Server Hunter
Web and SaaS
server comparison search
SHOW HN2019
174points
88comments
#232of 2,195 in 2019
Top 11%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
10 positive, 19 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 11 critical, out of 40 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Execution: 2 for, 6 againstDesign: 0 for, 5 againstIdea: 4 for, 0 againstPricing: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful way to find servers and deals across providers
From 3 comments
This is the best Show HN I've seen in awhile. Really really useful!
AznHisoka on HNThis is very useful and way overdue, thanks. Being able to filter by BGP session support has already saved me hours of work this month (if any DigitalOcean sharks are reading:…
buildbuildbuild on HNThank you for creating a hub where server providers are indexed. I've been looking for something like this for a while now. :)
arzel on HN
Fast, clean search experience
From 1 comment
Is there a tech writeup on how the site was built? What software is behind the faceted search? The site and search experience is fast and I'd love to learn more about how it was…
pheeney on HN
Objections
Data quality and accuracy of listings is poor
From 3 comments
The idea of creating a index of server providers is good, but all implementations are less-than-ideal, and in the worst case, useless. The core problem here is data quality, the…
segfaultbuserr on HNI like the idea, but there still seem to be some glitches: When I look for VPSs with at least 5GB RAM, I get a lot of VPSes with 1.5GB RAM (e.g.…
ar0 on HNI am wondering who is providing the information? Vultr list their "Dedicated" as 8 CPU, when it is not dedicated by Cloud VM, which I presume it is shared. And its CPU are not…
ksec on HN
CPU performance and shared vs dedicated cores not clear
From 1 comment
Most VPS hosters "share" CPU time between users on a host server (Which mean CPU type/speed doesn't mean much). So it would be great if you could filter for that on serverhunter…
tmikaeld on HN
Few provider reviews yet
From 1 comment
It would be nice to also incorporate ratings somehow. I chose some filters that I wanted. Searched lowendbox for the vps provider that came up first and there are some truely…
mlrtime on HN
Requests
Filter or indicate dedicated CPU cores
From 2 comments
Maybe you can simplify it, have a checkbox for "Dedicated CPU Cores" so that we can filter those who provide it officially. I think it's safe to assume that those that don't have…
tmikaeld on HNMost VPS hosters "share" CPU time between users on a host server (Which mean CPU type/speed doesn't mean much). So it would be great if you could filter for that on serverhunter…
tmikaeld on HN
Performance benchmarks and speed tests
From 2 comments
Looks good, congrats! It would be awesome if you could include links for testing speed and latency for each provider (when available).
tomaspollak on HNDoesn't elastic search require a decent size server just to run with no data? Curious about the costs of running elastic search for a small number of documents compared to the…
pheeney on HN
Ratings and reviews integrated into results
From 1 comment
It would be nice to also incorporate ratings somehow. I chose some filters that I wanted. Searched lowendbox for the vps provider that came up first and there are some truely…
mlrtime on HN
Filter out specific hosts
From 1 comment
This is very useful and way overdue, thanks. Being able to filter by BGP session support has already saved me hours of work this month (if any DigitalOcean sharks are reading:…
buildbuildbuild on HN
Questions
How was the data collected and kept updated?
From 1 comment
How did you collect all this data? How do you keep it updated?
rambojazz on HN
What software powers the faceted search?
From 1 comment
Is there a tech writeup on how the site was built? What software is behind the faceted search? The site and search experience is fast and I'd love to learn more about how it was…
pheeney on HN
Alternatives named
LowEndTalk
From 2 comments
The idea of creating a index of server providers is good, but all implementations are less-than-ideal, and in the worst case, useless. The core problem here is data quality, the…
segfaultbuserr on HNIt would be nice to also incorporate ratings somehow. I chose some filters that I wanted. Searched lowendbox for the vps provider that came up first and there are some truely…
mlrtime on HN
VPS Benchmarks
From 1 comment
Perhaps you could partner with https://www.vpsbenchmarks.com/ , they have different benchmark data for major providers.
jmngomes on HN