Hi! Just want to know if someone here have used Flask on Netfirms, they claim to run python via CGI. I am planing a really stupid personal/friends app and I don't need anything powerful (around 8 users all the time), so, my only requirement is the * price*, *Flask*, *MySQL or PostgreSQL* and be able to use a *domain*. Maybe you know another cheap host? Thanks in advance!
On Dec 1, 2011, at 17:29 , Andrés Villalobos wrote: > Hi! > > Just want to know if someone here have used Flask on Netfirms, they claim to run python via CGI. > > I am planing a really stupid personal/friends app and I don't need anything powerful (around 8 users all the time), so, my only requirement is the price, Flask, MySQL or PostgreSQL and be able to use a domain. > > Maybe you know another cheap host? > > Thanks in advance! http://ep.io/ is just about perfect. It's still technically in beta, and there's an invite queue, but if you already have something built you can e-mail the team and they'll let you jump the queue within a week or so. They have PostgreSQL (Redis too), and you can use a custom domain. And for small apps (less than 5 GB bandwidth and 2 GB of disk), it is 100% free. Plus deployment is a cakewalk. (If you don't have the app written yet, you can use a skeleton I wrote for ep.io [1] and make it even more of a cakewalk.) [1] https://github.com/leafstorm/matthews-flask-skeleton Thanks, Matthew Frazier http://leafstorm.us/
Heroku and DotCloud are great alternatives, too (sounds like you're looking for DotCloud). I have over 15 sites on Heroku (template on Github<https://github.com/zachwill/flask_heroku>), and can't recommend it enough — I feel it's absolutely the best solution for small sites. On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Matthew Frazier <leafstormrush@gmail.com>wrote: > On Dec 1, 2011, at 17:29 , Andrés Villalobos wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > Just want to know if someone here have used Flask on Netfirms, they > claim to run python via CGI. > > > > I am planing a really stupid personal/friends app and I don't need > anything powerful (around 8 users all the time), so, my only requirement is > the price, Flask, MySQL or PostgreSQL and be able to use a domain. > > > > Maybe you know another cheap host? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > http://ep.io/ is just about perfect. It's still technically in beta, and > there's an invite queue, but if you already have something built you can > e-mail the team and they'll let you jump the queue within a week or so. > They have PostgreSQL (Redis too), and you can use a custom domain. And for > small apps (less than 5 GB bandwidth and 2 GB of disk), it is 100% free. > Plus deployment is a cakewalk. (If you don't have the app written yet, you > can use a skeleton I wrote for ep.io [1] and make it even more of a > cakewalk.) > > [1] https://github.com/leafstorm/matthews-flask-skeleton > > Thanks, > Matthew Frazier > http://leafstorm.us/ > >
@Zach do you pay separately for those 15 sites? Do you have any background workers? I was originally looking at Heroku and while it looked awesome, Epio's free-until-you-get-big model won me over. On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Zach Williams <hey@zachwill.com> wrote: > Heroku and DotCloud are great alternatives, too (sounds like you're > looking for DotCloud). I have over 15 sites on Heroku (template on Github<https://github.com/zachwill/flask_heroku>), > and can't recommend it enough — I feel it's absolutely the best solution > for small sites. > > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Matthew Frazier <leafstormrush@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On Dec 1, 2011, at 17:29 , Andrés Villalobos wrote: >> >> > Hi! >> > >> > Just want to know if someone here have used Flask on Netfirms, they >> claim to run python via CGI. >> > >> > I am planing a really stupid personal/friends app and I don't need >> anything powerful (around 8 users all the time), so, my only requirement is >> the price, Flask, MySQL or PostgreSQL and be able to use a domain. >> > >> > Maybe you know another cheap host? >> > >> > Thanks in advance! >> >> http://ep.io/ is just about perfect. It's still technically in beta, and >> there's an invite queue, but if you already have something built you can >> e-mail the team and they'll let you jump the queue within a week or so. >> They have PostgreSQL (Redis too), and you can use a custom domain. And for >> small apps (less than 5 GB bandwidth and 2 GB of disk), it is 100% free. >> Plus deployment is a cakewalk. (If you don't have the app written yet, you >> can use a skeleton I wrote for ep.io [1] and make it even more of a >> cakewalk.) >> >> [1] https://github.com/leafstorm/matthews-flask-skeleton >> >> Thanks, >> Matthew Frazier >> http://leafstorm.us/ >> >> >
You get 750 hours of instance for free each month with Heroku. So, having one web worker to handle requests (and using Gevent as a server) totals up to 730 hours — leaving room for 20 hours if your site gets hit by an onslaught of people. Each hour over that is $0.05<http://www.heroku.com/pricing#0-0>. I've yet to pay a bill — Gevent handled 13k requests this weekend with ease on one of my sites. If you're currently using App Engine and not using the database, I'd encourage you to switch over to Heroku. Deploying with Git and a requirements.txt file is awesome. On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Joe Esposito <espo58@gmail.com> wrote: > @Zach do you pay separately for those 15 sites? Do you have any background > workers? > > I was originally looking at Heroku and while it looked awesome, Epio's > free-until-you-get-big model won me over. > > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Zach Williams <hey@zachwill.com> wrote: > >> Heroku and DotCloud are great alternatives, too (sounds like you're >> looking for DotCloud). I have over 15 sites on Heroku (template on Github<https://github.com/zachwill/flask_heroku>), >> and can't recommend it enough — I feel it's absolutely the best solution >> for small sites. >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Matthew Frazier <leafstormrush@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> On Dec 1, 2011, at 17:29 , Andrés Villalobos wrote: >>> >>> > Hi! >>> > >>> > Just want to know if someone here have used Flask on Netfirms, they >>> claim to run python via CGI. >>> > >>> > I am planing a really stupid personal/friends app and I don't need >>> anything powerful (around 8 users all the time), so, my only requirement is >>> the price, Flask, MySQL or PostgreSQL and be able to use a domain. >>> > >>> > Maybe you know another cheap host? >>> > >>> > Thanks in advance! >>> >>> http://ep.io/ is just about perfect. It's still technically in beta, >>> and there's an invite queue, but if you already have something built you >>> can e-mail the team and they'll let you jump the queue within a week or so. >>> They have PostgreSQL (Redis too), and you can use a custom domain. And for >>> small apps (less than 5 GB bandwidth and 2 GB of disk), it is 100% free. >>> Plus deployment is a cakewalk. (If you don't have the app written yet, you >>> can use a skeleton I wrote for ep.io [1] and make it even more of a >>> cakewalk.) >>> >>> [1] https://github.com/leafstorm/matthews-flask-skeleton >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Matthew Frazier >>> http://leafstorm.us/ >>> >>> >> >
I run httpbin.org on Heroku. It can handle 300 connections a second 100% free. -- Kenneth Reitz On Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Zach Williams wrote: > You get 750 hours of instance for free each month with Heroku. So, having one web worker to handle requests (and using Gevent as a server) totals up to 730 hours — leaving room for 20 hours if your site gets hit by an onslaught of people. Each hour over that is $0.05 (http://www.heroku.com/pricing#0-0). I've yet to pay a bill — Gevent handled 13k requests this weekend with ease on one of my sites. > > If you're currently using App Engine and not using the database, I'd encourage you to switch over to Heroku. Deploying with Git and a requirements.txt file is awesome. > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Joe Esposito <espo58@gmail.com (mailto:espo58@gmail.com)> wrote: > > @Zach do you pay separately for those 15 sites? Do you have any background workers? > > > > I was originally looking at Heroku and while it looked awesome, Epio's free-until-you-get-big model won me over. > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Zach Williams <hey@zachwill.com (mailto:hey@zachwill.com)> wrote: > > > Heroku and DotCloud are great alternatives, too (sounds like you're looking for DotCloud). I have over 15 sites on Heroku (template on Github (https://github.com/zachwill/flask_heroku)), and can't recommend it enough — I feel it's absolutely the best solution for small sites. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Matthew Frazier <leafstormrush@gmail.com (mailto:leafstormrush@gmail.com)> wrote: > > > > On Dec 1, 2011, at 17:29 , Andrés Villalobos wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > > > Just want to know if someone here have used Flask on Netfirms, they claim to run python via CGI. > > > > > > > > > > I am planing a really stupid personal/friends app and I don't need anything powerful (around 8 users all the time), so, my only requirement is the price, Flask, MySQL or PostgreSQL and be able to use a domain. > > > > > > > > > > Maybe you know another cheap host? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > > > http://ep.io/ is just about perfect. It's still technically in beta, and there's an invite queue, but if you already have something built you can e-mail the team and they'll let you jump the queue within a week or so. They have PostgreSQL (Redis too), and you can use a custom domain. And for small apps (less than 5 GB bandwidth and 2 GB of disk), it is 100% free. Plus deployment is a cakewalk. (If you don't have the app written yet, you can use a skeleton I wrote for ep.io (http://ep.io) [1] and make it even more of a cakewalk.) > > > > > > > > [1] https://github.com/leafstorm/matthews-flask-skeleton > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Matthew Frazier > > > > http://leafstorm.us/ > > > > > > > > > >
I haven't try Heroku because I used to think they are a expensive service, but 750 hours free each month looks really nice. DotCloud seems awesome, but, I need to pay to add a domain :( I also try ep.io, I have an account but I ignore that they use postgresql now, I guess I will look again into ep.io because of the free limitations for the db. Thanks to all for the alternatives!