DataMantle
Infrastructure
cloud hosting
SHOW HN2016
61points
70comments
#630of 2,264 in 2016
Top 28%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
3 positive, 27 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 13 critical, out of 45 comments about the project. Thread score -0.30.
Execution: 1 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Quick setup and low prices
From 2 comments
OK: I liked to get up and running in less than 5 minutes. Feedback/idea: maybe you can improve the flow putting the ssh/key before setting up a server (and maybe even making a…
jeanlucas on HNWill definitely give it a try. Looks really promising, and love the low prices. PS: Your front page has a tiny bit of horizontal scrolling. Have a look at your CSS.
kinkdr on HN
Objections
Too similar to DigitalOcean with no clear differentiation
From 3 comments
How is this different from Digital Ocean?
vnglst on HNIt's a dollar or two cheaper than DigitalOcean, with hybrid drives instead of SSDs. I don't really see any appeal; DigitalOcean already pitched this years ago (and has done very…
ksml on HNWhy is minimalism a benefit here? Other than that it doesn't look too different from DigitalOcean, which comes with great support and the confidence of a lot of people using it.
kristianc on HN
No IPv6 support
From 1 comment
Unfortunately the DC we're at has yet to implement IPv6.
datamantle on HN
Payment methods hidden behind signup
From 2 comments
I would suggest you display payment methods on the website. If I need to register to see it, I am not going to look at it at all
epse on HN"Sign up to view more plans" Except that after I sign up, I still can't view the plans until I set up my billing details. Meh.
anon4711 on HN
Requests
Bitcoin payment support
From 2 comments
Can I pay with bitcoin? if not then why? I currently use vultr and it spins up/down instances when my program needs it an automatically pay them with bitcoin
throwaway1974 on HN+1 for Bitcoin
jeanlucas on HN
Management API
From 2 comments
This looks interesting, but I'm very hesitant to try a new cloud provider with anything critical. What do people do to gain confidence in a cloud provider, other than wait and…
JoshTriplett on HNWe're working on the API (we use one internally, but we just need more testing / robustness of it before we launch anything)
datamantle on HN
Questions
How it differs from DigitalOcean
From 2 comments
How is this different from Digital Ocean?
vnglst on HNWe aren't other than our Waterloo, Ontario location. We're focusing on some new features which are comparable to Digital Ocean.
datamantle on HN
Whether it is usable in Europe
From 1 comment
Can I use it in Europe?
vnglst on HN
Alternatives named
DigitalOcean
From 2 comments
Quick rundown of alternatives and up/downsides (e.g. everybody has Debian so that's not noteworthy) of which I've personally used the first four: ``` - DigitalOcean has FreeBSD…
anon4711 on HNHow is this different from Digital Ocean?
vnglst on HN
Vultr
From 1 comment
Quick rundown of alternatives and up/downsides (e.g. everybody has Debian so that's not noteworthy) of which I've personally used the first four: ``` - DigitalOcean has FreeBSD…
anon4711 on HN
Linode
From 1 comment
Quick rundown of alternatives and up/downsides (e.g. everybody has Debian so that's not noteworthy) of which I've personally used the first four: ``` - DigitalOcean has FreeBSD…
anon4711 on HN
OVH
From 1 comment
ovh is a cheaper (& better?) alternative : https://www.ovh.com/us/vps/vps-ssd.xml ``` OpenStack KVM 1 vCore 2.4 GHz 2 GB RAM 10 GB SSD Local RAID 10 $3.49/month ```
udkl on HN
UpCloud
From 1 comment
http://upcloud.com simple efficient and cheaper than many. Yet it's quality, so it isn't really cheap like providers like http://time4vps.eu
Sami_Lehtinen on HN