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I got tired of AWS, Digital Ocean, and Linode's high prices, so I decided to try something new. What's that? I saw that Namecheap sold VPSes. What a shock (though not for you, I know, lol)!
So I decided to give it a shot. I did try it, and I set up some projects there. What I found is...
What's Good:
For $15.88 a month, I got 6GB of RAM, 4 CPU cores, a 120GB SSD, and 3TB of bandwidth. The price (yearly should be cheaper, but I'm not ready to commit yet) is crazy. Digitalocean, for example, charges $24 a month for 2 CPU cores, 4GB RAM, 4TB bandwidth, and 80GB SSD. Prices are pretty much the same with other providers I'm used to.
There is no setup fee, which is a good thing (some providers do charge you a setup fee which is stupid).
Not Good:
Setting up takes time. It takes a few hours to get everything set up. I suppose they set up the VPSs by hand? This is where DO and AWS EC2 really shine.
I also didn't see any way to choose the location of the server, which is bad for putting real-world systems in place.
Also, I wish the prices were per hour. So, it's cheaper to start a new instance when you need it and delete it when you're done (you can do this with AWS/DO).
The Bad:
I am a ubuntu fanboy. I literally can't live without it. NC VPSes do not come with Ubuntu 22.10/22.04 out of the box, which is a shame. You can't even do-release-upgrade normally. I had to make some changes to make it work, which took me about 30 minutes. I was finally able to get the most recent version, 22.10, and set up everything. This means that auto-deployment will be hard to do (let's say with ansible).
Verdict:
NC can be a good choice if you want a cheap and reliable (I guess I'll find out soon lol) VPS provider. But, at least for now, it is not really ready for more advanced deployments.
So I decided to give it a shot. I did try it, and I set up some projects there. What I found is...
What's Good:
For $15.88 a month, I got 6GB of RAM, 4 CPU cores, a 120GB SSD, and 3TB of bandwidth. The price (yearly should be cheaper, but I'm not ready to commit yet) is crazy. Digitalocean, for example, charges $24 a month for 2 CPU cores, 4GB RAM, 4TB bandwidth, and 80GB SSD. Prices are pretty much the same with other providers I'm used to.
There is no setup fee, which is a good thing (some providers do charge you a setup fee which is stupid).
Not Good:
Setting up takes time. It takes a few hours to get everything set up. I suppose they set up the VPSs by hand? This is where DO and AWS EC2 really shine.
I also didn't see any way to choose the location of the server, which is bad for putting real-world systems in place.
Also, I wish the prices were per hour. So, it's cheaper to start a new instance when you need it and delete it when you're done (you can do this with AWS/DO).
The Bad:
I am a ubuntu fanboy. I literally can't live without it. NC VPSes do not come with Ubuntu 22.10/22.04 out of the box, which is a shame. You can't even do-release-upgrade normally. I had to make some changes to make it work, which took me about 30 minutes. I was finally able to get the most recent version, 22.10, and set up everything. This means that auto-deployment will be hard to do (let's say with ansible).
Verdict:
NC can be a good choice if you want a cheap and reliable (I guess I'll find out soon lol) VPS provider. But, at least for now, it is not really ready for more advanced deployments.
