# Rails hosting

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-hosting/136669>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 5, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-hosting/136669 "2008-05-05T10:55:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Shashank\_Teotia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Shashank\_Teotia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shashank_Teotia)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-hosting/136669/1 "2008-05-05T10:55:37Z")

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Could anyone guide me to a Rails host. Since I am starting off for the  
first  
time I am looking at a budget of a around $5/month.

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**Author:** ![Shashank\_Teotia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Shashank\_Teotia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shashank_Teotia)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-hosting/136669/2 "2008-05-05T15:18:31Z")

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looks like hostingrails has a cheap option in there.

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 2:54 AM, Shashank Teotia

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**Author:** ![Shashank\_Teotia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Shashank\_Teotia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shashank_Teotia)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-hosting/136669/3 "2008-05-05T16:49:29Z")

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You’re budget is pretty low. For that kind of price you’re likely to  
get a shared server that has a set of headaches all it’s own. If you  
can afford $20/mo we’ve been pretty happy on Slicehost. Another  
alternative that might work just for timing is [heroku.com](http://heroku.com); they’re in  
beta and I don’t think they’re charging at the moment.

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**Author:** ![Shashank\_Teotia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Shashank\_Teotia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shashank_Teotia)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-hosting/136669/4 "2008-05-05T17:51:02Z")

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[http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/RailsWebHosts](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/RailsWebHosts)

However, I also HIGHLY recommend Slicehost ([www.slicehost.com](http://www.slicehost.com)) if  
you’re willing to go to $20/mo.

Your $5 limit will probably keep you on a shared system. If that’s  
the case, try to find a host who’s running mod\_rails – it’s brand  
new, so there may not be anyone, yet.