- Sep 10, 2010
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I was kind of fed up with the high prices of AWS, Digital Ocean, and Linode, and I decided to try something new. Guess what? I saw Namecheap offering VPSes. What a surprise (not for you guys I know lol)!
So, I thought I would give it a try. I did give it a try and had some projects set up there. Here's what I found...
The Good:
6GB ram, 4 CPU cores, 120 GB SSD, and 3TB bandwidth for $15.88 a month ( I went with monthly pricing. Yearly should be cheaper but I don't want to commit to it yet) is insane pricing. Digitalocean for example sells 2cpu cores, 4GB RAM, 4TB bandwidth, and 80GB SSD for $24 a month. Other providers that I am used to, have more or less the same pricing.
There is no setup fee, which is good (some providers do charge you a setup fee which is stupid).
The Bad:
Setup is not instant. It takes a couple of hours for the setup. I am assuming they set up the VPSes manually? This is where providers like DO and AWS EC2 shine.
I also did not see any option to choose the server location, which is bad for deploying real-world systems.
Additionally, I wish the pricing was hourly. That way, it is cheaper to spin up a new instance whenever needed and delete it after use (you can do this with AWS/DO).
The Ugly:
I am an ubuntu fanboy. I can't live without it lol. Unfortunately, NC VPSes do not come with Ubuntu 22.10/22.04 out of the box. You can't even do-release-upgrade normally. I had to do some modifications to make it work and it took me 30 mins or so. I was finally able to get the latest 22.10 edition and get everything set up. This means that it will be a pain to do auto-deployment on (let's say using ansible).
Verdict:
If you are looking for a cheap and reliable (I guess I will find out soon lol) VPS provider, NC can be a good option. However, it is not really suitable for more advanced deployments, at least not yet.
So, I thought I would give it a try. I did give it a try and had some projects set up there. Here's what I found...
The Good:
6GB ram, 4 CPU cores, 120 GB SSD, and 3TB bandwidth for $15.88 a month ( I went with monthly pricing. Yearly should be cheaper but I don't want to commit to it yet) is insane pricing. Digitalocean for example sells 2cpu cores, 4GB RAM, 4TB bandwidth, and 80GB SSD for $24 a month. Other providers that I am used to, have more or less the same pricing.
There is no setup fee, which is good (some providers do charge you a setup fee which is stupid).
The Bad:
Setup is not instant. It takes a couple of hours for the setup. I am assuming they set up the VPSes manually? This is where providers like DO and AWS EC2 shine.
I also did not see any option to choose the server location, which is bad for deploying real-world systems.
Additionally, I wish the pricing was hourly. That way, it is cheaper to spin up a new instance whenever needed and delete it after use (you can do this with AWS/DO).
The Ugly:
I am an ubuntu fanboy. I can't live without it lol. Unfortunately, NC VPSes do not come with Ubuntu 22.10/22.04 out of the box. You can't even do-release-upgrade normally. I had to do some modifications to make it work and it took me 30 mins or so. I was finally able to get the latest 22.10 edition and get everything set up. This means that it will be a pain to do auto-deployment on (let's say using ansible).
Verdict:
If you are looking for a cheap and reliable (I guess I will find out soon lol) VPS provider, NC can be a good option. However, it is not really suitable for more advanced deployments, at least not yet.
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