On: Linode vs. DigitalOcean – performance benchmarks

[jacques_chester]

Don't fuss about it.

HN loves benchmark porn. Throw some dramatic charts up, show approximately zilch methodological control, voila: front page.

(Complete with sarky comments like this one.)

My personal question is: are DigitalOcean making a profit?

[niggler → jacques_chester]

"are DigitalOcean making a profit?" -- pandodaily is mentioned on the home page, so I'm guessing no.

Let's suppose for a moment that I actually wanted to do a performance comparison for my own purposes (which means I actually care about the actual results). How would I do it right?

[zagi → jacques_chester]

>My personal question is: are DigitalOcean making a profit?

Yes. If you do the math they actually do break even and manage to squeeze some profit.