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SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
11 positive, 23 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 8 critical, out of 43 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Performance: 1 for, 6 againstIdea: 4 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive, thorough work
From 3 comments
I am not easily impressed when it comes to vps and cloud stuff, but this is very impressive. Kudos. Curious why you didn't include ec2?
neom on HNNicely done.
gketuma on HNNice and thorough work!
slitaz on HN
Objections
Limited provider coverage, notably missing EC2, Lightsail, Hetzner, Joyent
From 3 comments
I am not easily impressed when it comes to vps and cloud stuff, but this is very impressive. Kudos. Curious why you didn't include ec2?
neom on HNWould love to see Joyent included. Silly pricing, hopefully performance that justifies it. https://www.joyent.com/pricing/cloud/compute
porker on HNIt would be nice to include hetzner :)
HugoDaniel on HN
Skepticism about unlimited traffic claims
From 1 comment
> I have serious doubts about the OVH’s and Scaleway’s unlimited traffic, seems more marketing strategy than real to me (joe di castro). Anecdotal, of course, but I have an…
notamy on HN
Requests
Add more providers such as Hetzner and EC2
From 2 comments
It would be nice to include hetzner :)
HugoDaniel on HNI am not easily impressed when it comes to vps and cloud stuff, but this is very impressive. Kudos. Curious why you didn't include ec2?
neom on HN
Test multi-threaded performance as well as single-threaded
From 1 comment
I'm a little confused as to why comparing single-threaded performance (for scaleway) is more "fair". Surely you should compare both, to allow people to compare for…
RX14 on HN
Add Terraform provider support comparison
From 1 comment
Very nice. One other datapoint that could be useful for some: Terraform provider support (and how capable the provider is). Terraform has providers for Digital Ocean, Scaleway…
corford on HN
Questions
Does Vultr actually reach 100% uptime
From 1 comment
Curious to know if anyone uses Vultr whether they actually hit 100% uptime, or if that's more marketing and they just issue credits for the SLA regularly.
tedmiston on HN
Does the EU datacenter imply EU law applies given US parent
From 1 comment
Very impressive reference. Would be interested in ec2 as well. And I think "datacenter in the EU" does not necessarily mean "bound to EU law" since the parent company is in the…
nodomain on HN
Alternatives named
Vultr, Linode, DigitalOcean, OVH, Scaleway, Azure, AWS
From 2 comments
I have servers on Vultr, AWS, Azure, physical hardware in data centres and a few others. The physical servers are by far the fastest obviously, but when looking at the VPS /…
smcleod on HNGreat start to a comparison review. I've used all the service providers available and these opinions include my historical experience with them (I've used all providers for many…
halfeatenpie on HN