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Wait until BF, grab a cheap yearly VPS with a reputable provider and apt-get install what you need? Probably gonna be the cheapest you can get.
@Vancete what type of services are you looking for? Some shared providers use Cloudlinux that give you Node.js services. Or are you looking for a VPS?
@Jord Node.js itself is fine, don't need an entire VPS, just a script running and a little frontend.
@Vancete I can offer shared hosting with node.js feel free to PM me if you would like.
If it's a single app , checkout netlify
Another manish? Wow
We do support Node.js on our shared hosting, wait for BF even and you be able to get decent offers.
if you need one app, use heorku first
^ heroku
@Vancete - if you search for comments from @joepie91 (who is well versed in deploying and debugging node.js) you'll find a strong recommendation to use a VPS rather than shared hosting for node.js ... (I don't have any experience with node.js on shared hosting myself but I would be generally inclined to take that advice.)
Dont even consider node.js on shared hosting. Its just as much as clusterfuck as Ruby on cPanel. If a $5 Linode/DigitalOcean VPS worries you then use Heroku
Finally found a good ofer here for a cloudlinux shared hosting.
Not worried too much about performance, it will host an app that only I will use.
Many thanks
CloudLinux/Node.js app shared hosting available in London from £3/year
Is that cheap enough?
Free works? Link in my sig
Netlify is (mostly) static hosting only. They do have some lambda support now though, but you can't host regular Node.js apps there.
You can spin up a NodeJS instance within minutes on https://cloudjiffy.com/ . Free 14 day trial and starts at just $1 per month.
I run 4 Node.JS scripts on Wishosting's OpenVZ server ($3/year), it runs fine-ish.
I experienced down-time from time to time, but it's $3 VPS, so it's performance still exceeded my expectation.
(
I used port-monitor.com to monitor the SSH port, it emailed me 4 times from August to Today.
With check invterval 180s, it went down for
(1)3h39m56s
(2)1h42m38s
(3)2h7m16s
(4)7h19m57s
I recommend you setup your program with init system just in case, no matter what VPS you are going with.
)
You can use Google Compute for free. Fire up a small VPS (they have a free tier) and install whatever you like. You can also make snapshots etc for easy restores.
https://cloud.google.com/compute/
You can host with www.evennode.com
They specialize on Node.js and are pretty cheap imo.
Our BF for shared hosting starts from £7.50 /year and we do support Node.js:
Basic
Ideal to host 5 Domain Name
Unlimited Sub-Domains
5GB Diskspace
100Gb Data Transfer
1 IPv6 Address
10 MySQL Database
Unlimited FTP Account
Unlimited Email Accounts
Pure SSD Storage
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Anti-DDoS Protection
Plesk Control Panel
99.99% Uptime SLA
14 Day Money Back
£7.50 /year (use BLACKFRIDAY2019 discount code)
Order Link: https://billing.web-project.uk/order/config/index/shared-hosting/?group_id=6&pricing_id=118
We too support it. SSH access included in our shared and reseller plans.
I hadn't realized that I'd publicly said that before, but yeah, you're correct - trying to run Node.js on shared hosting is a recipe for headaches.
It's possible, but you're going to be spending a lot of time dealing with weird environment quirks, and working around limitations in what software you can install - given that you don't have root access, and unlike PHP, Node.js doesn't ship with the kitchensink included.
If you value your time, sanity - and more importantly, ability to learn and grow - at all, I'd strongly recommend just getting a VPS. Then you'll be able to use things in the Node.js ecosystem as-intended, instead of wasting your time learning about shared-hosting-specific quirks.
(I don't recommend magical IaaS Node.js hosting providers either, they're usually proprietary environments that lock you into a heavily overpriced hosting plan beyond the free trial plan.)