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OVH, SoYouStart, and KimSufi with Dokku Alt (for quick apps) or custom Ansible/Docker deployments (for big apps). Since OVH created their North American DC I took the leap and have been very very happy. Knowing just how cheap the hardware/ops game is, I just can't bring myself to spend anything more than what these guys do:

  - $115/mn for a 64GB ECC, 3x Intel SSD, Xeon E51620v2, 500Mbps, etc
  - $50/mn for a 32GB ECC, Intel Xeon W3520, 4TB SATA
  - $15/mn for a 4GB RAM, Atom N2800, 1TB HDD

I scale differently as a result; huge gobs of RAM/SSD/CPU is easily within reach. For instance, I can use Redis Cluster as a primary data store with then op/s an order of magnitude higher than most might be used to.