Good & Cheap Rails Hosting?

Posted by on August 21st, 2007

Can anyone tell me where to find it?  Does it even exist?

I’ve been looking for a good Rails host recently, one that’s running Apache/Mongrel or something business class.  Apache mod_ruby was a terrible at best, FastCGI was better at handling threads and serving content, but now that we’ve got a native Ruby solution, that seems the best way to go.

But it’s so expensive (at least for a personal blog).  I’ve looked at MediaTemple, which looks like a great option, but the basic Ruby package is $20/month.  In the days of cheap hosts that seems quite a high monthly price.

Then there’s HostingRails which has a basic Ruby package starting at $3.79/month, but if you want the Mongrel package, that’ll cost you $9.79/month.  That’s obviously a better deal, but they claim to be RoR developers since 2005 and their website would suggest otherwise.  It’s not too badly designed, but I typically expect a much better look from a Rails developer.  It’s just not the kinda place that I feel like I could trust with my credit card number.

So have I missed something?  What’s the cheapest Mongrel-running host I can find out there?  Does HostMonster support Mongrel?  I know Bluehost doesn’t.  Does anybody have experience with lunarpages,  MidPhase, or An?  Please help me out in the comments below.

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4 Responses to “Good & Cheap Rails Hosting?”

  1. It exists Says:
    August 22nd, 2007 at 5:53 am

    Despite the design of their page, HostingRails.com is actually great hosting and the cheapest way to get Mongrel or load-balanced Mongrel clustering going on a shared host. Feel free to contact me, Ben, and we can chat about it. :)

  2. Tobias Says:
    January 18th, 2008 at 12:13 pm

    Ruby on Rails support on LunarPages servers is a disaster. Their staff has no idea what they are doing when it comes to RoR. Horrible!

  3. MickTaiwan Says:
    February 29th, 2008 at 4:06 am

    HostingRails.com service is great.
    And they changed the look of their web site :)

  4. benrobb Says:
    March 1st, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    Wow. That new site does look nice. Looking through the feature set, it looks on par with a BlueHost or Hostmonster. Less expensive too. I’ll take back my earlier comments and maybe take another look.

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