike AWS or Azure, you have no idea what's going on the screen. Like you need to have certified to use their products.

Thread Thread
 
madza profile image
Madza

No wonder AWS and Azure is often skill requirements in job posts 😃😃

Thread Thread
 
louislow profile image
Louis Low • Edited

That's their usual monopoly strategy. They just make things look harder to use. It's pretty the same product as Digital Ocean.

Thread Thread
 
patarapolw profile image
Pacharapol Withayasakpunt

I still stuck in my eyes that DigitalOcean lowest tier is 5 USD / mo. But AWS LightSail starts at 3.5 USD / mo.

If it is only SSH into the remote VM, I bet any providers would be the same. Therefore, I currently use GCP's Compute Engine, because I have free credits for one year, to run Docker compose.

Yes, I also realize that DigitalOcean give access to varieties of prebuilt images, not just some Dockerized things as well.

Thread Thread
 
louislow profile image
Louis Low

5 USD still affordable and cheap to me. When I love a product, I'll stay with it for a very long time.