Best way to host my python backend

[Duart]

Hello guys, I recently developed an application with flutter for android and ios. The backend is written in python (flask) and it need to be hosted in the clouds. If I start searching the web for python hosting I get a lot of offers but do not know what's the best. I'm based in Germany and my target customers will also be there. I do not expect a lot of traffic for the beginning so I do not want pay lot when starting. But there should be the possibility to scale this up if needed. In my app I use Google Firebase for User management but I'm not aware of, if there is a possibility to host my backend.

If here is someone who also was once at this point to think about the right hosting provider, I would appreciate your comments.

 

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[HJP]

Have you looked into IONOS? I use them for my PHP backends but I think they might support Python.

If they do they're quite cost efficient and reliable.

 

[Duart]

Yeah I checked Ionos because there I host also my website (has nothing to do with this current project) but unfortunately they do not support python version 3.x. I'm checking out A2 Hosting which is really nice in one way, they reply within seconds with their implemented chat function on their website. And you really have a Human who chats with you.

 

[Skroob]

Heroku is always an option for hosted services.

 

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[Duart]

Heroku is always an option for hosted services.

Thanks! I will check this out.

 

[SEBASTlAN]

Heroku or DigitalOcean

 

[rpeck90]

DigitalOcean Functions supports Python 3.9: -
Supported Runtimes for DigitalOcean Functions :: DigitalOcean Documentation

I've got PHP code in production on their system if you'd like any help with it - works like Heroku. Only issue is you're using Flask, which may complicate matters.



If you wanted to provision your own server on Hetzner, Digital Ocean etc, you could use Ploi.io or Platform.sh to provision it. Alternatively, you also have the likes of AWS Lambda, which supports Python out of the box.

render.com also seems to offer support for Python.

I do this stuff for a living, so you're welcome to reach out via DM if you need any further support.

Heroku or DigitalOcean

Heroku not a good option anymore as they removed their free tier. $5 a month to host a small script not worth it in my opinion, although it may be to others.

 

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[Zurich]

Happy to hear that you are using Flutter. Has it worked for you well? If you don't mind, can you share some app info?

 

[Skroob]

Happy to hear that you are using Flutter. Has it worked for you well? If you don't mind, can you share some app info?

Flutter. All the disadvantages of write-"once"-run-"anywhere", with a bonus of needing to learn a new language you won't use anywhere else!

 

[fabios]

I would suggest you to deploy your backend application in a Google Cloud Run.

Here's why:

1. Cloud Run is the gold standard for containerized application
2. You can try it for free since you will receive 300$ of credits to use
3. It's very cheap since your first 2 MILLIONS of monthly requests are free
4. Even you consume your credits and you have a lot of requests, you can configure it to be billed only for the processing time of the request (so the app will sleep when will not receive any requests)
5. It's SERVERLESS, just decide how much CPU and RAM you want, then target where is your github repo with the container file and you are online

 

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