Any alternatives to Vidahost??

Mp4 · 12 Feb 2016 at 15:42

I pay £200+ a year for unlimited cloud hosting with Vidahost

Does anyone know of a cheaper alternatives and just as good ??

Deleted member 77746 · 12 Feb 2016 at 16:04

Mp4 said:
I pay £200+ a year for unlimited cloud hosting with Vidahost

Does anyone know of a cheaper alternatives and just as good ??

tsohost

Mp4 · 12 Feb 2016 at 16:13

mrbell1984 said:
tsohost

Same price as Vida ...

Bluecube · 12 Feb 2016 at 16:22

If you're happy with Vidahost then I'd stick with them. They may cost a smidgin more than others but the service from them (in my opinion) is excellent and worth the extra.

Mp4 · 12 Feb 2016 at 16:32

I've always recieved good customer services and when asking them about issues and keeping cloud as storage (RAW) files they were more than happy for me to do so.

On Holiday · 12 Feb 2016 at 16:40

swinnie · 12 Feb 2016 at 20:59

Personally I wouldn't use anybody else.

First class support, clearly committed to their infrastructure and when I've had odd issues it's not uncommon for Adam or Seb to get involved and respond directly. They've had my business for over 5years, and I have no reason to say that they won't have it another 5 years time.

(For the record, I deal with TSOHost)

Woden · 12 Feb 2016 at 21:00

I'm interested in a cheap host to experiment with Python web apps. May take a look

Bluecube · 12 Feb 2016 at 23:05

Mp4 said:
I've always recieved good customer services and when asking them about issues and keeping cloud as storage (RAW) files they were more than happy for me to do so.

Then why do you want to move? It sounds as if you're happy with them!

iKettles · 15 Feb 2016 at 08:57

Woden said:
I'm interested in a cheap host to experiment with Python web apps. May take a look

If cheap is what you want and you're only experimenting, why not use the free tier of AWS?

mtalk · 16 Feb 2016 at 05:19

you can checkout webhostingtalk for alternate provider or even check :
http://www.freeindex.co.uk/categories/computers_and_internet/web_hosting/

Got a list of UK web hosting providers.

Deleted member 77746 · 16 Feb 2016 at 15:17

If you get the clients 200 a year is a bargain really.

darude · 17 Feb 2016 at 18:25

mtalk said:
you can checkout webhostingtalk for alternate provider or even check :
http://www.freeindex.co.uk/categories/computers_and_internet/web_hosting/

Got a list of UK web hosting providers.

Webhost UK is listed at the top on that page, and although it's cheap as chips, their service is abysmal, after >15 tickets trying to resolve site hacks caused by other users on the same shared server, FTP passwords randomly changing, site downtime, automatic IP bans, it took me over a week just to cancel and get a refund.

Mynight · 17 Feb 2016 at 19:31

darude said:
Webhost UK is listed at the top on that page, and although it's cheap as chips, their service is abysmal, after >15 tickets trying to resolve site hacks caused by other users on the same shared server, FTP passwords randomly changing, site downtime, automatic IP bans, it took me over a week just to cancel and get a refund.

Couldn't agree more.

Hxc · 17 Feb 2016 at 20:22

Vida entirely worth the money. Went to them when seb was a member here (might still be!). Used to give support direct via MSN messenger. Would never go anywhere else.

andy_mk3 · 17 Feb 2016 at 20:28

Used vida and tso in the past no complaints.

I've just signed up with Krystal hosting, very good prices and you get a lot for your money. Just moved a medium sized forum onto it and it's perfect.

Kemik · 19 Feb 2016 at 11:32

Honestly, do you really need "Unlimited". You're just asking for rubbish when you start looking at unlimited packages.

Craig321 · 19 Feb 2016 at 11:39

Just as good? No, not found one - spent a while looking back when we wanted to move from them after a few issues.

Stuck with them though and not had any issues.

We considered Heart Internet, but I think that's either more expensive or a similar price. Take a look though, you might like them.

You could just downgrade your package? I pay £30 a year I think it is (for my personal account) for 6 websites on their cloud platform, so that's Windows & Linux hosting and they don't monitor bandwidth use

(well, I'm sure they'd pick it up if you went mental, but they don't have any actual monitoring).

Beansprout · 21 Feb 2016 at 15:36

Hxc said:
Vida entirely worth the money. Went to them when seb was a member here (might still be!). Used to give support direct via MSN messenger. Would never go anywhere else.

I think you're confusing me with Seb

We (the founders) are are all long-standing OcUK members tho I don't think Seb ever posted much. Unless he has a username I've forgotten

I'm still around, I just don't tend to post these days as I spend little time at a computer when I'm not in the office. I guess work being crazy - years of long days - and now being married are the reasons.

MSN messenger, now that was fun...nowadays there are more staff members on our internal chat system than I ever had people online on MSN!

As for anyone cheaper than us, I suppose it depends exactly what you're after...we haven't changed our packages for a while as they seem to work and everyone knows/understands them. Mind you the package pricing is no longer my area (I focus on the tech side), but I know we have people who keep an eye on our competitors and that our support/sales people will usually do what they can....

andy_mk3 · 21 Feb 2016 at 15:54

I would like to add I would avoid Nimbus hosting at all costs in future, I've had nothing but hassle with them, finally moving my domains off to the new host (Krystal) next week.