Looks like you can get a Discourse-compatible “cloud” server for € 2.49 / $ 3 from Hetzner now. The price point to host Discourse keeps going down.

That looks good, really thanks for sharing it! Thought of making a mini Discourse instance on DigitalOcean, I’ll take a look into Hetzner instead though. Best regards!

Thanks, @falco . Have you (or anyone?) tried Hetzner? I’m preparing a list of “recommended” (or “approved” or “it should work and be easy enough for a novice to figure out”) VPS provides. Should this be on the list?

I haven’t used a Hetzner VPS, but I have physical machines at Hetzner, and they’re a reasonable provider with an acceptable level of service and support.

I tried to test it, but they want me to send my passport over to activate my account and I’m not that interested now :roll_eyes:

We are using their VPS for Discourse and it’s really good. I didn’t know for this cloud option, thanks for sharing, we will check out. Currently we are on their CX40 package (19.90€/mo) and we never had any problems.

Hetzer has offered VPS for years, but this new product line is cheaper. I wonder how these differ from the classic product line that is still available. https://www.hetzner.com/virtual-server Hetzner is a solid operator. Support is only available during office hours, and servers never break during…

[imagen] ljpp: Support is only available during office hours, and servers never break during office hours. Looks like you have some battle scars :wink:

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I tested the € 2.49 server (CX11). I could install Discourse & restore a local backup successfully. CPU: Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS) 2100Mhz. They sent me an email asking for a copy of ID. I sent an email by masking all private information. The account got approved. I never got an email no…

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The open source project I managed for years used Hetzner for cheap dedicated hosting. No complaints!

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