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July 28, 2009
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ColdFusion Hosting Recommendations

  • July 28, 2009
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Probably covered a million times already, but with ColdFusion 9 now in beta it might be worth asking again.

I currently host at Dataride, and have had an incredible experience for six-plus years, but they are still running ColdFusion MX 7 and cannot give me any word on when they plan to upgrade to ColdFusion 8, leaving me to assume that ColdFusion 9 will be no different. That said I'd love to find a new host.

Before I sit and compare those I've found in search engines, and here on adobe.com, I thought I'd ask actual users.

Here's a little wishlist, for those who care to help:

- I need a hosting company that offers shared ColdFusion hosting.

- I need ColdFusion 8 installed.

- I would like a host who is known for upgrading to the latest ColdFusion release as they are made available.

- I need custom error support for .cfm files.

- I need a Microsoft SQL Server database.

- I need a host that only disables the most dangerous of ColdFusion tags (ie. CFREGISTRY, CFEXECUTE).

I've been looking at hostmysite.com, does anyone have a horror story or even praises they wish to share?

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    Participating Frequently
    August 13, 2009

    This might help you - http://forums.adobe.com/message/1067977#1067977

    Known Participant
    August 4, 2009

    Hostmysite is great for vps and/or dedicated hosting, but I've had a lot more problems in the last year or so with their shared hosting. Of course, any shared hosting is prone to issues, but I seem to get way more timeouts and null null errors on their shared servers than I've seen elsewhere.I've complained multiple times and they'll sometimes move me to a new server which sometimes will help, but typically they just tell me to "upgrade to a vps" They just don't seem to care about the problems on their shared hosting, and I have a hard time recommending them for it. Its frustrating as otherwise their tech support and service are great. I had a similar problem with CT in the past, but that was several years back so I can't say if they have addressed the issue better since then.

    I've heard some good things about kickassvps.com which has great prices for vps servers, but havent had a chance to try their shared hosting yet.

    John P

    August 3, 2009

    I've been using Hostmysite.com for the last 8 years without a problem.  Service has always been great.  They've always been able to provide me with the configurations I've needed in very short order.

    Michael Borbor
    Inspiring
    August 3, 2009

    I'll recommend you CF Dynamics, great tech support and pricing is great as

    well.

    Inspiring
    August 3, 2009

    yeah CF dynamics are so stable i keep forgetting who we host with

    Inspiring
    August 3, 2009

    Greetings ckbentdesigns,

    I would have to support Kevin's recommendation of CrystalTech.

    Awesome customer service, support and pricing is very reasonable.

    Support is available on a 24hrs basis and time to resolution is very

    quick.

    I started out with them on their shared servers and migrated to

    dedicated servers. Customer support was there all the way and

    continue to be there for me.

    Leonard

    Participating Frequently
    July 28, 2009

    I can't recommend Crystal Tech enough!  Great hosting, great service, cheap!

    July 28, 2009

    I have been using host my site for a while now.  They have been a good company to work with all in all.  I started with them because they offered free CF8 Beta accounts when it was in Beta.  I chatted them the other day to see if they were going to be doing the same with CF9.  They informed me that they did not have plans to do so at this time but were testing CF9 so things could always change.  Hopefully they will make the switch as soon as possible once CF9 is released.

    Most of my work has been with Flex applications using a CF backend.  I have not as of yet had any problems with HMS in regards to their configuraitons causing an issue with my code or not being able to use a function that I need.  I do not however use a great majority of the functionality CF8 has to offer and I only post sites there when I am testing beta code in a live environment.  So I am not so sure my situation would be a good one for one example of what you need.  Even still as Hosting partners go I have not been dissapointed.

    -Joe