Apparently US bandwidth was reduced to 1TB for their base plan, though they have 20TB for the same plan in Europe. I don’t use much bandwidth right now, but I could need more in the future depending on how I do backups and whatnot.
So I’m shopping around in case I need to make a switch. Here’s what I use it for:
- VPN to get around CGNAT - so all traffic for my internal services goes through it
- HAProxy - forwards traffic to my various services
- small test servers - very low requirements, basically just STUN servers
- low traffic blog
Hard requirements:
- custom ISO, or at least openSUSE support
- inexpensive - shooting for ~$5/month, I don’t need much
- decent bandwidth (bare minimum 50mbps, ideally 1gbps+), with high-ish caps - I won’t use much data most of the time (handful of GB), but occasionally might use 2-5TB
Nice to have:
- unmetered/generous bandwidth - would like to run a Tor relay
- inexpensive storage - need to put my offsite backups somewhere
- API - I’m a nerd and like automating things :)
- location near me - I’m in the US, so anywhere in NA works
Not needed:
- fast processors
- lots of RAM
- loose policies around torrenting and processing (no crypto or piracy here)
- support features, recipes, etc - I can figure stuff out on my own
I’ll probably stick with Hetzner for now because:
- pricing is still fair (transfer is in line with competitors)
- can probably move my server to Germany w/o major issues for more bandwidth
- they hit all of the other requirements, nice to haves, and many unneeded features
Anyway, thoughts? The bandwidth change pisses me off, so let me know if there’s a better alternative.
ovh has everything (i think) mentioned, they also have inexpensive baremetal servers. They also have shitty ui. 😄
I like racknerd for cheap vps. Check their black Friday deals (they’re up all the time).
Also check lowendtalk, sometimes you’ll find good deals.
For bandwidth intensive stuff I like wholesale internet’s stuff.
The hardware is very uh, old, but the network quality is great since they run an ix. And it’s unmetered too so it’s probably sufficient.
Hetzners still the cheapest pay by the hour option in the US? Long term id use racknerd or littlecreekhosting, but for quick deployments that are paid by the hour on the 3rd of the month, Hetzner is great. Don’t have to whip out the credit card, it’s instant.
When I was testing panels I started up a bunch and deleted them the next day, saved me time reinstalling on a single one.
Yeah, or they’re at least competitive across the board. I’m mainly annoyed at the dramatic change to transfer quotas, which is a lot more generous in the EU and less generous than it used to be.
For now I’m sticking with them, at least until I exhaust the transfer quota.
Company: Yes we’re charging you more… but on the other hand we’re giving you less, so it all evens out. Besides, changing hosts is a pain.
Customers: Changing hosts is such a pain.
Yeah, I really don’t understand why transfer is so expensive here in the US. The same base tier service provides 1TB transfer in the US and 20TB in the EU. I don’t need 20TB, but it would be nice to have 3-5TB in case I need to restore a backup or something.
Thats a shame. I use Hetzner for my offsite backups because they’re so damn cheap for my usecase.
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how do they compare with infomaniak? i was looking to move from aws to an eu solution.
infomaniak
It looks like they don’t go very low end, so if you’re wanting that, Hetzner is probably a better pick.
