# Shared hosting options for small low traffic sites **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 1, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shared-hosting-options-for-small-low-traffic-sites/139170 "2008-06-01T00:09:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![squeegy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@squeegy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/squeegy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shared-hosting-options-for-small-low-traffic-sites/139170/1 "2008-06-01T00:09:34Z")
I have a few clients who will need their sites hosted very soon. These are site for local small businesses, and will get little major traffic. So I need a low cost and easy to deploy to hosting solution. Whats the best bang for the buck for these small sites? Git and capistrano support are absolute must haves here. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![squeegy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@squeegy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/squeegy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shared-hosting-options-for-small-low-traffic-sites/139170/2 "2008-06-01T01:41:27Z")
Alex W. wrote: > I have a few clients who will need their sites hosted very soon. These > are site for local small businesses, and will get little major traffic. > > So I need a low cost and easy to deploy to hosting solution. Whats the > best bang for the buck for these small sites? Git and capistrano > support are absolute must haves here. > > Any suggestions? I’ve some apps on bluehost and they run nicely. DON’T go with servage, it’s like a hell, i had to move everything after some days, too slow, too problems. i’ve also an account on dreamhost, but i’ve not tried it with rails yet, i’ve just some php apps, and sometimes they run slow ☹ ---
**Author:** ![squeegy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@squeegy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/squeegy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shared-hosting-options-for-small-low-traffic-sites/139170/3 "2008-06-01T02:49:13Z")
Xdmx X. wrote: > Alex W. wrote: > > > I have a few clients who will need their sites hosted very soon. These > > are site for local small businesses, and will get little major traffic. > > > > So I need a low cost and easy to deploy to hosting solution. Whats the > > best bang for the buck for these small sites? Git and capistrano > > support are absolute must haves here. > > > > Any suggestions? > > I’ve some apps on bluehost and they run nicely. DON’T go with servage, > it’s like a hell, i had to move everything after some days, too slow, > too problems. i’ve also an account on dreamhost, but i’ve not tried it > with rails yet, i’ve just some php apps, and sometimes they run slow ☹ Anyone tried BlueBox [http://www.blueboxgrid.com/services/shared\_hosting](http://www.blueboxgrid.com/services/shared_hosting) ? ---
**Author:** ![squeegy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@squeegy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/squeegy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shared-hosting-options-for-small-low-traffic-sites/139170/4 "2008-06-01T04:59:52Z")
Git… I don’t know of any shared hosting sites that have Git support - meaning you install Git on their system? Capistrano on the other hand is totally dependent on your local machine and SSH access. When I go the shared hosting route I go with [HostingRails.com](http://HostingRails.com). Yup, they give SSH access. On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 6:09 AM, Alex W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > > – Ramon T. ---
**Author:** ![squeegy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@squeegy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/squeegy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shared-hosting-options-for-small-low-traffic-sites/139170/5 "2008-06-01T05:17:25Z")
I was wondering the same thing for my own rails app. I ended up going with OCS [http://www.ocssolutions.com/](http://www.ocssolutions.com/) They’ve been great, and setup was easy. They have SSH access and will support capistrano. The CEO himself will answer your emails, and they are very good on the communication front. I’m paying the $15 a month shared hosting, but there are even cheaper packages available. I would recommend them. my site is at [http://www.registersmart.org](http://www.registersmart.org) if it helps good luck On May 31, 6:09 pm, Alex W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![squeegy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@squeegy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/squeegy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 10:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shared-hosting-options-for-small-low-traffic-sites/139170/6 "2008-06-01T10:44:31Z")
Ramon T. wrote: > Git… I don’t know of any shared hosting sites that have Git support - > meaning you install Git on their system? > > Capistrano on the other hand is totally dependent on your local > machine and SSH access. > > When I go the shared hosting route I go with [HostingRails.com](http://HostingRails.com). Yup, > they give SSH access. > > On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 6:09 AM, Alex W. > [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > > > > > > – > Ramon T. I mean that I host my projects on github, some being able to use capistrano with my github hosted apps seems quite necessary. SO git needs to be installed, just to do code checkouts I guess.