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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
"Humanity is f*cked up" - Jay
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Non-qualified votes are striked out, invalid options are marked as grey, excluded votes are marked as orange.
"Humanity is f*cked up" - Jay
Thanks everyone that voted
We'll continue to work to improve our products.
Francisco
BuyShared - Shared & Reseller Hosting / cPanel + Softaculous + CloudLinux / Pure SSD! / Free Dedicated IP Address
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.
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Thank you for all of your votes
and thank you @FAT32 for your hard work organising all of this.
Free Uptime Monitoring - minimize your downtime by being the first to know about it.
Free Blacklist Monitoring - don't let a few bad clients ruin your network.
@Francisco @jar Imma need those bananas you promised in exchange for votes. thx.
🐴 $2/mo 512MB KVM - Unmetered bandwidth. $1.25 for 256GB Block Storage - from BuyVM (aff)
Congratulations to all the winners.
Is exchanging prizes allowed? Would like to get some Lunanode credit
Anyways, @FAT32 thank you for organizing this funny event, make let great again with prizes of course
Trying to be positive and friendly
Exchange is fine as long as you found someone to exchange with you (and have to tell the provider about the exchange)
"Humanity is f*cked up" - Jay
@FAT32 sir, is there a legitimate replacement?
I feel dirty taking that 15$ credit.
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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 ;-)
UltraVPS.eu KVM in US/UK/NL/DE: 15% off first 6 month | Netcup VPS/rootDS - 5€ off: 36nc15279180197 (ref)
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.
"Humanity is f*cked up" - Jay
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!
Tech/Hosting & Miscellaneous Domain Names For Sale!
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.
Michael from SmallWeb - Support is only offered via ticket/email. You'll likely find me on LES or HT.
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
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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.
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Dedicated Servers, Private Cloud, DRaaS, Colocation, VPS, DDoS Mitigation, Shared & Reseller Hosting
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!!
Fastmako (aff) - another cheap VPS.
I must admit, coming this close to legendary BuyVM alone feels like a huge victory
.
Obligatory,
Francisco
Nexus Bytes Ryzen Powered NVMe VPS | NYC|Miami|LA|London|Germany| Singapore|Tokyo
Storage VPS | LiteSpeed Powered Web Hosting + SSH access | Switcher Special |
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.
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You earned your spot, up top.
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You're free to give away mine as you see fit, or randomly, or surprise some existing customer
If both of you don't mind, can I get that credit ? I am not a customer of smallweb yet and would like to try the service.
I was really hoping that you won from yourself! Really really want to try Nexus Bytes but can't find a justification to just buy one and idle it...
Congratulation for all
oh my GOD,, my name is Lost
Congrats to winners! Awesome work @FAT32! So fast.
I have the spirit.
@AlexanderM @perennate Can @debaser and myself switch prizes?
Looking for $50 lunanode credits for myself and @debaser will get the 768MB OVZ7 VPS for a year from HostUS.
Thanks!
You won the LunaNode prize... apparently that guy named MS is breaking lots of stuff...
"Humanity is f*cked up" - Jay
Faster than someone else who name starts with V
"Humanity is f*cked up" - Jay
Hello friend, @poisson was the winner of the credit and it is up to them whether they would like to keep it
Currently, there are two 1GB hosting plans up for grabs.
Edit: @FAT32 Am I free to re-assign forfeited prizes (of mine)?
Michael from SmallWeb - Support is only offered via ticket/email. You'll likely find me on LES or HT.
Good job, and thanks for your hard work @FAT32, and congratulations to all the providers !
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When did you forfeited any prizes? Honestly it is up to you guys to trade whatever way you want, just not for money
"Humanity is f*cked up" - Jay
Congratulations to all and thank you for your great efforts @FAT32
congrats all winners.
Nah, prizes I sponsored sir. Get some sleep!
Michael from SmallWeb - Support is only offered via ticket/email. You'll likely find me on LES or HT.
Ok got it now
Sure that's up to you since you sponsored them, you can even make more plans at your decision 
Rainstorm wakes me up and I am still thinking how to get to the office with such weather
"Humanity is f*cked up" - Jay
What do the rules say about sexual favors?
🐴 $2/mo 512MB KVM - Unmetered bandwidth. $1.25 for 256GB Block Storage - from BuyVM (aff)
I mean
Francisco
BuyShared - Shared & Reseller Hosting / cPanel + Softaculous + CloudLinux / Pure SSD! / Free Dedicated IP Address
Well it's fine. On second thoughts, I don't need it. I would rather buy one of your plans and support your business. Good luck young man
Congrats to the providers. Can I forfeit my winnings?
Oh no
.
These Ryzen boys aren't meant for idling my friend! You can always take advantage of our switcher specials
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