I know there are a ton of threads regarding webhosts, but ... as is the nature of their business, things change very quickly.
Here today, gone tomorrow.
That is what happened to my EE installation on Dreamhost.
It went from crawling-slow, to unbelievably-crawling-slow.
I have NO extensions nor plugins running. No embedded templates.
Recently upgraded from 1.6.1 to 1.6.2 Build: 20080225.
The site took about 20 seconds to load for me.
Another vote for Engine here, I currently have about 8 clients hosted with them and I’m very pleased with the servers and the tech support.
Tonight, it took over a minute.
I’ll sending them an email to let them know I would like to cancel and move. Get my money back :(
They’ve offered to switch me to a lesser used server, but I’d rather just move over to EngineHosting
*YAY*ME*
I’m sure many of you know, that some special configurations are needed to run EE on DH. I didn’t keep track of the changes made, I just tried every tip/suggestion I came across ... so I was wondering, would the kind folks at EngineHosting assist me in the move over here?!
Congrats on the move to EngineHosting. I made the jump from A Small Orange and it’s been great! Some small bumps in the road getting everything moved over, but it’s been smooth sailing after the first week or so.
As an added bonus - I’ve purchased my first iMac (20” 2.0GHz with 4Gigs of Kingston RAM).
I have been so excited; at work, everyone knows! hahaha
I’ve been bragging about my plans for many years, I finally spoiled myself - now if I can just learn as many productive keyboard shortcuts for all my new apps.
EngineHosting is much more expensive than most hosts. I am currently using Media Temple and for $20 a month you get much more (and (mt) is more expensive than most hosts).
(mt) has 100GB of storage as compared to 1.25GB EngineHosting S-2. 1 TB of transfer, as compared to 25GB with EngineHosting. And more, like the ability to host up to 100 sites on the same server.
Don’t get me wrong, because of the ease of use with EE factor, I would love to switch. But at least tempt me with the pricing.
Am I missing something? I am very surprised that nobody ever mentions the high-price of EngineHosting.
EngineHosting is much more expensive than most hosts. I am currently using Media Temple and for $20 a month you get much more (and (mt) is more expensive than most hosts).
(mt) has 100GB of storage as compared to 1.25GB EngineHosting S-2. 1 TB of transfer, as compared to 25GB with EngineHosting. And more, like the ability to host up to 100 sites on the same server.
Don’t get me wrong, because of the ease of use with EE factor, I would love to switch. But at least tempt me with the pricing.
Am I missing something? I am very surprised that nobody ever mentions the high-price of EngineHosting.
I could be wrong because I’ve never used (mt) but it sounds like they are overselling their plans. Just try to use 1TB of bandwidth and see if they don’t shut your site down way before you ever get close to that mark. They realize that 99.99999999% of the sites out there will never come close to using that storage space or that bandwidth, that’s how they can sell those amazing plans for seemingly so cheap.
EngineHosting may in fact oversell too (I’ve never checked) but usually the plans that have the huge numbers for the cheaper prices are the obvious ones. For my money, EngineHosting is where it’s at.
Am I missing something? I am very surprised that nobody ever mentions the high-price of EngineHosting.
If price is your main concern, then yes, EEHosting may not be your best choice. But then neither would a BMW!! Many people don’t purchase web hosting plans based on price, but on service. It truly does depend on what your goals are.
I use DH because it is dirt cheap and meets my meager needs. If I ever had a major corporate site, I would go with EEHosting in a flash because I feel like I know the principles (I don’t of course, but it feels like it) and I trust them.
If price is your main concern, then yes, EEHosting may not be your best choice. But then neither would a BMW!! Many people don’t purchase web hosting plans based on price, but on service. It truly does depend on what your goals are.
I definitely see your point. But 300MB per email address (and what looks to be only 1 MySQL server?) is not a BMW, when the free public bus (Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.) provide 2GB+ storage. I have heard the customer service is top notch, which I believe judging from forum support, but it looks like EH is skimping on the features and storage pretty heavily.
P.S. - I am all for simplicity and using just what you need. And I am not looking for 100,000 email accounts like GoDaddy and the other oversold (as Sizemore mentioned) plans. EH just seems to be lacking in areas where it might be needed in the future (as a site grows), unless you want to pay several $100/month (than again even at $320/mo, you can’t store even 1 large video file in your email account).
I want to be sold on EH, just having a tough time.
I have a number of sites at EngineHosting, and I always try to get new clients there. No, they are not the cheapest in the market, but their service is second to none. Also, the lowest tier starts at 9$/month (annual pre-payment), can’t really find reliable hosting cheaper than that.
