# Rails Hosting: Can't make up my mind **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 23, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-hosting-cant-make-up-my-mind/170852 "2009-06-23T16:36:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ben-v](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@ben-v](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ben-v)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-hosting-cant-make-up-my-mind/170852/1 "2009-06-23T16:36:56Z")
I’ve been irresolute about who to choose for hosting for the past few days. Right now my two favorites are Rails Playground and Blue Box Group. Anyone have any advice or experience with them? ---
**Author:** ![ben-v](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@ben-v](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ben-v)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-hosting-cant-make-up-my-mind/170852/2 "2009-06-23T17:08:53Z")
You might also get in touch with us as well. - [http://railsboxcar.com](http://railsboxcar.com) On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Ben Vishny[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ## I’ve been irresolute about who to choose for hosting for the past few days. Right now my two favorites are Rails Playground and Blue Box Group. Anyone have any advice or experience with them? > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > > – Robby R. Chief Evangelist, Partner PLANET ARGON, LLC design // development // hosting w/Ruby on Rails > **[Planet Argon](https://www.planetargon.com/)** > > Planet Argon is a Ruby on Rails development agency specializing in maintenance and support for existing Rails apps. Based in Portland, OR, Planet Argon has been a member of the Rails community since 2004. [http://robbyonrails.com/](http://robbyonrails.com/) [http://twitter.com/planetargon](http://twitter.com/planetargon) aim: planetargon +1 503 445 2457 +1 877 55 ARGON [toll free] +1 815 642 4068 [fax] ---
**Author:** ![ben-v](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@ben-v](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ben-v)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-hosting-cant-make-up-my-mind/170852/3 "2009-06-23T17:11:24Z")
Robby R. wrote: > You might also get in touch with us as well. > > - [http://railsboxcar.com](http://railsboxcar.com) I’ve looked at railsboxcar as well, but the entry-level plan is too expensive for my current needs. I’m looking into Rails Hosting \> 25$ a month - I know that doesn’t leave many options. ---
**Author:** ![ben-v](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@ben-v](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ben-v)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-hosting-cant-make-up-my-mind/170852/4 "2009-06-23T20:24:23Z")
Take a look at [http://www.linode.com](http://www.linode.com). I have two sites (with quite low traffic): [http://cuisine4you.net](http://cuisine4you.net) and [http://pragdevnotes.com](http://pragdevnotes.com) on it without any problems. One possible drawback is that you have to set up everything from scratch. On the other hand you have full control over your virtual host. Regards, Bosko ---
**Author:** ![ben-v](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@ben-v](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ben-v)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-hosting-cant-make-up-my-mind/170852/5 "2009-06-23T23:44:32Z")
I don’t have experience with either of the two solutions you mentioned but I currently moved my hosting from [hostingrails.com](http://hostingrails.com) to [slicehost.com](http://slicehost.com). Both places I had a VPS and they are both sub $25. Very happy with both providers, moved purely on a price issue. Slicehost VPS is $20/month ---
**Author:** ![ben-v](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@ben-v](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ben-v)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 7:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-hosting-cant-make-up-my-mind/170852/6 "2009-06-27T07:50:32Z")
I finally settled on [webbynode.com](http://webbynode.com). Really happy so far. ---
**Author:** ![ben-v](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@ben-v](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ben-v)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-hosting-cant-make-up-my-mind/170852/7 "2009-06-23T19:23:13Z")
I can vouch for the quality of Boxcar. Great performance, stability and support. I’ve been with these guys since Rails 1.0 and not a bit of a problem. –steve