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Modulus vs PythonAnywhere: What are the differences?

What is Modulus? Hosting, Scaling, and Data for Node.js applications. Modulus is a premier Node.js hosting platform that provides a complete technology stack for application developers. This includes custom SSL, WebSockets, MongoDB, statistics, and more.

What is PythonAnywhere? Micro PaaS for Python web apps. Develop and host Python from your browser. It's somewhat unique. A small PaaS that supports web apps (Python only) as well as scheduled jobs with shell access. It is an expensive way to tinker and run several small apps.

Modulus and PythonAnywhere belong to "Platform as a Service" category of the tech stack.

"Easy to set up and scale" is the top reason why over 12 developers like Modulus, while over 4 developers mention "Web apps" as the leading cause for choosing PythonAnywhere.

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Pros of Modulus
Pros of PythonAnywhere
  • 13
    Easy to set up and scale
  • 5
    One of the best meteor hosting providers
  • 15
    Web apps
  • 11
    Easy Setup
  • 8
    Great support
  • 8
    Shell access
  • 8
    Free plan
  • 7
    Super-easy to use
  • 5
    Libraries
  • 2
    Many things like Python are pre-installed

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Cons of Modulus
Cons of PythonAnywhere
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    • 1
      No root access
    • 1
      Really small community

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    What is Modulus?

    Modulus is a premier Node.js hosting platform that provides a complete technology stack for application developers. This includes custom SSL, WebSockets, MongoDB, statistics, and more.

    What is PythonAnywhere?

    It's somewhat unique. A small PaaS that supports web apps (Python only) as well as scheduled jobs with shell access. It is an expensive way to tinker and run several small apps.

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    What are some alternatives to Modulus and PythonAnywhere?
    Heroku
    Heroku is a cloud application platform – a new way of building and deploying web apps. Heroku lets app developers spend 100% of their time on their application code, not managing servers, deployment, ongoing operations, or scaling.
    Google App Engine
    Google has a reputation for highly reliable, high performance infrastructure. With App Engine you can take advantage of the 10 years of knowledge Google has in running massively scalable, performance driven systems. App Engine applications are easy to build, easy to maintain, and easy to scale as your traffic and data storage needs grow.
    Apache Camel
    An open source Java framework that focuses on making integration easier and more accessible to developers.
    Apollo
    Build a universal GraphQL API on top of your existing REST APIs, so you can ship new application features fast without waiting on backend changes.
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Once you upload your application, Elastic Beanstalk automatically handles the deployment details of capacity provisioning, load balancing, auto-scaling, and application health monitoring.
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