FirstVDS - profitable VPS servers for OpenCart
FirstVDS is a large Russian hosting company that specializes in services for professionals. The range includes only virtual and dedicated servers, as well as rental of cloud infrastructure. One of the data centers is completely its own, located in Moscow. The second one is rented from partners to install their equipment, also in Moscow.
FirstVDS became the hoster of 2021 according to the Russian independent award TsODy.rf. The most interesting cooperation with the company becomes after 5 full years from the moment of creating an account - customers receive additional discounts (5, 6, 7, 8% and further, according to the number of years).
Pros:
The data center is owned, a reliable company, one of the oldest in the hosting market, a resident of Skolkovo.
Ready and personalized virtual server configurations.
Free trial period for everyone (activated via bot).
A very detailed help section (there is information for self-configuring servers).
Regular discounts and promotions, special benefits for regular customers.
KVM virtualization with snapshots and uploading your own ISO images.
Domain names with no increase in cost when renewing.
24/7 technical support.
A wide range of support services (software license rental, administration, DDoS protection, antivirus, automatic backups, etc.).
Only productive SSDs and NVMe drives.
Free transfer (up to 10 client sites).
Minuses:
No shared hosting.
Projects with lease of dedicated servers and corporate cloud are taken out separately (there is no single authorization, different support teams).
You can save on virtual servers only if you have subject experience and knowledge.
Administration is only paid (technical support is not included in the duties).
DDoS protection services are also always paid.
The access channel width depends on the selected server configuration.
No gift domains.
Hosting cost:
Ready-made VPS / VDS servers without a panel and additional options - from 239 rubles / month (starting configuration - 1 core, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB SSD, unlimited channel 100 Mbps).
Configurations on NVMe disks - from 309 rubles / month.
Tariff with configuration change "on the fly" - from 599 rubles / month.
Virtual servers with high-speed processors - from 1299 rubles / month.
Fault-tolerant infrastructure (Atlant tariff) - from 1749 rubles / month.
Physical (dedicated) servers - from 4512 rubles / month.