Research providers like
DigitalOcean Linode or
AWS for uptime and support quality—key for VPS reliability Check forums (e g Web Hosting Talk) for user reviews on SSH access or MySQL performance—look for consistent 4 5+ star ratings
DigitalOcean excels with Ubuntu VPS offering 99 99% uptime and 24/7 ticket support (responses <1 hour) Verify their status page (e g status digitalocean com) for past outages—fewer than 2/year is ideal For Windows
AWS shines with robust RDP and MSSQL support Test their trial (e g Linode’s $100 credit) to ping servers and run
ensuring they meet your CLI and firewall needs