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0 pointsgnosis14y ago0 comments

Paying $140-$190 per month is already ridiculously expensive.

I pay about $3 per month for a very low-end xen VPS. Sure, I'm not running anything at all resource intensive on it.. but if I was maybe I'd spring for a higher-end VPS for $6, or if I really wanted to get crazy I'd find a really solid one for about $20 a month.

At $140-$190 a month, you'd better be getting a bunch of high-end dedicated servers and fantastic support, or you are getting seriously ripped off.

Hell, given the very modest needs of most small startups, having to shell out even $20 a month is a ripoff.

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lamnk14y ago

$140 for a second gen i5 and 8GB of ram is pretty reasonable.

A $20 VPS is only for pet projects. For a startup it's worth it to invest in a/some dedicated server(s). Having some redundant firepower of dedicated servers so that you don't have to worry about the upgrades for a while presents a sweet spot between saving cost and scalability.

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