Hosting for Node.js apps done right

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Post by kertof » Wed, Sep 24, 2014, 12:15 PM UTC

Hosting for Node.js apps done right
evennode.com

Re: Hosting for Node.js apps done right

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Post by randunel » Wed, Sep 24, 2014, 1:08 PM UTC

"Dev" price:

€ 6 / month

     1 app instance
     256MB RAM
     1GB storage
    Unlimited custom domains
    FTP access
    Free MongoDB database
    Free support

If they also have a transfer limit, then just forget about it :(

Re: Hosting for Node.js apps done right

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Post by dbond » Wed, Sep 24, 2014, 1:13 PM UTC

randunel wrote: post #2

"Dev" price: € 6 / month 1 app instance 256MB RAM 1GB storage Unlimited custom domains FTP access Free MongoDB database Free support If they also have a transfer limit, then just forget about it :(

Just went looking for that, is a 2 TB Soft limit

[1] http://www.evennode.com/policy/aup

Re: Hosting for Node.js apps done right

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Post by philbarr » Wed, Sep 24, 2014, 1:14 PM UTC

randunel wrote: post #2

"Dev" price: € 6 / month 1 app instance 256MB RAM 1GB storage Unlimited custom domains FTP access Free MongoDB database Free support If they also have a transfer limit, then just forget about it :(

Yes they don't seem to be offering anything above and beyond their competitors, particularly on price. Not even a free tier.

I'm not saying that companies should have a free tier "by rights", only that it's a good way to get you sucked in whilst you develop your app and then when you scale you're unlikely to change provider.

Re: Hosting for Node.js apps done right

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Post by spindritf » Wed, Sep 24, 2014, 1:16 PM UTC

randunel wrote: post #2

"Dev" price: € 6 / month 1 app instance 256MB RAM 1GB storage Unlimited custom domains FTP access Free MongoDB database Free support If they also have a transfer limit, then just forget about it :(

Except for the lack of ssl on the smallest plan, prices and limits seem reasonable.

Re: Hosting for Node.js apps done right

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Post by eddieroger » Wed, Sep 24, 2014, 1:30 PM UTC

What are the others doing wrong that these guys are doing right? From the marketing page, it looks to be as simple as Heroku, except I already have an account there, and most of my apps run for free already.

Re: Hosting for Node.js apps done right

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Post by marktangotango » Wed, Sep 24, 2014, 1:34 PM UTC

I wonder how pricing is determined for these offerings? Ie whats the driver for profitability?

My thinking is as follows: if I use a popular IAAS for servers to host customers node.js apps, and if I have instances with 15GB of ram, if I offer application instances that are allocated at most 256MB, then I can fit about 58 application instances on a server (allowing 500MB for the OS). At 6€ an instance (for the intro tier) that's 348€ a month

An EC2 M3.xlarge costs about $81 a month (3 year heavy reserved, amortizing one time payment over 36 months). Today that about 63€ a month. So they intend to make 290€ per server minus additional costs for mongodb hosting.

Does that jive with how you all figure these things?

Re: Hosting for Node.js apps done right

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Post by marknadal » Wed, Sep 24, 2014, 1:42 PM UTC

Really neat to have FTP access for new JavaScript to NodeJS developers that don't know how to use git yet.

Re: Hosting for Node.js apps done right

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Post by Fastidious » Wed, Sep 24, 2014, 1:43 PM UTC

Too expensive, in my opinion. The dashboard looks nice, simple and clean though.

Re: Hosting for Node.js apps done right

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Post by pkorzeniewski » Wed, Sep 24, 2014, 1:53 PM UTC

One question - does it support TCP sockets? I've evaluated a dozen or so Node.js hosting solutions and none (0, null, nil) supported TCP sockets. HTTP/S and WebSockets only. It's ridiculous - a TCP server is a major use case for Node.js and yet if you want to host it, you must configure and administrate your own server (on EC2 or whatever).