# Alright, I'm Ready to Showcase Week 1 Progress... but where to host? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 31, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alright-im-ready-to-showcase-week-1-progress-but-where-to-host/124669 "2007-12-31T22:45:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mel\_ram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@mel\_ram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mel_ram)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alright-im-ready-to-showcase-week-1-progress-but-where-to-host/124669/1 "2007-12-31T22:45:27Z")
I have been busy w/ learning Rails and building this semi-ecommerce website as a test project for the last week and I I want to show it to you guys… but where should I host it? Looking around the web and in this group, here are the companies I noticed and what ppl thought of them: - [bluehost.com](http://bluehost.com) - heroku - OCSsolutions - don’t do git - [hostingrails.com](http://hostingrails.com) - don’t do git - planet argon - don’t do tech support (okay, they do, but it’s crap) - Engine Y. - I’m impressed but their prices are minimum $350/month - Rails Machine - - godaddy - [Slicehost.com](http://Slicehost.com) - Starts at $20/month Which one would you go for? I don’t want to go for a full VPS or a dedicated rails server yet … which means I don’t want to spend more than $20/month hosting this thing… $35/month tops… since this is a play project 🙂 I’m leaning towards [Slicehost.com](http://Slicehost.com). What do you guys think? ---
**Author:** ![mel\_ram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@mel\_ram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mel_ram)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alright-im-ready-to-showcase-week-1-progress-but-where-to-host/124669/2 "2007-12-31T23:49:44Z")
On Dec 31, 2007, at 3:44 PM, mel ram wrote: > I’m leaning towards [Slicehost.com](http://Slicehost.com). What do you guys think? I use Slicehost and really like it. But didn’t you say you didn’t want to go with a full VPS? Unless they have options I don’t know about, you start with a fresh install of your favorite Linux distribution (from a list of course), and you build it the way you want it. It’s your server and you have to do everything. Peace, Phillip ---
**Author:** ![mel\_ram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@mel\_ram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mel_ram)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alright-im-ready-to-showcase-week-1-progress-but-where-to-host/124669/3 "2007-12-31T23:54:24Z")
On Dec 31, 2007, at 3:44 PM, mel ram wrote: > Which one would you go for? I don’t want to go for a full VPS or a > dedicated rails server yet … which means I don’t want to spend more > than $20/month hosting this thing… $35/month tops… since this is a > play project 🙂 > > I’m leaning towards [Slicehost.com](http://Slicehost.com). What do you guys think? I’m very happy with A Small Orange, I have half a dozen sites there, (though none are high-traffic.) Customer service is very fast. Two days before Christmas, at 9pm, I decided to put up a new a site. Before 10pm it was up and running and addressable. And it only cost $25 for a year of hosting (on the “tiny” plan, which is perfect for play projects). [http://refer.asmallorange.com/3304](http://refer.asmallorange.com/3304) (that’s a referrer link. Anything earned by it (100%) will go towards a local orphanage (which was the site I put up on the 23rd.) Here’s a non-referrer link: [http://asmallorange.com](http://asmallorange.com) -George ---
**Author:** ![mel\_ram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@mel\_ram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mel_ram)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alright-im-ready-to-showcase-week-1-progress-but-where-to-host/124669/4 "2008-01-01T20:39:07Z")
I decided to go w/ Slicehost based on your recommendations. I think it’s a good deal but I wish they came pre-setup for ROR so I wouldn’t have to do all this configuring. I’m sure I’ll love it once it’s all set up but for now, I am not the biggest fan… except for their customer service… which seems to be very very reachable & helpful… especially their chat. ---
**Author:** ![mel\_ram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@mel\_ram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mel_ram)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alright-im-ready-to-showcase-week-1-progress-but-where-to-host/124669/5 "2008-01-01T00:01:25Z")
+1 for Slicehost! With their tutorials and forum, it’s easy as pie. I got up and running in 1 day. Matt ---
**Author:** ![mel\_ram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@mel\_ram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mel_ram)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alright-im-ready-to-showcase-week-1-progress-but-where-to-host/124669/6 "2008-01-01T20:50:15Z")
On 1-Jan-08, at 2:39 PM, mel ram wrote: > I decided to go w/ Slicehost based on your recommendations. I think > it’s a good deal but I wish they came pre-setup for ROR so I wouldn’t > have to do all this configuring. I’m sure I’ll love it once it’s all > set up but for now, I am not the biggest fan… except for their > customer service… which seems to be very very reachable & helpful… > especially their chat. I suggest ubuntu, then you can roll out quite easily with capistrano and “buy mike a beer” depec. google for the above. slicehost has a great wiki article on doing a rails install with the above tools. cheers, Jodi