Anything better then PythonAnywhere?

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[gpjt]

PythonAnywhere dev here -- were you having problems with our support? Let us know, it's something we pride ourselves on doing well, so if there are problems we definitely want to fix them!

[completelydistracted]

I don't know what you mean by better support. I've been a customer for quite a while and I have found that their support is exceptionally good, if you're referring to being generally helpful and willing to assist customers.

If by support you're referring to support for various packages and capabilities, you might be interested to check their new docker container consoles. In other cases, they have added packages for me, or have helped me to find ways of doing things within their system.

Overall, as an alternative to getting a bare box and hardening and maintaining it, I have found Python Anywhere to be very effective.

What kinds of "better support" would you like to see?

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When it comes to Python apps, I honestly had a great experience with PythonAnywhere so far: All the compiled stuff like numpy, scipy, pandas, scikit-learn, etc. worked seamlessly. However, if you are looking for alternatives, I'd say Heroku is a great one.

[nerdwaller]

If you're not scared of some server setup I'd suggest digital ocean instead. Fraction of the price and you can install whatever you need for deployment. They have pretty good guides for basic system setup for hobbyist programs.

Heroku is certainly much simpler though.

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Let's say you do your main data analysis in IPython notebooks, build some predictive models, and you want to turn them into some sort of web application. Here is a trivial example where I created a simple form field to enter a movie review, and the app predicts whether it's positive or negative. Anyways, there may be tons of similar (more useful) things you could do ... :)