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For small scale projects, you can find affordable (shared) hosting almost anywhere.
But when it comes to VPS and Dedicated servers, I have noticed a strong pricing differences between the USA and northern European countries, especially Germany. The USA options are way more expensive, like 10-fold.
For example, looking at Acquia Developer Cloud hosting (built on Amazon USA)
-4 ECU (2x 64 bit)
-total RAM: 7,5 GB
-500 GB storage
-Up to 10 sites, 6 tickets
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695 USD per month
https://acquia.com/cloud-pricing#hardware=61&storage=116&subscription=12...
For that money (~490 EUR) I can go to Germany's Strato.de and get:
-2x 64 bit, 16 GB RAM each, dual hexa-core (! yes that's 2x 6, each)
-extra 1x 64 bit, 16 GB RAM, quad core
-total RAM: 48 GB RAM
-total storage: 8000 GB (8 terabyte)
-up to 25 sites (domains)
-"unlimited bandwidth"
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2x 199 + 1x 99 EUR = 497 EUR
http://www.strato-pro.de/root_server/dedicated_server/linux.html?sc=1900...
Rackspace would charge me $2,000 - $5,000 for the same, depending on bandwidth usage,
http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/cloud_hosting_products/servers/pricing/
Well as you can see, this is a huge difference...! I know where to host my next project!
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Any interests to declare?
Do you have a connection with any of the hosting companies listed? It reads a little like an advert ;)
Seriously - of course you can take two examples from the US and one example from DE, and show that the DE one is cheaper. That proves nothing at all. Predominantly, US-based hosting is cheaper because power is cheaper there, but there are so many variables such as the level of management that is offered, the uptime, how reliable the backup power sources are, etc., that it's hard to generalise. There are good and bad hosts in every continent. Expensive doesn't make it good. Cheap doesn't make it good either.
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I'm looking to host my new
I'm looking to host my new Drupal "startup". I live in Germany, but the project is targeted to the USA. So I came accross a few good options, and am still surprised about the price difference.
You cannot compare a web host
You cannot compare a web host just look at their server features and price. There are many other factors influencing the price, such as Facility in data center, internet connection speed, level of customer service, data backup and more.
1. acquia offer application level hosting service, which means if your application (Drupal) doesn't work well in their environment, they might offer some help if it's not own coding problem.
2. strato-pro is offer unmanged service, it's somehow like 1and1.
3. rackspace has higher SLA compared with their web hosts.
Keep in mind, you pay for what you get.
Ok, thanks for the insights.
Ok, thanks for the insights. I prefer Acquia Cloud, but for now it's too expensive, so will go with "cheaper" dedicated servers.
There are many cheap web
There are many cheap web hosting solution, you could checkout 1and1, godaddy, and more. Most of them offer unmanaged server solution and the price is very low.
GoDaddy is not cheap. They
GoDaddy is not cheap. They offer a 4GB RAM single quad core dedicated server for 269$ per month. For that money Strato can offer 16GB RAM and dual hexa-core servers. That's my point - US hosting companies are way more expensive than what I can get locally.
I'm looking for a US host that can offer something equal to Strato's bang-for-the-buck.