Few things beats a cheap, powerful Hetzner server, IMO. I host a LOT of stuff on my single €40/month box. 20 core, 64 gb ram, 1 TB ssd, unmetered network. They have GPU-backed servers too, obviously theyre more expensive, and not ideal for your usecase maybe. Modal is a good serverless alternative if you want to scale to zero and be able to handle spiky loads.
Crazy to me that folks still recommend Hetnzer considering how easily they will shut off your services with zero recourse. They include vague things in their T&C like "2.7. Furthermore, we reserve the right to terminate the contractual relationship without notice for good cause." There have been plenty of stories just on HN about this. Not a place I'd choose to host anything important.
Re: Ask HN: Moving a not-for-profit web app off AWS
#71It's always the same story, people get their sever hacked and blame hetzner for not treating them like princesses. They're a low cost provider, keep backups elsewhere (Backblaze) so you can restore to another provider if you have to. Or keep your infrastructure within T&C and they won't cancel you.