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LET Provider Poll HY1 2020 - Results
FAT32
Administrator, Deal Compiler Extraordinaire
Hi everyone, the poll is now over and let's reveal the results 
Thanks for participating and congratulations to all the winners! I would also like to take this opportunity to thanks to all the sponsors for sponsoring those great prizes.
Original thread: https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/165133/provider-poll-hy1-2020/p1
Statistics
| Total voters | 144 |
|---|---|
| Number of invalid voters | 11 |
| Number of excluded voters | 4 |
| Number of valid voters | 129 |
| Number of prizes | 178 |
| Chances of getting a prize | 100% |
| Chances of getting 2 prizes | 69% |
Best Providers
| Rank | Provider | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hetzner - @Hetzner_OL | 51 |
| 2 | BuyVM / BuyShared - @Francisco | 47 |
| 3 | NexusBytes - @seriesn | 42 |
| 4 | MXRoute - @jar | 24 |
| 5 | OVH / SoYouStart / Kimsufi - @OVH_APAC @ninzo59 | 22 |
| 6 | HetrixTools - @HBAndrei | 18 |
| 6 | VirMach - @VirMach | 18 |
| 8 | LunaNode - @perennate | 15 |
| LetBox (Disqualified - read below) | 13 | |
| 9 | Inception Hosting - @AnthonySmith | 9 |
| 9 | MYW - @MikePT | 9 |
| HostHatch | 8 | |
| RamNode | 7 | |
| AlphaVPS / ImpactVPS | 6 | |
| Clouvider | 6 | |
| ExtraVM | 6 | |
| RackNerd | 6 | |
| Gullo's Hosting | 5 | |
| ServaRICA | 4 | |
| SmallWeb | 4 | |
| WisHosting | 4 | |
| HostSailor | 3 | |
| Vultr | 3 | |
| AlienData | 2 | |
| Avoro | 2 | |
| Digital Ocean | 2 | |
| FlowVPS | 2 | |
| HostMantis | 2 | |
| Hostodo | 2 | |
| IonSwitch | 2 | |
| MrVM | 2 | |
| Netcup | 2 | |
| UltraVPS.eu | 2 | |
| Virtono | 2 | |
| vServer.site | 2 | |
| AlphaRacks | 1 | |
| AnyNode | 1 | |
| ApisCP / Hostineer | 1 | |
| BunnyCDN | 1 | |
| CloudCone | 1 | |
| DediPath | 1 | |
| DignusData | 1 | |
| DrServer | 1 | |
| Fastpipe | 1 | |
| First-Root | 1 | |
| Hivelocity | 1 | |
| HostForce | 1 | |
| HostSlick | 1 | |
| HostWebis | 1 | |
| HyperExpert | 1 | |
| IllyHosting | 1 | |
| Leaseweb | 1 | |
| Limitless Hosting | 1 | |
| LiteServer | 1 | |
| Nocix | 1 | |
| OnepoundWebHosting | 1 | |
| PHP-Friends | 1 | |
| Prometeus | 1 | |
| QuickPacket | 1 | |
| ReadyDedis | 1 | |
| ReliableSite | 1 | |
| Scaleway / Online.net | 1 | |
| SkylonHost | 1 | |
| SmartHost | 1 | |
| SpartanHost | 1 | |
| SpryServers | 1 | |
| Terrahost | 1 | |
| Tetahost | 1 | |
| TNAHosting | 1 | |
| UpCloud | 1 | |
| VMBox | 1 | |
| VPSDime | 1 | |
| Zare | 1 |
After discussion with other moderators, we decided to disqualify LetBox due to not playing fair. They are buying votes in exchange for $5 account credits since last provider poll.
Best Non-top Providers
| Rank | Provider | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HetrixTools - @HBAndrei | 17 |
| 2 | Lunanode - @perennate | 5 |
| 2 | WisHosting - @exception0x876 | 5 |
| 4 | PHP-Friends - @PHP_Friends | 3 |
| 5 | HostNamaste - @hostnamaste | 2 |
| 5 | IonSwitch - @IonSwitch | 2 |
| AlphaVPS / ImpactVPS | 1 | |
| DrServer | 1 | |
| ExtraVM | 1 | |
| FastMako | 1 | |
| GCoreLabs | 1 | |
| GreenCloudVPS | 1 | |
| Hosteons | 1 | |
| HostKoala | 1 | |
| HostSailor | 1 | |
| HostWinds | 1 | |
| Hotlineservers | 1 | |
| IntoVPS | 1 | |
| RackNerd | 1 | |
| ServaRICA | 1 | |
| ServerCheap | 1 | |
| SkylonHost | 1 | |
| SmallWeb | 1 | |
| SpryServers | 1 | |
| TNAHosting | 1 | |
| UltraVPS.eu | 1 | |
| ZeptoVM | 1 |
Lottery
1. vServer.site - 5 x Small LXC vServer IPv6 only (1 vCPU, 2GB RAM, 50GB HDD, Traffic incl) for 3 month [1-5] - @vserversite
@Dazzle @bjo @Umut @MarshalChe @Harambe
2. NexusBytes - 1 x KVM VPS-2G for 6 months [6] - @seriesn
3. NexusBytes - 2 x KVM VPS-1G for 3 months [7-8] - @seriesn
4. Limitless Hosting - 10 x XS DirectAdmin Shared Hosting in USA/EU for 1 year [9-18] - @Lampard
@Calvin @smile93 @DanSummer @MrPsycho @a3Bren @imok @spun @Jord @pkr @Andy10tbit
5. Limitless Hosting - 5 x Small DirectAdmin Reseller Hosting in USA/EU for 1 year [19-23] - @Lampard
@FAT32 @FlamesRunner @Diamondz @JoeMerit @webdev
6. LunaNode - 20 x $50 Account Credit (Toronto only, credit expires on 1 July 2021) [24-43] - @perennate
@randy33 @td512 @rm_ @Tempest @codedivine @unfortunately @niceboy @JohnSunQiang @Ganonk MS @natural @anonym_user @debaser @Jake4 @greattomeetyou @RedSox @Shu @Shamli @RecD @add_iT
7. LetBox - 15 x $15 Account Credit [44-58] - @key900
@jureve @malwa3e @isaacl @SunshineHost @not_dilligaf @Edmond @boernd @sanvit @mlc @jahrinc @sgheghele @gtxr @Cam @alexvolk @Neoon
8. Xsltel - 1 x VPS (2GB RAM, 130GB HDD, 1 IPv4, 1TB @ 1Gbps, Hetzner - Finland) for 3 months [59] - @Xsltel
9. Xsltel - 3 x VPS (1GB RAM, 65GB HDD, 1 IPv4, 500GB @ 1Gbps, Hetzner - Finland) for 6 months [60-62] - @Xsltel
10. LowEndBox - 10 x $15 Account Credit (on ANY provider that is present in LET before 1 Jun 2020) [63-72] - @jbiloh
@TimboJones @Shoaib_A @MGarbis @isunbejo @scorcher9 @doghouch @default @Chalipa @james50a @lokuzard
11. SmallWeb - 5 x 1GB DirectAdmin Shared Hosting for 1 year [73-77] - @SmallWeb
@key900 @Falzo @Limpan @MissFortune @hzr
12. SmallWeb - 1 x £15 Account Credit (Credit expires after 1 year) [78] - @SmallWeb
13. Hostodo - 5 x 1GB RAM NVMe KVM VPS in Las Vegas/Miami for 1 year [79-83] - @Hassan
@SmallWeb @Ndha @kaz050457 @Cabbage @FrankZ
14. WebSound - 5 x cPanel Mini Web Hosting in UK for 1 year [84-88] - @WSCallum
@sundaymouse @PieHasBeenEaten @dahartigan @kennsann @simlev
15. TetaHost - 10 x Pico DirectAdmin Web Hosting in Germany for 1 year [89-98] - @tetahost
@Ympker @randomq @Cappuccino @redalertrox @seriesn @EHRA @hyperblast @h2o @ariq01 @vbloods
16. TetaHost - 10 x Pico DirectAdmin Web Hosting in France for 1 year [99-108] - @tetahost
@Terenas @Acacy @bugis @desperand @Xiaoming @jvnadr @LES @ThracianDog @chocolateshirt @singhigh
17. TetaHost - 2 x VDS1 KVM VPS for 3 months [109-110] - @tetahost
18. HostWebis - 2 x Basic cPanel Shared Hosting for 1 year [111-112] - @hostwebis
19. HostWebis - 2 x Basic Reseller Hosting for 6 months [113-114] - @hostwebis
20. HostWebis - 2 x Essential KVM VPS for 3 months [115-116] - @hostwebis
21. HostWebis - 2 x Basic Dedicated Server for 1 month [117-118] - @hostwebis
22. HostWebis - 2 x $50 Account Credit (Credit expires after 1 year) [119-120] - @hostwebis
23. GreenCloudVPS - 3 x NVMePromo-1 KVM VPS for 1 year [121-123] - @NDTN
24. HostEONS - 2 x OVZ1 VPS in LA/NY for 1 year [124-125] - @HostEONS
25. HostEONS - 2 x KVM1 VPS in LA/NY for 1 year [126-127] - @HostEONS
26. HostEONS - 2 x Shared1 cPanel Web Hosting for 1 year [128-129] - @HostEONS
27. MyW - 5 x 2GB DirectAdmin Shared Hosting for 1 year (Renews at €9.99/yr) [130-134] - @MikePT
@ariq01 @Shoaib_A @MGarbis @greattomeetyou @ThracianDog
28. IllyHosting - 5 x KVM VPS 1 for 3 months (Renews at €3.95/m) [135-139] - @illyhosting
@ben47955 @EHRA @singhigh @mca5701 @chocolateshirt
29. IllyHosting - 5 x cPanel Basic Shared Hosting for 1 year (Renews at €2.95/m) [140-144] - @illyhosting
@RedSox @thedp @isaacl @Terenas @reddevil
30. HostNamaste - 5 x OpenVZ-256 in Jacksonville/France for 1 year (Renews at $20/y) [145-149] - @hostnamaste
@mlc @Acacy @DanSummer @kaz050457 @kuroneko23
31. HostUS - 5 x 768MB OpenVZ 7 VPS in 7 US/EU locations for 1 year [150-154] - @AlexanderM
@MarshalChe @lokuzard @Unixfy @scorcher9 @Edmond
32. HostUS - 5 x 1GB Ryzen KVM VPS in LA/Dallas for 6 months [155-159] - @AlexanderM
@XNQ @vbloods @simlev @randy33 @h2o
33. HetrixTools - 3 x Professional Uptime Monitoring for 1 year worth $99.95/y each [160-162] - @HBAndrei
@FlamesRunner @Andy10tbit @jeorlie
34. HetrixTools - 1 x Business Uptime Monitoring for 1 year worth $199.95/y [163] - @HBAndrei
35. RackNerd - 5 x 1GB KVM VPS for 1 year (Renews at $20/y) [164-168] - @dustinc
@sgheghele @hyperblast @natural @MissFortune @bjo
36. RackNerd - 5 x cPanel Shared - 30GB for 1 year (Renews at 50% off monthly) [169-173] - @dustinc
@alexvolk @Ndha @RecD @dahartigan @WebGuru
37. SunshineHost - 5 x NZ$12 Account Credit [174-178] - @SunshineHost
@SmallWeb @spun @isunbejo @poisson @SunshineHost
Generator
echo -n "Thanks for joining LowEndTalk Provider Poll 2020 - @FAT32" | shasum -a 256
ec80440b08a22f48e6233c31ce168d0e604b9227f8b6295ba8101a74ebed2d56
const seedrandom = require('seedrandom');
const MAGIC_SEED = 'Thanks for joining LowEndTalk Provider Poll 2020 - @FAT32';
const ALL_USERS = ['thedp', 'sundaymouse', 'pkr', 'Falzo', 'bjo', 'Jord', 'SmallWeb', 'Harambe', 'key900', 'jureve', 'XNQ', 'debaser', 'Terenas', 'isunbejo', 'dahartigan', 'td512', 'kaz050457', 'donko', 'sayem314', 'rm_', 'imok', 'kennsann', 'kuroneko23', 'doghouch', 'webdev', '_MS_', 'varwww', 'Limpan', 'RedSox', 'Diamondz', 'malwa3e', 'add_iT', 'singhigh', 'Shamli', 'james50a', 'Ganonk', 'boernd', 'plumberg', 'EHRA', 'niceboy', 'randomq', 'Ympker', 'MrEd', 'Cam', 'default', 'Shoaib_A', 'sandanista', 'poisson', 'ariq01', 'webclouddev', 'sonic', 'mlc', 'Dazzle', 'Cappuccino', 'ben47955', 'mca5701', 'erni', 'Acacy', 'Jake4', 'Tempest', 'MGarbis', 'hzr', 'Edmond', 'not_dilligaf', 'a3Bren', 'vbloods', 'chocolateshirt', 'alexvolk', 'rajprakash', 'greattomeetyou', 'randy33', 'reddevil', 'Cabbage', 'anonym_user', 'desperand', 'Neoon', 'Unixfy', 'Calvin', 'jeorlie', 'sgheghele', 'MrPsycho', 'vyas11', 'AlyssaD', 'jahrinc', 'jvnadr', 'JabJab', 'bugis', 'myshahrul', 'adamus007p', 'unfortunately', 'codedivine', 'JoeMerit', 'seriesn', 'FlamesRunner', 'RecD', 'sanvit', 'Bertie', 'TimboJones', 'MissFortune', 'Andy10tbit', 'isaacl', 'SunshineHost', 'WebGuru', 'Shu', 'Ndha', 'smile93', 'hyperblast', 'LES', 'Chalipa', 'ThracianDog', 'jetchirag', 'JohnSunQiang', 'lokuzard', 'natural', 'sharkgan', 'PieHasBeenEaten', 'DanSummer', 'yorkchou', 'FrankZ', 'scorcher9', 'spun', 'redalertrox', 'gtxr', 'h2o', 'Umut', 'Xiaoming', 'simlev', 'MarshalChe', 'FAT32'];
const PRIZE_COUNT = 178;
// Find winners
const rng = seedrandom(MAGIC_SEED + '_' + ALL_USERS.length + '_' + PRIZE_COUNT);
let allWinners = [];
let prizeLeft = PRIZE_COUNT;
while (prizeLeft > 0) {
let winners = ALL_USERS.map((user) => ({ username: user, rand: rng() }));
winners.sort((a, b) => a.rand - b.rand);
winners = winners.slice(0, prizeLeft);
winners = winners.map((selected) => selected.username);
allWinners = allWinners.concat(winners);
prizeLeft -= winners.length;
}
// Output
console.log(allWinners);
Thanked by 44alexvolk HBAndrei WSCallum Limpan Edmond james50a Ympker jetchirag Falzo Jake4 jar Aidan default sgheghele RedSox sayem314 MGarbis kaz050457 seriesn ErawanArifNugroho Bertie exception0x876 Ganonk poisson OVH_APAC Shamli kuroneko23 hostnamaste Xsltel Acacy _MS_ mlc Ndha chocolateshirt myshahrul lokuzard varwww AlexanderM erni FrankZ jureve MrPsycho randomq Mxl
Comments
Behind the scenes
Raw Votes
Non-qualified votes are striked out, invalid options are marked as grey, excluded votes are marked as orange.
Thanks everyone that voted
We'll continue to work to improve our products.
Francisco
Congratulations to all the top hosts and a very major thank you to @fat32 for putting in the time to manage this process.
Dam it, had I knew that, I would have now 20$ credit and would fee like a slut.
But still, a few months more service. Nah.
Thank you for all of your votes
and thank you @FAT32 for your hard work organising all of this.
@Francisco @jar Imma need those bananas you promised in exchange for votes. thx.
Congratulations to all the winners.
Is exchanging prizes allowed? Would like to get some Lunanode credit
Anyways, @FAT32 thank you for organizing this funny event, make let great again with prizes of course
Exchange is fine as long as you found someone to exchange with you (and have to tell the provider about the exchange)
@FAT32 sir, is there a legitimate replacement?
I feel dirty taking that 15$ credit.
Really really wanted that $50 Lunanode credits!...
Quite happy that I won two prizes and congratulations to all the providers! Without any providers, wouldn’t have had such an awesome event on LET.
So what’s going to happen with LETBox? I seemed to won credits, but you disqualified them? You sure they will honour such credits?
Thanks for those efforts
congrats everyone and big thanks and kudos to @FAT32 again for putting this together!
please redraw my prize for someone else, I left shared hosting behind ages ago ;-)
Sponsors dont affect the outcome of the votes since prizes are randomly drawn, that's why sponsoring are perfectly fine. However, buying votes is another story because it skew the results, people vote just because they want to get the guaranteed credits.
Thanks much for the giveaway
. As much as I like letbox on a cost perspective buying votes seemed weird 
during both provider polls. please pass on my prize to someone who has a neat project.
I'm going to gift my $50 LunaNode credit prize to @alexvolk. @perennate please take note, thanks!
Already got some free credit at LunaNode and don't need more at the moment.
Shouldn't someone trying to scam the community be permanently banned?
Congrats to all winners and thanks @FAT32 for organizing!
Congratulations to @Hetzner_OL @Francisco @seriesn @HBAndrei, providers that are highly favored by the community, hence a well deserved award!
Not to forget, big ups to @FAT32 for organizing this all the way through and thanks to all the providers that has sponsored prizes for this 'event'.
Here I'd like to donate my prizes to whoever wishes to have them, with consent from the respective sponsoring providers.
Let me know.
Cheers!
Congratulations to the winners
Thank you @FAT32 for all your efforts.
Congratulations, please open a ticket at https://portal.smallweb.net to claim and then PM me here with the ticket number or subject. Please do not disclose your personal details through LET.
This community has always been very kind to us. Thank you for the continued love and support everyone
.
We will continue to work harder to improve our services and do what we do best, take care of our beloved family members
.
Dear @Fat32, a big FAT thank you for organizing this boss.
Ps. I will pass the prize I won for voting. Someone else will utilize it better than I will
Oh and and and, those who won, congrats Fam! Slide into my DM to redeem that code please
Also @HBAndrei please transfer the "HetrixTools - 1 x Business Uptime Monitoring for 1 year" prize to @isaacl, thanks!
Congratulations to all the providers who killed it! And to the community members who voted, and the winners of the prizes.
Amazing work @Fat32, and to the other moderators/admins involved in making this real.
Thanks @rm_, and thanks @FAT32 for organizing this, and to all the sponsors - congrats to all the winners!
I don't really have much use for the LetBox and IllyHosting credits, since I don't really use other hosting, can those be passed on to someone else?
Been swearing by HetrixTools for a while, so that will definitely come in handy - thanks again @HBAndrei for an awesome product!!
I must admit, coming this close to legendary BuyVM alone feels like a huge victory
.
Obligatory,
Francisco
thanks to all the sponsors and [email protected] Nice i won twice hostodo @Hassan and HostNamaste @hostnamaste thanks..
We've reached out to the winners of our sponsored products via PM; @sgheghele @hyperblast @natural @MissFortune @bjo @alexvolk @Ndha @RecD @dahartigan @WebGuru - thanks again for contributing.
You earned your spot, up top.
You're free to give away mine as you see fit, or randomly, or surprise some existing customer