Asphostportal is AWESOME!

What are the best aspects of this product?

I just spoke with the owner of Asphostportal, as well as a representative earlier in the evening. The newest Microsoft SQL upgrade makes empty databases 1/3 larger than the previous version (approximately 6.25MB versus 4.25MB). It seems they may consider bumping up the free 10MB tier MSSQL service to 12MB or 15MB to compensate (which is pretty nice). Just 12MB would cover the 2MB increase in blank database size, so suggesting 15MB as a possibility was a nice surprise.

Regardless, their database has had perfect uptime for me so far, and they reported a scant 15 minute overnight downtime to upgrade all of their servers to the latest MSSQL which, even in the IT world, is amazingly fast. They only have a couple reviews, which are negative for reasons particular to them (some site reconfiguration required by one reviewer after their files were migrated to new servers or physical machines, but no complaints about server software upgrades). But, as a new web startup, some hiccups are to be expected when getting a new business with a host of services off the ground.

Just give them a try!

What aspects are problematic or could work better?

Only small MSSQL issue, but they have fixed it!

Are you a current user of this product?

Yes