Which is a better host for personal work, Vultr or DigitalOcean?

Emilio · Mar 8, 2016

What are the differences between Vultr and DigitalOcean? I am moderately skilled in Linux but I am trying to move my work environment to the cloud. I tried VPS from DigitalOcean but not for the cloud and as I know then Digital Ocean seems less expensive. I want to run some small business websites and basically would like to learn everything about configuring servers online. Which one is better for a newbie on a small budget motivated to learn? Thanks in advance.

Localnode · Mar 9, 2016

Neither are cloud providers - they're both just VPS with hourly billing.
My personal recommendation is Digital Ocean - as Vultr does not have RAID on any of its servers. I also find Digital Ocean has a better platform.

The thing is - are you capable of managing the VPS yourself? Do you truly need a VPS? These sorts of things come with requirements such as regularly updating the VPS - hardening it - keeping up with security flaws.
All these kinds of things are not needed on a reputable shared host (as the hoster usually does these things). If you're not comfortable doing it - you're better off going with shared. From what you described - shared hosting is what you need. VPS hosting is only necessary when you need root access, and when the websites have outgrown shared web hosting.

jamilaliahmed · Mar 9, 2016

If we have to compare Digital Ocean and Vultr then they are equal performance wise. But Digital Ocean has a better user-base, help tutorials and guidance. For your satisfaction you can test both the platforms on the best managed cloud platform named Cloudways. You can use their birthday promo code: HBD2CW and get 1 month free hosting.

meetdilip · Apr 19, 2016

I have used Vultr. But I would recommend Digitial Ocean for the reasons mentioned above. They are more professional with better resources.

Harry P · Apr 19, 2016

jamilaliahmed said:
If we have to compare Digital Ocean and Vultr then they are equal performance wise. But Digital Ocean has a better user-base, help tutorials and guidance. For your satisfaction you can test both the platforms on the best managed cloud platform named Cloudways. You can use their birthday promo code: HBD2CW and get 1 month free hosting.

I tried package $10/ mo at DO and its really not good as some reviews by users. Slow loading and hard to use over other webhostings.

meetdilip said:
I have used Vultr. But I would recommend Digitial Ocean for the reasons mentioned above. They are more professional with better resources.

What is your experience with Vultr? I heard of them but not ever tried.

meetdilip · Apr 19, 2016

My experience was not good. I lost the project I hosted with them due to hosting issue.

VirtuBox · May 4, 2016

If you want to try vultr, go to the coupons link in their footer. Up to 50$ for free to try their vps.

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