Experience of using Hostman as a cloud partner for a development team
When it comes to choosing a cloud provider for a software development company, it’s not just the reliability of the infrastructure that comes to the forefront, but also ease of use, flexibility of scaling, and quality of support. We looked at many options before settling on Hostman at hostman.com, and now we’re confident that we made the right decision. This cloud service has become more than just a technical solution for our team, but a full-fledged partner with whom we’ve been able to take development, deployment, and scaling to the next level.
Quick start without barriers
One of the main advantages of working with Hostman was how easy it was to start using the platform. It took less than an hour from registration to launching the first project. The interface is intuitive, everything is logically structured: setting up the environment, connecting repositories, choosing deployment parameters. We are used to the fact that setting up the infrastructure usually requires a separate DevOps specialist and can take days, if not weeks. With Hostman, we did it ourselves and without a single line of code to set up the servers.
Development and CI/CD support
The platform was especially convenient for our team due to its tight integration with GitHub and GitLab. As soon as changes were pushed to the master branch, they were automatically deployed. We could monitor the entire process in real time: build, launch, logging. This transparency and automation allowed us to reduce the time between development and the release of new features to production. This not only increased the team's productivity, but also allowed us to respond faster to user feedback.
Reliability and scalability
Working on several projects simultaneously, we highly appreciated the stability and flexibility of the Hostman infrastructure. Even under high loads during marketing campaigns, the service showed itself flawlessly. We launched additional instances in a matter of minutes, adapting capacity to traffic growth. The ability to scale projects horizontally and vertically without worrying about interruptions became a decisive factor for us, especially at critical moments of releases.
Simplified management and monitoring
Among other advantages, it is worth noting the monitoring system. Built-in tools allow you to track resource usage, CPU and memory load, disk status. This freed us from the need to connect third-party solutions and saves a lot of time. In addition, in case of problems, we received notifications in messengers, which allowed us to respond promptly.
Support that really helps
It is also important to mention the Hostman support service. We rarely contacted them, but in those few cases when questions arose, the answers were clear, comprehensive and came literally in a few minutes. It felt like there was a team behind the service that really cares about customers and understands their tasks.
The final chord
Using Hostman has become more than just another technological solution for us, it’s part of our daily development. We’ve eliminated unnecessary complexities, automated routine work, and received a scalable platform that grows with us. Thanks to this, we can focus on the main thing — creating a high-quality software product, knowing that we don’t have to worry about the infrastructure. Hostman has lived up to our expectations and has become the foundation of our cloud future.