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by chispamed 2345 days ago
Strato.de (German) has some great plans. Just install docker one their linux vserver and you’re good to go. https://www.strato.de/server/linux-vserver/
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Interesting! How/why are they so much (~8x) cheaper than e.g. DigitalOcean or Linode? Or am I missing something and they're not comparable in some way?
I manage one app on a DO droplet and one on a Strato vserver and the docker setup I use for both is almost identical. So it's definitely comparable.
A lot of things related to hosting (land, power, cooling, bandwidth) are cheaper in Germany versus where Linode and DigitalOcean are located.
Sure, but 8x cheaper? And I think most non-European hosting companies have datacentres in Europe; I assumed they'd compete on price but apparently not.