If you are looking for the ability to quickly and easily run python cron jobs, a few databases, and various other web-based applications then might I suggest th

If you are looking for the ability to quickly and easily run python cron jobs, a few databases, and various other web-based applications then might I suggest that a full blown VPS might be overkill? My favorite web host for all things Pythonic is www.Webfaction.com (Google them for reviews from the Python community. They offer the equivalent of a managed shared server for less than a VPS. While you won't get full root access, you also won't need to manually patch and maintain all the non-core crap normally associated with running a server yourself)