# Suggestion for good VPS to host Discourse ? Digital ocean or Linode?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-for-good-vps-to-host-discourse-digital-ocean-or-linode/8852
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** hosting
**Created:** [Août 5, 2013, 2:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-for-good-vps-to-host-discourse-digital-ocean-or-linode/8852 "2013-08-05T02:42:49Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [Janvier 20, 2018, 1:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-for-good-vps-to-host-discourse-digital-ocean-or-linode/8852/35 "2018-01-20T01:08:05Z")

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Many of the ones you listed, I don’t view as reputable. Linode in particular has _massive_ red flags from every skilled security person I know, who flat out say “never use Linode, I can’t say why in public, but don’t.”

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