Nice review. I am currently eagerly awaiting my 256MB slice from Slicehost (signed up 9 days ago).
It's really hard to find cheap shared hosting that performs well/doesn't oversell. It might even be impossible. Any super-duper shared host probably costs almost as much as (if not more than) Slicehost.
The only one that might fit the bill is my current host, NearlyFreeSpeech.NET. Pay-as-you-go utility pricing + redundant and clustered backend for mere pennies is awesome.
slicematt
· 2 years ago
Thanks for the review, glad you are enjoying our community. Let us know if you need anything!
Jamie
· 2 years ago
@Tummblr: Thanks for the comment. I agree, it's practically impossible to find good shared hosting for a low price. I think the only advantage to shared hosting is that it is managed, so you don't need to worry about securing your server, and things like that. It's a good idea for companies who can afford to go with a host like [Mosso](http://mosso.com), and don't want to worry about maintaining their server. For developers, however, Slicehost is hard to beat.
@slicematt: Thanks. Will do.
iRubyist
· 1 year ago
"Chances are you'll end up enjoying it so much that you'll move all your projects over to Slicehost from that slow and unreliable shared host you're currently with :)"
@Jamie: You're not wrong there - I only set up my first slice a couple of days ago for a work project but already I'm coming up with all sorts of new personal projects to justify getting a nice chunky slice for myself to play around with :)
David
· 6 months ago
The downside of slicehost is that their T&Cs would leave you high and dry for any reason, at any time, with zero notice. Why are they afraid to assure their customers that they will be treated fairly?
It seems to me, their "taking" of your data and code hosted on their server is not even legal.
Slicehost may cancel or suspend your access to Slicehost services at any time and for any reason without notice. Upon cancellation or suspension, your right to use the service will stop immediately. You may not have access to data that you stored on the service after we suspend or terminate the service.
Jamie
· 6 months ago
That's standard operating procedure for most internet companies. I'm actually giving another VPS provider a try right now, but when I was a Slicehost customer, I was never worried about getting cut off, or losing my data. Slicehost is run by a great bunch of trustworthy people. If they upgraded their resource allotments a little bit, I would switch back to them in an instant. Some other VPS providers are just a little more cost effective at the moment.
jldugger
· 6 months ago
You mention you'd switch back; is switching VPS providers a time or labor intensive process?
Jamie
· 6 months ago
It depends on what you have/need installed. I'm only hosting my blog right now, so I only need the basics (Apache, MySQL, PHP). It generally takes me 1 to 2 hours to setup from start to finish. If I were using a more complicated stack, it would take more time.
If you are running a production application where downtime = money lost, then I definitely wouldn't recommend switching VPS providers frequently.
All Comments
It's really hard to find cheap shared hosting that performs well/doesn't oversell. It might even be impossible. Any super-duper shared host probably costs almost as much as (if not more than) Slicehost.
The only one that might fit the bill is my current host, NearlyFreeSpeech.NET. Pay-as-you-go utility pricing + redundant and clustered backend for mere pennies is awesome.
@slicematt: Thanks. Will do.
@Jamie: You're not wrong there - I only set up my first slice a couple of days ago for a work project but already I'm coming up with all sorts of new personal projects to justify getting a nice chunky slice for myself to play around with :)
It seems to me, their "taking" of your data and code hosted on their server is not even legal.
Here's the clause from: http://www.slicehost.com/tos
Slicehost may cancel or suspend your access to Slicehost services at any time and for any reason without notice. Upon cancellation or suspension, your right to use the service will stop immediately. You may not have access to data that you stored on the service after we suspend or terminate the service.
If you are running a production application where downtime = money lost, then I definitely wouldn't recommend switching VPS providers frequently.