Is there any update on this list of Providers? I was interested in Virtual-server.net for instance but they don't seem to be in business? Any particularly good providers to recommend for a relatively small / light installation, just to try things out at first?

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(1) - Odoo does not match Shared Hosting (End Point)

(2) - To install Odoo you do not need CPanel

(3) - RAM 2GB to use Apps Website Builder + Design + eCommerce Blogs + + + Show Forums

(4) - 1GB RAM to use CRM + Sales + Subscriptions (Up to 10 Moderate Use)

VPS options / Cloud Insurance Make your Test / Production (Contains reference code & Credit)

Credit $ 20 here on this link to test Vultr: http://www.vultr.com/?ref=6991759-3B

Credit $ 20 here on this link to test Digitalocean: https://m.do.co/c/097c519ff272

You can install Nginx to facilitate user access! As a matter of convenience, you can redirect traffic on the default HTTP port (80) to OpenERP communication port 8069, so that users no longer need to enter the port number 8069 each time you access the OpenERP system.

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Well, I am a newbie and I had no extraordinary problems setting up the hosting on AWS EC2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Just remember that you need 2 GB of memory if you are using the website builder. Therefore the minimum instance you need is a EC2 t2.small, which is around 19 $ a month (hourly charge without upfront payment). I can't see much of a difference in price.

Comparison (as of 22 Sep 2015):

(Linux, 2 GB RAM, traffic is neglectible when using such a small instance size)