I've been running multiple separate servers on DO for years and never had an issue (Mastodon (2 servers), Peertube, WordPress, WireGuard VPN, mail server, Phanpy, Bluesky PDS, and a general web server) with never a problem. I also use 2 DO Managed Postgres DBs and a DO Managed MySQL DB. Everything runs fast. Their support is excellent. They have many excellent tutorials.
Once they contacted me because I forgot to close a port in the firewall a few hours after I forgot to close it, so they do security scanning as well.
Scaling to a larger server, to get more disk space, or a larger DB is just a click.
But last time I checked, DO only offered all kinds of pay-per-use fancy cloud stuff, and the closest thing they had to actual servers were VDSes that were way too expensive for their specs.
@grishka The VPS (Droplets) they offer and the other services are priced accordingly.
I've never had any issues hosting pixelfed.social for over 6 years on the same droplet, that level of service/platform stability does come with a premium.
I'd be hesitant to use a service hosted by the cheapest provider 😉
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