scouten
Low-cost, no-fuss Elixir app hosting?
I’m looking for a host for the server part of a small (personal) side project that I’m working on. It’s currently written in Node.js and hosted on Heroku. I’m now rewriting that server in Elixir and looking for a suitable host.
The “server” is a daemon that periodically reads some public API data (local transit schedules) and remixes them into a format that is more suitable for a mobile client application I’m writing and places that data into a database. (The database will be hosted by Cloudant and is not part of this server.) The process is pretty lightweight.
I might take an occasional HTTP request, but that is about it.
Can you recommend a good host for such a service?
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yurko
DO all the way, a simple app can be hosted on a 5usd droplet which is the price of a cheap shared host 
AstonJ
I would always recommend a dedicated server if your budget can stretch to it - you just get so much more for your money.
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scouten
Dedicated hosting is serious overkill for the app I’m building. I’m surprised by the frequent references to Heroku; thought Elixir wasn’t supported there.
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