Hi guys!
I'm currently working on an ASP.NET Core project and I'm looking for a scalable hosting provider. I also need a classic SQL storage for that.
I checked multiple cloud services (Azure, Amazon, ...) but those are too complicated for me and after I played with the plans I also realized that those can be very expensive.
Finally I think the best option would be a VM and I also should replace MsSQL with PostgreSQL to get a best value/price ratio.
What do you think? Which provider should I choose?
Mario Giambanco
Director of User Experience Development
Digital Ocean is probably the best known "cheap" hosting provider.
Using ASP.net almost certainly means you need to use a Windows server and those are always going to be more expensive then linux servers due to licensing.
AWS does have free tiers for Windows so that'll give you a cheap way to start a project.
Look for Free tier eligible in the Choose an AMI after clicking Launch new instance.
Personally if I was going to run Windows servers; I'd run on Azure. What better hosting company for a windows backend then from the company that makes it? Information about their free tier can be found here