GoDaddy Container-as-a-Service (ElasticHosts, Springs.io), discontinued vs. Vultr

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GoDaddy Container-as-a-Service (ElasticHosts, Springs.io), discontinued
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
GoDaddy supported container management and container-as-a-service products, including (since 2016) ElasticHosts and Springs.io (e.g. Elastic Containers), are discontinued under those brands as of June 2020. However, GoDaddy development services, SDKs, and other projects are now hosted at GoDaddy Engineering and some are available open source.N/A
Vultr
Score 6.7 out of 10
N/A
Vultr is an independent cloud computing platform on a mission to provide businesses and developers around the world with unrivaled ease of use, price-to-performance, and global reach.
$1
per month
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Block Storage
$1
per month
Cloud Compute
$2.50
per month
Object Storage
$5
per month
Kubernetes Engine
$10
per month
Load Balancers
$10
per month
Managed Databases
$15
per month
Optimized Cloud Compute
$28
per month
Cloud GPU
$90
per month
Bare Metal
$120
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsSprings.io is unlike other cloud hosting providers. Our reactive servers dynamically resize based on demand, and you only pay for your consumption, not your provisioning. This means you can save money and not sacrifice performance.Pricing is based on specifications chosen in each product category. Bandwidth is also included up to a certain amount per month.
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
GoDaddy Container-as-a-Service (ElasticHosts, Springs.io), discontinued
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Ratings
Vultr
2.7
Ratings
99% below category average
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings2.70 Ratings
Dynamic scaling00 Ratings2.30 Ratings
Elastic load balancing00 Ratings2.60 Ratings
Pre-configured templates00 Ratings2.70 Ratings
Monitoring tools00 Ratings2.10 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings2.60 Ratings
Operating system support00 Ratings2.90 Ratings
Security controls00 Ratings4.50 Ratings
Automation00 Ratings2.20 Ratings
User Ratings
GoDaddy Container-as-a-Service (ElasticHosts, Springs.io), discontinuedVultr
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(0 ratings)
2.5
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
GoDaddy Container-as-a-Service (ElasticHosts, Springs.io), discontinuedVultr
Likelihood to Recommend
Unlike other providers, Springs doesn’t use a pre-built container solution, instead opting for their own software built from the ground up.
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Vultr is well suited for South African based organisations as they have a presence here. It makes dev servers for WordPress more feasible. Having to wait on roundtrips from EU or US slow things down.
Ease of setting up new servers, with clear information on what you are getting for what you pay, makes it so easy to spin up just what you need. With a large range of specifications it means you can find that sweet spot of cost vs. performance.
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Pros
  • Container hosting, cloud virtualization
  • Elastic capacity scaling and pay-per-use billing
  • Linux kernel containerization technologies for container isolation and control
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  • The uptime is perfect . If there are any downtimes it is well informed and its in non - production hours to ensure that the systems are not hit
  • Accessibility and the dashboard is amazing where you have full control over the VPS system.
  • The flexibility of OS on which to create your VPS is also amazing .
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Cons
  • Provide more options at lower costs
  • It would be nice to see that expanded out to more distributions. What would be potentially even better though is templates. Some hosts can deploy ready-to-run WordPress/Drupal sites, LAMP instances, ownCloud instances, etc. at the drop of a hat. If Springs could replicate this with their container hosting they’d immediately appeal to a much, much wider audience;
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  • the ability of increasing a specific configuration without the need of upgrading the whole plan, for example i might need to add more memory but i'm satisfied with my current processors and hard disk capacity (or vise versa)
  • Solving the problems of taking an image to the server if the server capacity (hard disk) is bigger than 1TB (which i'm currently facing a big problem because of that)
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Likelihood to Renew
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We’ve been extremely satisfied with the service for many years. After trying other providers, we’ve found nothing that matches the reliability and performance—so we’re not likely to switch anytime soon.
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Usability
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easy to use and configure. great bang for the buck. I need an affordable solution to host in the cloud data from systems installed at our client's site with the ability to drill down and change the configuration remotely. Vultr enabled us to do that in an efficient and affordable way.
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Support Rating
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Because of the 24 hour turnaround timing with servers I need immediate reply
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Implementation Rating
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Nothing in particular to share that I did not already discuss
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Alternatives Considered
Springs is drastically cheaper than running 4 OVH servers, and a little cheaper than running nano instances on AWS.
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Vultr has better support and competitive pricing. The network is solid and globally deployed. IP reputation is clean, and security is tight. Ease of use and documentation is really good. User experience has been the best I ever experienced. Low stress, reliable hosting I would recommend to anyone. It helped me easily scale and expand my business.
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Return on Investment
  • In the beginning I wasn’t sure what I should set it to for my web server, so I left it. After a while the Average usage area begins showing how much resource the container is demanding and from that more adequate limits can be set.
  • Springs is drastically cheaper than running 4 OVH servers, and a little cheaper than running nano instances on AWS.
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  • Vultr allowed us to have an online presence without breaking the bank
  • Vultr allows us to offer an online access to the business services that we offer our clients beyond the systems installed on premises.
  • We are planning on using Vultr more in the coming months as a standard feature to our Real-Time Energy Monitoring platform
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ScreenShots

GoDaddy Container-as-a-Service (ElasticHosts, Springs.io), discontinued Screenshots

Screenshot of Springs are reactive servers which scale automatically to the load. That's why you don't need to pay for unused capacity at all.

Vultr Screenshots

Screenshot of Vultr's control panel helps users spend less time managing infrastructure.Screenshot of Vultr's services offer additional configuration and inside of the simplified control panel.Screenshot of a display of when peak activity happens on an application. The server health graphs provide insight from the moment the server is created.Screenshot of Vultr's interface, which allows users to deploy high performance servers worldwide from any device.Screenshot of how to reach the 24/7/365 technical support team that is available through Vultr's ticketing system.