Is there something like Netlify but for backend (Express / Flask) servers?
I just want something where I can choose a boilerplate server, click deploy and be able to make changes using a simple git push.
No docs, no new tools to learn, no fancy SDK or CLI client. Just git push
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I would say Heroku (https://www.heroku.com/) provides pretty much what I think you're looking for. They're free to try, although their free instances "go to sleep" (stop) after some time of inactivity and it takes a few seconds to spin them up again. It can get fairly expensive by comparison with the big cloud providers once you're ready to scale up.
Also, I've had good experiences with Render (https://render.com/), they're a newer player in the field but a delight to work with.
Thanks David! Render founder here. We're exactly what you're describing. Just
git pushand done. Also, feel free to get in touch at render.com/chat or just DM me. I love chatting with devs, even if they're not Render customers.Vote for Heroku!
That's why I had only 7 pages (including illustrations and a big chunk of code for programmatic deployment) to cover Heroku against other 28 covered AWS EB :)))))
To all you Heroku users;
I've used it and my co-founder is a big fan of heroku -- but we run out of quota just on dev instances alone (no real traffic) towards the end of the month. This drives me nuts LOL. I use google cloud as they give me independent quota per project and I can run continuously work on the server without exceeding free quota so, for the things I am using it for, gcloud is sufficient. Granted deploying is harder and not what OP asked for, so in that sense this is off-topic. I am just trying to understand Heroku a bit better.
I have heard that once you upgrade on heroku and pay ~ $7/mo, that instance can support around 50K users/mth. Does this sound about right to all ya'll who use heroku? Or what are you doing to get the most out of heroku?
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