# Shared Hosting Rails Sites? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 28, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shared-hosting-rails-sites/51262 "2005-12-28T22:05:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wksmall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/b38774/32.png) [@wksmall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wksmall)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shared-hosting-rails-sites/51262/1 "2005-12-28T22:05:34Z")
I can’t decide between [a2hosting.com](http://a2hosting.com), [successfulhosting.com](http://successfulhosting.com), [site5.com](http://site5.com) (which offers 11gb of disk space for $8.77/month – I’ll never use it), [planetargon.com](http://planetargon.com) (which offers 1 gb for $11/month), or [railsplayground.com](http://railsplayground.com) (which offers a gigabyte practically for free). Any experiences you’d like to share? Only a2 and planetargon list their gems on their web sites. All of these offer postgresql, which I plan to use. I cannot tell which of these shared hosting plans gives the best support and performance by looking at the web site… Warren ---
**Author:** ![wksmall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/b38774/32.png) [@wksmall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wksmall)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shared-hosting-rails-sites/51262/2 "2005-12-28T22:54:12Z")
I really can’t speak to any comparison, since I haven’t used any other sites, but I signed up with OCS Solutions ([http://ocssolutions.com/](http://ocssolutions.com/)) about a month ago, and have had no complaints. ---
**Author:** ![wksmall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/b38774/32.png) [@wksmall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wksmall)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shared-hosting-rails-sites/51262/3 "2005-12-28T23:35:27Z")
I’m hosting several sites on Planetargon and I’m happy with them. ---
**Author:** ![wksmall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/b38774/32.png) [@wksmall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wksmall)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shared-hosting-rails-sites/51262/4 "2005-12-29T01:49:29Z")
Warren S. wrote: > I can’t decide between [a2hosting.com](http://a2hosting.com), [successfulhosting.com](http://successfulhosting.com), [site5.com](http://site5.com) > (which offers 11gb of disk space for $8.77/month – I’ll never use it), > [planetargon.com](http://planetargon.com) (which offers 1 gb for $11/month), or > [railsplayground.com](http://railsplayground.com) (which offers a gigabyte practically for free). Any > experiences you’d like to share? I don’t use any of them, but I am familiar with the guys at Site5, I would recommend them based on what I know about them. Tracy ---
**Author:** ![wksmall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/b38774/32.png) [@wksmall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wksmall)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shared-hosting-rails-sites/51262/5 "2005-12-29T02:01:31Z")
On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 23:02 +0200, Warren S. wrote: > Only a2 and planetargon list their gems on their web sites. > > All of these offer postgresql, which I plan to use. We’re the _only_ (that we’re aware of) one that actually gives you your _own_ instance of PostgreSQL. 😉 Yep… you’re the superuser and can add all the fun PostgreSQL contribs that you like. 🙂 > **[Planet Argon](https://www.planetargon.com/hosting.html)** > > 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. Robby – /\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* - Robby R., Founder & Executive Director \* - PLANET ARGON, LLC | [www.planetargon.com](http://www.planetargon.com) \* - Ruby on Rails Development, Consulting, and Hosting \* - Portland, Oregon | p: 503.351.4730 | f: 815.642.4068 \* - blog: [www.robbyonrails.com](http://www.robbyonrails.com) | book: [www.programmingrails.com](http://www.programmingrails.com) \* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*/ ---
**Author:** ![wksmall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/b38774/32.png) [@wksmall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wksmall)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 10:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shared-hosting-rails-sites/51262/6 "2005-12-29T10:22:29Z")
This question keeps popping-up, and it will till the end of time. We need an accurate and objective way to compare hosterA vs hosterB. Hosted, dedicacted, VPS, etc… And even for one hoster, we need to compare plans: "Is Textdrive’s 11$/plan enough, or do I need the 66$/plan). And even within one plan, we need to compare servers. (Look at all the people on Textdrive who complain about a particular server xxx). There are too many combinations, and too many offers. “I’m happy with My\_Hoster” doesn’t do it anymore. We need a (series of) benchmark app(s), that would be installed in an account at each of these hosters, and would send results to a central repository every hour and every day. As a side-effect, the Rails community would get a better service by hoster, because we’d have numbers to show them. Alain