= How else can I host my node.js app besides AWS or Azure? =

Hello, I had a tiny app on AWS that wasn't doing much - it was just an intermediary between another web service. If you're familiar with the AWS services it was an elastic beanstalk app. Unfortunately I don't watch my bank account closely enough and it at some point started costing me 70$ per month. I happen to have some hosting space on No Support Linux Hosting. Can I run my node.js app on there somehow? I'm a bit of a newbie with this web technology. Elastic beanstalk allowed me to upload my tiny node.js app without worrying too much about the underlying mechanics. I thought it was supposed to be free but maybe I went over some threshold. The cost for these services always seems very murky. I'd just like to host my app somewhere without paying much. Is this possible?
You can host your app on any virtual private server. Digital Ocean has some pre-built nodeJS server images you can just create a droplet and they'll handle setting up node.js for you. ( Ref / Non-Ref)
If you go the VPS/Digital Ocean route you should look into something like Forever to keep your app running if it crashes (httpsgithub.com/foreverjs/forever)
Heroku will be more like Elastic Beanstalk but i think they have a free tier you can use (httpsdevcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-nodejs#introduction)
Good Luck!
I roll my own VPS with chunkhost. you can use basically any VPS you please, though!
for the longest i was using these guys httptinykvm.com/ which is really solid if you need a dev box or you have a super super low traffic site

I have been utilizing the free hosting at httpswww.openshift.com It has been great for quick prototyping
VERY cheap vps, good reliability. Avoid if you don't know how to secure a box - I had mine compromised a couple times before I figured out how to better secure it


What these guys told you (the ones at the top comment about DigitalOcean) The free tier from Amazon bites and bites hard when it comes down to finally pay them. However DigitalOcean it's accessible and reliable. I made the switch from AWS to DO and was very happy, a $5/mo plan it's a $5/mo plan with more power and more features (as your VPS it's very customizable) than AWS, period. If you want even more power for your money I'd recommend you use Vultr instead of DigitalOcean though (I'm using them right now). They're the same deal that DO (accessible/reliable/no hidden costs) but they also give you more specs (RAM/SSD, etc); for less money. At DO images are "as vanilla" as they can but Vultr even lets you upload your own ISO's and perform really custom installations, (besides having SATA storage options if you need lots of space and not exactly the speeds of a ssd); but the interface it's "uglier" compared to the DO one though

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I found this beautifully written article on how to do it with pm2, and nginx on Digital Ocean: httpswww.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-a-node-js-application-for-production-on-ubuntu-14-04
I've setup 2 web apps on the $5/mo plan using the Digital Ocean MEAN image. Apps usually use ~20mb of ram, it's been awesome

Edit: was in the same boat on AWS, however it was $50/mo

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