Is there such a think such as free VPS?

Jayseanp said:
Its usually to gain the unique factor and attract potential customers and then they tend to stay since they don't want to move
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Not sure I agree with this statement. If someone could afford a paid hosting provider, I'd imagine they would go with it for the obvious benefits and chance of stability. Once you start charging, I think most would find a new place to setup shop.

Nature of free hosting :crash:
 
Alex - Arvixe said:
Not sure I agree with this statement. If someone could afford a paid hosting provider, I'd imagine they would go with it for the obvious benefits and chance of stability. Once you start charging, I think most would find a new place to setup shop.

Nature of free hosting :crash:
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I agree 100%.

when i took over tophosting uk, the previous host offered free hosting ( 6 accounts) ( which i dont and will not) so i contacted these clients and explained this, so i would be charging them at the current plan rate they are on. they were on a plan that was £10 a year which works out as 83p a month.
4 of these accounts were happy to pay the £10 a year ( infact 2 of these have now moved to a higher account) but the other 2 decided to move as i was no longer giving them free hosting. 1 of these was a car valet service, which i find strange that they could not afford £10 a year
 
web-project said:
much better to have paid VPS as you will get the SLA and service guarantee.
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+1 on that.

"Free" vps can be taken away any time. Sooner or later that will eventually happen leaving you as a customer thinking "I should have paid atleast for the sake for my data"
 
No such thing as a free lunch : ).
The question would remain could you get people developing their websites for commercial purposes to start paying once their business grow. In some experiences posted here, hardly.
 
normally today there is no such thing as free I guess so maybe if there are free services they will have hidden charges.
 
Yes, AWS provides their EC2 (Free Tier) at free of cost for 1 year time period with limited resources.
Oher VPS Providers also provides free VPS for the purpose of testing their VPS as a trial (1st month or 2 weeks).
 
Gaby-HostDept said:
I think Most of company provide Free VPS for the First month and for the recurring you need to pay
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this is unlikely. I haven't encounter any top web hosts that offered $1 VPS plan or free VPS for first month. Usually they will give half price deal.

In conclusion, this is very unlikely, unless there is a huge promotion happening.
 
I remember i came by couple of websites providing free vps services life time, However I'm not sure about the service quality or if any catches as well :D
 
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