This week, I am researching a hosting solution for my new API service. I am lazy to set up a server at the beginning. But the cost is too high if I put to PaaS platforms. Finally I settled with a DO $5 server.
It depends on your project requirements. But this is what I found:
self-hosted: as mentioned by other indiehackers, Linode & Digital Ocean are cheap and cost-effective. It's not an all-in-one solution like aws. But I hate aws to be enterprisey. Every time I read aws docs, I feel very painful compared with DO experience. DO is startup-friendly, whether the price and the user experience
Some redditors suggest to use dokku to emulate the experience like heroku. But I found the overhead is too high to study different platforms and tools.
Heroku / Render.com
You can save your time to set up SSL, web server, database, etc. If you're not price-conscious, Render.com looks good. The price is not too expensive as Heroku. Overall reputation not bad though I didn't have time to try it personally.
aws / google cloud / azure
Enterprise solution. Self-explanatory
Vercel / Netlify / Github Page / Cloudflare worker
Used for static sites. I tried Vercel. So far so good. Free and fast. Also support custom domains
dedicated server
I tried Rackspace a long time ago. It seems like VPS like DO but more expensive. Didn't look back after migrating to DO. More suitable for data-sensitive projects.
a baremetal put in datacenter
I have a cheap server 10 years ago. Expensive, troublesome, pains. No more comments.
p.s. I am not affiliated with render.com but searching render may not have useful search results. I used to refer DO to earn some free credits
I think it comes down to how price conscious you are and how much help you need.
If you're generally price conscious and you don't need crazy amounts of bandwidth, then use a VPS like Digital Ocean or Linode.
If you need something extraordinarily cheap or tons of bandwidth then look at a bare metal option with an unmetered network (most people I know doing this are making free to play games).
If you're doing a b2b app and expect to have a decent revenue to users ratio but just want something easy that removes the need for you to manage a server, then use Render or maybe Heroku.
If your main goal is to polish and add buzzwords to your resume or you have a lot of free credits, then use AWS.
Thank you! I will take a look at Digital Ocean. My original thought was AWS because that's all I am familiar with for hosting. I knew there would be more options so I appreciate you providing some.
This week, I am researching a hosting solution for my new API service. I am lazy to set up a server at the beginning. But the cost is too high if I put to PaaS platforms. Finally I settled with a DO $5 server.
It depends on your project requirements. But this is what I found:
Some redditors suggest to use dokku to emulate the experience like heroku. But I found the overhead is too high to study different platforms and tools.
Heroku / Render.com
You can save your time to set up SSL, web server, database, etc. If you're not price-conscious, Render.com looks good. The price is not too expensive as Heroku. Overall reputation not bad though I didn't have time to try it personally.
aws / google cloud / azure
Enterprise solution. Self-explanatory
Vercel / Netlify / Github Page / Cloudflare worker
Used for static sites. I tried Vercel. So far so good. Free and fast. Also support custom domains
dedicated server
I tried Rackspace a long time ago. It seems like VPS like DO but more expensive. Didn't look back after migrating to DO. More suitable for data-sensitive projects.
a baremetal put in datacenter
I have a cheap server 10 years ago. Expensive, troublesome, pains. No more comments.
p.s. I am not affiliated with render.com but searching render may not have useful search results. I used to refer DO to earn some free credits
I think it comes down to how price conscious you are and how much help you need.
If you're generally price conscious and you don't need crazy amounts of bandwidth, then use a VPS like Digital Ocean or Linode.
If you need something extraordinarily cheap or tons of bandwidth then look at a bare metal option with an unmetered network (most people I know doing this are making free to play games).
If you're doing a b2b app and expect to have a decent revenue to users ratio but just want something easy that removes the need for you to manage a server, then use Render or maybe Heroku.
If your main goal is to polish and add buzzwords to your resume or you have a lot of free credits, then use AWS.
Thank you! I will take a look at Digital Ocean. My original thought was AWS because that's all I am familiar with for hosting. I knew there would be more options so I appreciate you providing some.