Best upcoming providers for this year:
1. LunaNode - 1 point - A+ services and communication skills. Their support is always quick to communicate any ongoing issues and work with you to correct any problems.
2. UAServer (ITLDC) - 1 point - Been surprisingly stable and their staff is quick to communicate issues and correct them.
3. MyRSK - 1 point - Has been a very stable provider this year and their new cloud platform and prices look tempting.
4. Ramnode - 1 point - Lots of expansion this year as well as new products (DDoS Protection, etc), Stable platform and great support, if needed.
5. ServerAstra - 1 point - Very stable provider in Hungary. Good at communicating issues and maintenance to their customers ahead of time.
Honorable Mentions (in no specific order):
(All of the below have offered stable reliable services over the year, in most cases support is quick to respond and resolve all issues)
newhost.ro - Great stability, long term customer over 4 years now.
EdgeVM - <3 for their network
Inception Hosting - Stable platform, no need for any tickets this year.
anyNode - Stable platform, no need for any tickets this year.
SecureDragon - Stable platform, no need for any tickets this year.
Prometeus - Stable platform, no need for any tickets this year.
Host1Plus - For a provider who is providing exotic locations they do a good job of taking care of their nodes.
Evorack - Other than some intermittent network issues their platform has been stable. Tickets can take more than a day to be replied to and support is not always helpful, but the server runs as expected for the most part. Been with them for 3+ years now.
HeroicVPS - Their platform has been stable but they have had problems with their billing panel and responding to clients tickets in a timely manor in the past.