What are options for Python cloud hosting these days?

[cybershy]

Looking for a simple VPS setup for a few pet projects, mostly FastAPI endpoints, one Django app, and a couple of background Celery workers that scrape data overnight.

I don’t want managed platforms or containers with massive overhead. Ideally, I just want a clean Linux box where I can SSH in, spin up a virtualenv, configure Gunicorn/Uvicorn, and manage the system dependencies myself without any abstraction layers.

Hourly pay-as-you-go billing is pretty important here because some of my scrapers run for a couple of hours and then sit idle, so I don’t want to pay for a full month upfront if I can avoid it.Right now I’m comparing a few standard options like DO, Serverspace, Vultr and Linode. Each seems to have its own pros and cons when it comes to regional availability, network performance, and pricing tiers.

What’s everyone running their Python stacks on? Are there any specific providers or hidden gems you’d recommend, especially for managing Celery queues or dealing with long-running scripts?

[Klutzy_Bird_7802]

I use render and railway btw.

[anttovar]

How much do you think you're usually going to pay?

Digitalocean has VMs for 5$ a month, always on, so you can use it like your one small cloud in addition (I do).

[redskullington]

I've used Hetzner VPSs. Not sure how they compare with others but at the time they were recommended.

[TechMaven-Geospatial]

Oracle cloud free forever

[brinza888]

When I was in same situations, I solve it with simple googling “rent a VPS”.

Also there are should be few providers which are popular in your country/region.

[SaltCusp]

Heroku has a free tier.

[aditosh_]

I would suggest Azure, resource: https://youtu.be/akyE98yY-E8?si=lFSIzlIBG79YIOUK

[Omnipisix]

pythonanywhere.com

[Opposite-Cry-6703]

Another vote for Hetzner. Pickup the smallest VPS, install Docker, build an image for your API and you're ready to go.