[samsheen]

Thanks for your reply. I am definitely leaning towards Hetzner. Are you concerned about the DDoS issue? (related to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6577465)

[dataminer]

My suggestion would be to first launch your service and then worry about any other issues. Automate provisioning of your servers, so you can migrate to other providers if you have any issues. I would recommend Ansible or Chef for automation.