# Hosting recommendations for simple site **URL:** \ **Category:** Deployment\ **Created:** [October 1, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hosting-recommendations-for-simple-site/116013 "2007-10-01T17:05:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hosting-recommendations-for-simple-site/116013/1 "2007-10-01T17:05:19Z")
I am looking to deploy a simple portfolio site. This means it is not a site that will get a lot of hits at least in comparison to a site that offers some kind of service. This also means I am looking for something that will not burn a hole in my pocket. I don’t need ssh and the ability to deploy with capistrano or VLAD seeing as changes to the site will be pretty minimal. What I am looking for is something that is simple to deploy to and will not cause me to lose to much hair during the deployment process. Any recommendations or places to stay away from? Are there any sites out there that allows users to rank hosting sites? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hosting-recommendations-for-simple-site/116013/2 "2007-10-01T18:01:59Z")
On 10/1/07, Chris O. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I am looking to deploy a simple portfolio site. This means it is not a > site that will get a lot of hits at least in comparison to a site that > offers some kind of service. This also means I am looking for something > that will not burn a hole in my pocket. In the “cheap and cheerful” VPS genre, I would go to SliceHost. 256 Mb slice for $20/month is big enough for Apache and one, maybe two, Mongrels. – Alexey V. CruiseControl.rb [[http://cruisecontrolrb.thoughtworks.com](http://cruisecontrolrb.thoughtworks.com)] RubyWorks [[http://rubyworks.thoughtworks.com](http://rubyworks.thoughtworks.com)] ---
**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hosting-recommendations-for-simple-site/116013/3 "2007-10-01T18:06:01Z")
Alexey V. wrote: > On 10/1/07, Chris O. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > I am looking to deploy a simple portfolio site. This means it is not a > > site that will get a lot of hits at least in comparison to a site that > > offers some kind of service. This also means I am looking for something > > that will not burn a hole in my pocket. > > In the “cheap and cheerful” VPS genre, I would go to SliceHost. 256 Mb > slice for $20/month is big enough for Apache and one, maybe two, > Mongrels. > > – > Alexey V. > CruiseControl.rb [[http://cruisecontrolrb.thoughtworks.com](http://cruisecontrolrb.thoughtworks.com)] > RubyWorks [[http://rubyworks.thoughtworks.com](http://rubyworks.thoughtworks.com)] Since they site will not have a lot of traffic I don’t think I will need two mongrels running. I was also looking for something much cheaper than that, more around the $5 mark per month. Is this realistic? ---
**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hosting-recommendations-for-simple-site/116013/4 "2007-10-01T18:10:46Z")
On 10/1/07, Chris O. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > In the “cheap and cheerful” VPS genre, I would go to SliceHost. 256 Mb > > slice for $20/month is big enough for Apache and one, maybe two, > > Mongrels. > $5 mark per month. Is this realistic? > Ain’t know. Probably not. If you can make your site 100% static HTML, > then sure. – Alexey V. CruiseControl.rb [[http://cruisecontrolrb.thoughtworks.com](http://cruisecontrolrb.thoughtworks.com)] RubyWorks [[http://rubyworks.thoughtworks.com](http://rubyworks.thoughtworks.com)] ---
**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hosting-recommendations-for-simple-site/116013/5 "2007-10-01T18:23:07Z")
I’d give [http://www.hostingrails.com](http://www.hostingrails.com) a try. Low price, great service and the performance seems to be decent. Mongrel hosting starts at $10 a month but you can get fastcgi hosting for a lot less. Like $5.50 a month or something. Raul ----- Original Message ----- From: “Chris O.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) To: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 9:06 AM Subject: [Rails-deploy] Re: hosting recommendations for simple site ---
**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hosting-recommendations-for-simple-site/116013/6 "2007-10-02T04:40:11Z")
Hi Chris, Feel free to try our service, it’s not as cheap as $5/mo but you won’t lose a single hair with the deployment process :)… it’s as easy as just one click… also, if you pay one year you receive two months free, so the final price would be around $8.30/mo. Best regards, Maykel – Maykel Rodriguez > **[Home - Speedyrails](https://www.speedyrails.com/)** > > Speedyrails is an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner. We leverage our extensive AWS knowledge to provide exceptional managed services. Easy to use Rails hosting On Oct 1, 11:05 am, Chris O. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hosting-recommendations-for-simple-site/116013/7 "2007-10-06T19:37:35Z")
I have to second RailsPlayground. I think they have some of the best support out there. -Rob ---
**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hosting-recommendations-for-simple-site/116013/8 "2007-10-06T20:40:12Z")
Before all the recommendations came in for rails playground I gave site5 a go and for the most part things are working well. It is for a small site and one that I don’t expect a lot of traffic so I will keep it. As for future project I think I will go with railsplayground, as it seems to offer quite a bit for the price. Thanks for the input. ---
**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hosting-recommendations-for-simple-site/116013/9 "2007-10-06T14:13:19Z")
Try [R.Playground.com](http://R.Playground.com), they have developer accounts starting at 5.0 US $ You won’t need more for a simple application with a small number of users/request – Aníbal Rojas > **[Home - Has Many Developers](https://hasmanydevelopers.com/)** > > We are the best choice for your building design and development > **[RUBYCORNER.COM](https://www.rubycorner.com/)** > > RUBYCORNER.COM - Contact us for any business inquiries > **[Sin título](https://www.tumblr.com/anibal)** > > Follow @anibal and get more of the good stuff by joining Tumblr today. Dive in! On Oct 1, 12:06 pm, Chris O. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hosting-recommendations-for-simple-site/116013/10 "2007-10-07T00:17:07Z")
When you guys say that railsplayground provides good support, just how good is it. Right now with site5 it takes about a day before any of my questions are responded to…and unfortunately that doesn’t mean they are answered. At railsplayground is there as much support for the lower accounts as there is for the upper accounts. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hosting-recommendations-for-simple-site/116013/11 "2007-10-07T04:31:18Z")
Hi Chris, I’m Maykel Rodriguez, from SpeedyRails… if you are looking for turn- key RoR hosting with superb tech support (answers within 2 hours _always_, but most of the time within just a few minutes!) just send us an email, we would be glad to assist you. Thanks! – Maykel Rodriguez > **[Home - Speedyrails](https://www.speedyrails.com/)** > > Speedyrails is an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner. We leverage our extensive AWS knowledge to provide exceptional managed services. Easy to use Rails hosting On Oct 6, 6:17 pm, Chris O. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hosting-recommendations-for-simple-site/116013/12 "2007-10-07T00:21:36Z")
If is as good as you say I am assuming that deployment with capistrano or is fairly easy to setup. Is that correct?