Comments on: Rails Hosting review

By: Luca

Luca — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:27:47 +0000

Antonio, what do you think about BlueHost.com?

By: smerickson

smerickson — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Recently I had a similar experience as you did. I was looking for a new host that suppored rails and with similar requirements as you outline above. I too decided on Site5 and have been very pleased, but this provides some more confirmation that I made the right choice.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve had good luck with Linode, which provides an entire “User Mode Linux” system with root access for $20/month. That way, I can run whatever databases, web servers, and applications I want. This includes vhosts and multiple Rails instances.

Of course, a virtual server means you need to set up Rails on your own. But the service has been good so far. It’s a good choice if you’re comfortable with Unix.

By: railsquest

railsquest — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I also was looking for a rails hosting service and came across your site.

I was going to click the site5 link you provided, but I noticed the link:
(http://www.site5.com/affiliates/idevaffiliate.php?id=1037)
and now I have to question the credibility of the review…

By: Antonio Cangiano

Antonio Cangiano — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

railsquest, I see your point. I have removed the affiliate links. The review was written with the intention of providing information, not merely to make a few spare bucks. My apologies if this has generated any confusion.

By: railsquest

railsquest — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Just the fact that you didn’t delete the comment shows that you have integrity.

So, I went ahead and clicked on the link I posted there anyway

By: drurjen

drurjen — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Antonio,

I was googling for Rails Hosting reviews and yer post popped up at the top. I’m also looking for similar packages. So far, RailsPlayground and Site5 seem to be my favorite picks. I’m a little short on cash so I may end up choosing RailsPlayground, or take a chance with Site5. There’s another webhosting company that’s worth adding; caught my eye a couple of mths back. It’s Steelpixel.com, it’s managed by the people behind the Web20show.com (a podcast about all things web2.0). They have a good reputation behind them, so they might also be a good choice. By the way, you said GoDaddy wasnt Ruby compatible, so what company should i register my domains with?

By: Antonio Cangiano

Antonio Cangiano — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Hi drurjen, you can register your domains through GoDaddy and configure the DNS so that they point to your hosting elewhere. Cheers, Antonio.

By: Carla

Carla — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Site5! I’m an employee–you’ll see my name in your support tickets and in the forums.

Please let me know if you need anything (that goes for any current or pre-customer reading this): chufstedler at site5.com.

Thanks for the kind words, and the referrals that are already resulting from them!

By: Cheng Gao

Cheng Gao — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Antonio, very interesting seems we have followed to same road to site5.com. And I also use godaddy.com for all domains. And I think site5.com is good.

See you in site5.com community.