# Ruby on rails web hosting?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-web-hosting/136436>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 2, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-web-hosting/136436 "2008-05-02T01:59:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![eof](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/db5fbb/32.png) [@eof](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eof)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-web-hosting/136436/1 "2008-05-02T01:59:40Z")

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I’m sorry if this is off topic, and also if I am repeat posting. I  
tried posting from [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk)… i  
waited 5 minutes and nothing showed up.

I am looking for a place that I can get substruct up and running. I  
will eventually be adding quite a few different stores, and if I can do  
this from one host in one account that would be ideal. The stores will  
be small and will be low to medium traffic. Searching for ‘ruby on  
rails hosting’ brings up so many different web hosts that are way  
different than I am used to seeing, some selling by the slice(??)  
~300-900 dollars for a basic site, some that are ‘free’ but charge per  
ram-hour, and others than are what I was expecting to pay, but nickel  
and dimeing all over the place.

I thought this would be a good place to look for recommendations.  
Thanks a lot

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**Author:** ![eof](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/db5fbb/32.png) [@eof](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eof)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 11:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-web-hosting/136436/2 "2008-05-05T11:02:47Z")

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Try [http://www.railsplayground.com](http://www.railsplayground.com)

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Eof Eof

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**Author:** ![eof](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/db5fbb/32.png) [@eof](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eof)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-web-hosting/136436/3 "2008-05-05T15:19:06Z")

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best bet is somewhere that is rails only  
hostingrails  
slicehost  
the aforementioned.  
Whatever 🙂  
-R

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Eof Eof

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**Author:** ![eof](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/db5fbb/32.png) [@eof](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eof)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-web-hosting/136436/4 "2008-05-05T16:51:16Z")

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We’re happy with SliceHost. At only $20/mo it’s a nice place to get  
up and running even if you move somewhere else later.

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**Author:** ![eof](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/db5fbb/32.png) [@eof](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eof)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-web-hosting/136436/5 "2008-05-05T19:08:39Z")

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“The List” : [Peak Obsession](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/RailsWebHosts)

However, I also HIGHLY recommend Slicehost ([www.slicehost.com](http://www.slicehost.com)) if  
you’ve got the know-how to setup Ubuntu (or another linux distro) from  
command line. Slicehost sells by the “slice”, and there is no nickle  
and diming. I think the only additional fees that you can have are 1)  
additional IP addresses and 2) over bandwidth fees (but you can check  
your bandwidth in realtime, anytime). As far as the RAM, processor  
usage, it’s hard-capped with Xen virtualization, so you can’t go over  
what you’re alloted – it’s basically like having your own dedicated  
server (which is why it’s called a “virtual dedicated server”).