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Cheap way to host a Javascript project. (e.g. Node APIs & React Apps)

Luke Cartwright on February 25, 2023

With the announcement of the removal of the free tier on Heroku, I, like many others was scrambling for an alternative. Heroku used to offer free ...
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Max Sveshnikov

Oracle cloud, Always free tier, I have Ampere server with 4cpu and 24g RAM for 2 years for free.

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BaasMurdo

I use Github pages, works very well for me once it is setup.

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Luke Cartwright

That's true, similar to the S3 method by building the minified js files and hosting them

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Luke Cartwright

Hostinger is also a great option.

You can get 20% off using this link:
hostinger.co.uk?REFERRALCODE=1LUKE...

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Luke Cartwright

Where do you guys host your JS projects?

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Luke Cartwright

Had anyone tried using Kubernetes on a personal project? 🫣🫣

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Red Ochsenbein (he/him)

Running CapRover on a VPS at Contabo.

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Luke Cartwright

I've never heard of this, what the cost like?

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Red Ochsenbein (he/him) • Edited

Just the price of the VPS.
contabo.com/en/vps/

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Allen Jones • Edited

On vercel app or Google cloud

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Luke Cartwright

Great suggestions, is Google cloud cheap?
Is it easy enough to deploy?

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Luke Cartwright

I use Vercel for a next js app.

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Ahmad Chauhdry

I have used vercel for front end (Angular in my case) and it is free. How I am looking for suggestions for backend api project because azure is expensive.