A2 Hosting vs. Digital Ocean 2020

Find out which one is the best for your needs

Pricing
Starting price	CA$4.01 / month	CA$6.71 / month
Free domain	No	No
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User Ratings
Reliability	9.3 / 10	5.6 / 10
Pricing	9 / 10	6.5 / 10
User Friendly	9.3 / 10	5.7 / 10
Support	9.3 / 10	4.9 / 10
Features	9.3 / 10	5.7 / 10

Summary
Craig Timmins Hosting Expert A2 Hosting is one of those companies that just performs well in all categories, and they do so very consistently. DigitalOcean is a good hosting company, and most of their customers are very satisfied. The fact remains, however, that A2 Hosting is ranked higher in every measured category, and in many cases, significantly higher. When you opt for A2 Hosting, you’ll have access to skilled support staff, great prices, excellent features, and much more, which is why they are the winner in this matchup. Winner! See plans and pricing www.a2hosting.com

Summary

Craig Timmins

Hosting Expert

A2 Hosting is one of those companies that just performs well in all categories, and they do so very consistently. DigitalOcean is a good hosting company, and most of their customers are very satisfied. The fact remains, however, that A2 Hosting is ranked higher in every measured category, and in many cases, significantly higher. When you opt for A2 Hosting, you’ll have access to skilled support staff, great prices, excellent features, and much more, which is why they are the winner in this matchup.

Winner!

See plans and pricing www.a2hosting.com

User Reviews
Latest positive review	Handling Tickets/Issue... Oct. 19, 2020 Reliability 10 Pricing 8.0 User Friendly 10 Support 10 Features 10 They are very fast so far at handling tickets and issues and getting them resolved and or closed, etc. I moved 5 of my websites to A2 so far.	Best of Best Hosting P... Aug. 30, 2020 Reliability 10 Pricing 10 User Friendly 10 Support 10 Features 10 I have used it from 3+ year and I really liked it. Its provide really amazing services and their server response time very fa... More st. Its also offer so cheap plans. Less
Latest negative review	A2 Hosting is Total Sc... Jul. 28, 2020 Reliability 2.0 Pricing 2.0 User Friendly 2.0 Support 2.0 Features 2.0 A2 Hosting is a Scam I have recently purchased a Turbo Boost Plan of A2 Hosting which is offering unlimited NVME storage. But... More I only received 75GB Disk space which is even less than their starter plan i.e 100GB. Less	DigitalOcean - The wor... Oct. 1, 2020 Reliability 2.0 Pricing 6.0 User Friendly 6.0 Support 2.0 Features 2.0 The worst experience with hosting provider i ever saw. While managing a couple of hosting providers, digital ocean claims to ... More be the biggest one, while they are small miserable and have lack of basic customer support. Even do not think to use their services. Less

Server Locations
North America	Yes	Yes
Europe	Yes	Yes
Asia	Yes	Yes
Oceania	No	No
South America	No	No
Africa & Middle East	No	No

Shared Hosting Plans
Plan Name	Startup	–
Space	Unlimited	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Panel	cpanel	–
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features		–
Price	CA$4.01	–

Plan Name	Drive	–
Space	Unlimited	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Panel	cpanel	–
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features		–
Price	CA$6.69	–

Plan Name	Turbo Boost	–
Space	Unlimited	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Panel	cpanel	–
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features		–
Price	CA$13.40	–

Plan Name	Turbo Max	–
Space	Unlimited	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Panel	cpanel	–
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features		–
Price	CA$20.10	–
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Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
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VPS Plans
Plan Name	Entry - Unmanaged	–
Space	20 GB	–
CPU	1 core	–
RAM	512 MB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	CA$6.71	–

Plan Name	Mid - Unmanaged	–
Space	30 GB	–
CPU	1 core	–
RAM	1 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	CA$13.41	–

Plan Name	Top - Unmanaged	–
Space	50 GB	–
CPU	4 cores	–
RAM	1 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	CA$20.12	–

Plan Name	Power+	–
Space	75 GB	–
CPU	4 cores	–
RAM	4 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	CA$33.53	–

Plan Name	Prestige+	–
Space	100 GB	–
CPU	6 cores	–
RAM	6 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	CA$46.94	–

Plan Name	Pinnacle+	–
Space	150 GB	–
CPU	8 cores	–
RAM	8 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	CA$67.06	–
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Dedicated Server Plans
Plan Name	Sprint - Unmanaged	–
Space	1000 GB	–
CPU	2 x 3.10GHz	–
RAM	8 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	CA$133.57	–

Plan Name	Exceed - Unmanaged	–
Space	1000 GB	–
CPU	4 x 2.40GHz	–
RAM	8 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	CA$222.62	–

Plan Name	Mach - Unmanaged	–
Space	1.95 TB	–
CPU	12 x 2.10GHz	–
RAM	16 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	CA$333.93	–

Plan Name	Sprint - Managed	–
Space	1000 GB	–
CPU	2 x 3.10GHz	–
RAM	8 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	CA$189.22	–

Plan Name	Exceed - Managed	–
Space	1000 GB	–
CPU	4 x 2.40GHz	–
RAM	8 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	CA$278.28	–

Plan Name	Mach - Managed	–
Space	1.95 TB	–
CPU	12 x 2.10GHz	–
RAM	16 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	CA$389.59	–
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Cloud Hosting Plans
Plan Name	Start	$5
Space	10 GB	25 GB
CPU	2 x 0.60GHz	1 core
RAM	512 MB	1 GB
Bandwidth	Unlimited	1 TB
Price	CA$20.12	CA$6.71

Plan Name	Median	$10
Space	10 GB	50 GB
CPU	2 x 0.60GHz	1 core
RAM	1 GB	2 GB
Bandwidth	Unlimited	2 TB
Price	CA$26.82	CA$13.41

Plan Name	Ace	$20
Space	25 GB	80 GB
CPU	2 x 0.60GHz	2 cores
RAM	1 GB	4 GB
Bandwidth	Unlimited	4 TB
Price	CA$33.53	CA$26.82

Plan Name	–	$40
Space	–	160 GB
CPU	–	4 cores
RAM	–	8 GB
Bandwidth	–	5 TB
Price	–	CA$53.65

Plan Name	–	$80
Space	–	320 GB
CPU	–	8 cores
RAM	–	16 GB
Bandwidth	–	6 TB
Price	–	CA$107.29

Plan Name	–	$160
Space	–	100 GB
CPU	–	8 cores
RAM	–	16 GB
Bandwidth	–	6 TB
Price	–	CA$214.58

Plan Name	–	$320
Space	–	200 GB
CPU	–	16 cores
RAM	–	32 GB
Bandwidth	–	7 TB
Price	–	CA$429.17

Plan Name	–	$480
Space	–	200 GB
CPU	–	16 cores
RAM	–	64 GB
Bandwidth	–	7 TB
Price	–	CA$643.75

Plan Name	–	$640
Space	–	400 GB
CPU	–	32 cores
RAM	–	64 GB
Bandwidth	–	9 TB
Price	–	CA$858.34

Plan Name	–	$120
Space	–	50 GB
CPU	–	4 cores
RAM	–	16 GB
Bandwidth	–	5 TB
Price	–	CA$160.94

Plan Name	–	$240
Space	–	100 GB
CPU	–	4 cores
RAM	–	32 GB
Bandwidth	–	6 TB
Price	–	CA$321.88

Plan Name	–	$480
Space	–	200 GB
CPU	–	16 cores
RAM	–	64 GB
Bandwidth	–	7 TB
Price	–	CA$643.75

Plan Name	–	$960
Space	–	400 GB
CPU	–	32 cores
RAM	–	128 GB
Bandwidth	–	9 TB
Price	–	CA$1,287.50
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Resellers Plans
Plan Name	Bronze	–
Space	30 GB	–
Bandwidth	399.97 GB	–
Panel	whm	–
Price	CA$13.14	–

Plan Name	Silver	–
Space	75 GB	–
Bandwidth	599.96 GB	–
Panel	whm	–
Price	CA$18.40	–

Plan Name	Gold	–
Space	150 GB	–
Bandwidth	1 TB	–
Panel	whm	–
Price	CA$24.32	–

Plan Name	Platinum	–
Space	200 GB	–
Bandwidth	2 TB	–
Panel	whm	–
Price	CA$40.74	–
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Features
Support Services
Live Chat	Yes	Yes
Phone Support	Yes	No
Email Support	Yes	Yes
Forum Support	Yes	Yes
Video guides	Yes	Yes
Knowledgebase	Yes	Yes

CMS Support
Wordpress	Yes	Yes
Managed Wordpress	Yes	No
Joomla	Yes	Yes
Drupal	Yes	Yes
Magento	Yes	Yes
Fantastico	Yes	No
Presta Shop	Yes	No
ZenCart	Yes	No

OS Support
Windows	No	No
Linux	Yes	Yes

Language Support
PHP	Yes	Yes
Java	Yes	No
Python	Yes	No
NodeJS	Yes	Yes
Django	Yes	No
Perl	Yes	No
Ruby on Rails	Yes	No

Database Support
MongoDB	Yes	No
MySQL	Yes	Yes
PostgreSQL	Yes	No

Payment Types Support
PayPal	Yes	Yes
Credit Card	Yes	Yes
MoneyBookers	Yes	No
Wire Transfer	Yes	No
Webmoney	No	No
Bitcoin	No	No

Bottom Line
Craig Timmins Hosting Expert A2 Hosting is one of those companies that just performs well in all categories, and they do so very consistently. DigitalOcean is a good hosting company, and most of their customers are very satisfied. The fact remains, however, that A2 Hosting is ranked higher in every measured category, and in many cases, significantly higher. When you opt for A2 Hosting, you’ll have access to skilled support staff, great prices, excellent features, and much more, which is why they are the winner in this matchup. Winner! See plans and pricing www.a2hosting.com

Bottom Line

Craig Timmins

Hosting Expert

Winner!

See plans and pricing www.a2hosting.com

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