Good server/hosting providers I know
vServers
- OVH High quality vps with reasonable prices
- Noez German server provider for cheap vServers (with pretty cheap extra IPv4 addresses)
- Contabo Another german vServer provider with cheap storage servers
Root/KVM Servers
- Netcup S-Tier root server provider. Good prices for decent hardware/uplink
Webhosting
- Netlify Amazing free tier plan for static websites
- Vercel Free plan is okay. Would not recommend using them as backend for most projects
I am honestly not the biggest fan of these serverless cloud providers and running your backend on them. Some downsides I have experienced:
- Vendor lock-in everywhere
- Vercel/Next.js tries to look bigger/more accpeted then they acutally are
- Next.js backend api is a fucking joke
- Middleware broken for years (now its acceptable)
- Breaks compatibility with nearly every connect based library (its still build on connect tho i guess)
- Next.js backend api is a fucking joke
- Only advantage they provide is ‘on the edge’ hosting/cdn stuff
- Overpriced af. You are paying a lot for fancy UI and CI/CD. Both netlify and vercel are just reselling aws lambda as backend at the end of the day
// TODO: Add more providers when i remember them & add affiliate links // TODO: Do a more serious post where i talk/rant about vercel/next.js