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Hosting compatible with Node

Managed

Managed providers provide a simplified "Node Appliance" solution. Node and NPM will already be set up for you, and deploys are typically done via git push or similar method. You will have less control of your server, but everything will be set up for you.

Name Node Version Web Sockets IP/Hostname IRC Repository Free Plan Paid Plans Notes
appfog 0.4.12, 0.6.17, 0.8.14 Yes appfog Yes – up to 2G RAM for your applications Yes – monthly subscriptions and enterprise support available General Availability
bejes.us Beta Coming Soon (accepting signups) - powered by Nodester
Cloud Foundry 0.4.12, 0.6.8, 0.8.2 No No cloudfoundry Yes - Only during beta. Beta, accepting signups
Cloudnode 0.4.12, 0.6.17 Yes Yes Yes - Up to 3 VMs, 25 MB CouchDB space, 250,000 requests/month. Beta (accepting signups) - powered by Nodester
DotCloud 0.4.10 Yes Paid plan #dotcloud dotcloud Yes - 2 services. Pro - $99/month, 4 services. Enterprise - Unlimited services. Beta
Heroku 0.4.x, 0.6.x, 0.8.x, 0.10.x No Yes #heroku heroku Yes - 1 Dyno (512 MB Ram) $0.05/hour/dyno
Modulus 0.8.15 Yes Yes #modulus OnModulus $0.02/hour per instance Live on AWS
MangoRaft 0.4.x, 0.6.x, 0.8.x Yes Yes MangoRaft Yes No Still under development. Looking for testers.
no.de 0.4.11 Paid plan Paid plan #joyent joyent Yes - 128 MB Ram (no longer available)
NodeSocket 0.4.12 Yes Yes nodesocket In Private Beta
Nodejitsu 0.4.12, 0.6.x, 0.8.x Yes Yes #nodejitsu nodejitsu 30 days sandbox Yes now with Joyent
Nodester 0.6.12, 0.6.17, 0.8.1 Yes Yes #nodester nodester Yes - Unlimited No Open (with invite)
JSApp.US No node-host Open signup, web editing/npm command
Node Ninja(JP) 0.6.11 Yes Yes Yes In Private Beta
NAE(CN) 0.6.2 Yes Just allow *.cnodejs.net or custom domain Yes - You can create 10 apps. And you can request a MongoDB for every app. Open (with invite)
OpenShift 0.6.20 or any other Yes (preview) Yes #openshift openshift Yes Open
Pogoapp 0.6.x, 0.8.x, 0.10.x Yes Yes #pogoapp pogoapp Yes - Trial Paid Beta Private Beta
Windows Azure 0.6+ Yes (Worker Role) Yes Azure-Sdk-for-Node 3 month free trial 10 free web sites forever Yes

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##Self-Managed Preconfigured

"Node Appliance" solution where Node and NPM are already set up for you, and deploys are typically done via git push or similar method. You will have complete control over and responsibility for your servers, but everything will be set up for you.

Name Node Version Web Sockets IP/Hostname IRC Repository Free Plan Paid Plans Notes
Cure 0.6.2 Yes Yes Yes - One week trial. (Up to 1GB outgoing b/w, $0.18 per GB after.) $12.95/month per server. Uses Rackspace rather than Amazon EC2

Self-Managed

VPS providers, which often require you to set everything up yourself, including the operating system.

DIY Platforms

Node.JS hosting platforms that allow you to host Node.JS apps on your own servers or clouds.

  • Nodester - Open source Node.JS hosting platform and services
  • CloudFoundry - Open source PaaS with support for NodeJS
  • OpenShift - Open source polyglot PaaS with native support for Node.js
  • MangoRaft - Open source PaaS built on Node.js
  • Nodejitsu
  • Stagecoach - Simple staging and production deployment with node-http-proxy and forever; good for deploying many node apps and non-node sites to one VPS
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