In this video we explore recommendations for the best price:performance value VPS provider for most people. We dive into comparisons on server price and egress costs as well as if running a VPS makes sense vs choosing a Cloud or PaaS.
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Chapters
00:00 – Intro
01:15 – What makes a VPS valuable?
02:55 – The best VPS providers for your money
03:40 – Comparing VPS server prices
05:10 – Comparing VPS egress costs
07:45 – Should you run a VPS?
11:00 – The VPS Provider I use
Links:
– How Cloudflare Container Pricing Compares – Google Cloud Run, AWS Fargate, Azure Containers, Railway – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDW4QqNQE7c&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
– Hosting my Docker Container on a VPS with Coolify as a PaaS with GitHub Autodeploys – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oRQT7Plndk&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
– Why I’m Ditching Coolify for Ansible for Deploying my Web Apps – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky9xL8o_7mk&ab_channel=HAMYLABS
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