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Btw, what are some good options nowadays for [almost] free website launch? Until/(if ever) you get "big" of course...

by zura 12y ago

noblethrasher 12y ago
AppHarbor (a YC company) is nice for .NET stuff. It's free unless you want a custom domain, in which case it's only $10/month.
ansimionescu 12y ago
For static websites, Github Pages is free, nearlyfreespeech is very cheap. For full-blown web apps, didn't you hear the guy? GAE has a pretty generous free tier to test out stuff. So does Heroku, and it's way more user friendly. I still prefer GAE because I can use Google's tools. If you want to rent instances, you're going to have to pay from the beginning afaik. AWS and GCE are the usual suspects here. https://pages.github.com/ https://pages.github.com/ https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ https://developers.google.com/appengine/ https://developers.google.com/appengine/ http://heroku.com/ http://heroku.com/
- zura 12y ago
  GAE looks interesting, but the main downside is that there is no free plan for SQL database (SQL Cloud service).
  - ansimionescu 12y ago
    I didn't use GAE that much, I only know that whenever I needed to try something for free, Heroku's plugin architecture comes in handy, since most addons have free tiers. They even support neo4j, an amazing graph database I just started playing with (and it's in beta, so they give a shitload of space for free).
syjer 12y ago
I'm using the free tier of openshift from red hat. The performance is good enough that I'm able to cram a java application powered by jetty + mysql + phpmyadmin in a single small "gear" (they give you 3 small gears free, 1gb of hard disk).
- zura 12y ago
  I plan to develop in Golang, but as it seems they have Go 1.1 version.
scrabble 12y ago
Microsoft Azure is pretty easy to use and has continuous deployment available from Git repos. There is a free tier where you can have 10 websites. I've got an MSDN subscription, so I've got free credits to bring me to a higher tier and it's a no-brainer. You could also qualify for the BizSpark program which provides you with a free MSDN subscription.
- mandlar 12y ago
  Just remember, the MSDN Azure credits are not meant for production. But BizSpark gives you a production use clause with the free Azure credits.
  - scrabble 12y ago
    Thanks. I had no idea this was the case.
Spittie 12y ago
If you're willing to get your hands "dirty", you can self-host on a vps, it's damn cheap those days. DigitalOcean is a favorite around here, but there are also more "professional" companies like Linode, and more cheap options like my favorite Ramnode.
- zura 12y ago
  yes, but since I'm mainly "Dev", I'd like to minimize "Ops" side as much as possible :)

Btw, what are some good options nowadays for [almost] free website launch? Until/(if ever) you get "big" of course...

by zura 12y ago

Btw, what are some good options nowadays for [almost] free website launch? Until/(if ever) you get "big" of course...

AppHarbor (a YC company) is nice for .NET stuff. It's free unless you want a custom domain, in which case it's only $10/month.

ansimionescu 12y ago

For static websites, Github Pages is free, nearlyfreespeech is very cheap. For full-blown web apps, didn't you hear the guy? GAE has a pretty generous free tier to test out stuff. So does Heroku, and it's way more user friendly. I still prefer GAE because I can use Google's tools. If you want to rent instances, you're going to have to pay from the beginning afaik. AWS and GCE are the usual suspects here. https://pages.github.com/ https://pages.github.com/ https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ https://developers.google.com/appengine/ https://developers.google.com/appengine/ http://heroku.com/ http://heroku.com/

zura 12y ago
GAE looks interesting, but the main downside is that there is no free plan for SQL database (SQL Cloud service).
- ansimionescu 12y ago
  I didn't use GAE that much, I only know that whenever I needed to try something for free, Heroku's plugin architecture comes in handy, since most addons have free tiers. They even support neo4j, an amazing graph database I just started playing with (and it's in beta, so they give a shitload of space for free).

syjer 12y ago

I'm using the free tier of openshift from red hat. The performance is good enough that I'm able to cram a java application powered by jetty + mysql + phpmyadmin in a single small "gear" (they give you 3 small gears free, 1gb of hard disk).

zura 12y ago
I plan to develop in Golang, but as it seems they have Go 1.1 version.

scrabble 12y ago

Microsoft Azure is pretty easy to use and has continuous deployment available from Git repos. There is a free tier where you can have 10 websites. I've got an MSDN subscription, so I've got free credits to bring me to a higher tier and it's a no-brainer. You could also qualify for the BizSpark program which provides you with a free MSDN subscription.

mandlar 12y ago
Just remember, the MSDN Azure credits are not meant for production. But BizSpark gives you a production use clause with the free Azure credits.
- scrabble 12y ago
  Thanks. I had no idea this was the case.

Spittie 12y ago

If you're willing to get your hands "dirty", you can self-host on a vps, it's damn cheap those days. DigitalOcean is a favorite around here, but there are also more "professional" companies like Linode, and more cheap options like my favorite Ramnode.

zura 12y ago
yes, but since I'm mainly "Dev", I'd like to minimize "Ops" side as much as possible :)