Joyent AlternativesCloud Computing & Cloud Hosting Services like Joyent

Joyent is described as 'A Joyent Cloud provided free development sandbox for users of Node.js. Use the only field-proven, carrier-grade cloud infrastructure platform' and is a Cloud Computing service in the online services category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Joyent, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including SaaS, Windows, Linux and Self-Hosted apps. The best Joyent alternative is DigitalOcean. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try HelioHost or OpenShift. Other great sites and apps similar to Joyent are Heroku, Linode, Microsoft Azure and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud.

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  1. DigitalOcean icon

    DigitalOcean

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    A cloud computing service offering Droplets for virtual servers, managed Kubernetes, Spaces object storage, and managed databases. Ideal for developers and startups to deploy, manage, and scale applications efficiently in web hosting and data processing.

    206 DigitalOcean alternatives

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    • DigitalOcean is the most popular Web-based alternative to Joyent.

    • DigitalOcean is the most popular commercial alternative to Joyent.

    • DigitalOcean is Paid and ProprietaryJoyent is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Heroku

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    Heroku is a platform as a service (PaaS) that enables developers to build, run, and operate applications entirely in the cloud.

    175 Heroku alternatives

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    • Proprietary

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    Linode

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    Linode’s cloud computing platform was launched in 2003, to accelerate innovation by making Linux virtual machines simple, affordable, and accessible to all. Since then, 100,000’s of developers and businesses around the world have deployed and scaled their modern applications...

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    • Online
    The Developer Cloud Simplified
     
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    HelioHost

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    HelioHost is a non-profit organization powered by a community of hobbyists that offers full-featured web hosting services for free.

    56 HelioHost alternatives

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
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    Vincent Maule
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    Couldn't recommend HelioHost Enough! They are the best out there for free hosting with support backed by the community!

    Ookma-Kyi
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    Their customer support is friendly, software is up-to-date, and they are truly free with no upsells.

    Ziad Attia
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    It is more flexible, no forced ads, good quick support and unlimited bandwith! It is great! It is also FREE! Thats right : Free! No credit card required!

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    • Almost everyone thinks HelioHost is a great Joyent alternative.

    • HelioHost is the most popular free alternative to Joyent.

    • HelioHost is Freemium and ProprietaryJoyent is Paid and Proprietary
  6. OpenShift icon

    OpenShift

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    Red Hat OpenShift is a trusted, comprehensive, and consistent platform to develop, modernize, and deploy applications at scale, including today’s AI-enabled apps. Deliver better experiences faster with a complete set of services for bringing apps to market on your choice of infrastructure.

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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    • OpenShift is the most popular SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to Joyent.

    • OpenShift is the most popular Open Source alternative to Joyent.

    • OpenShift is Freemium and Open SourceJoyent is Paid and Proprietary
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    Microsoft Azure

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    The Azure cloud platform is more than 200 products and cloud services designed to help you bring new solutions to life—to solve today’s challenges and create the future. Build, run, and manage applications across multiple clouds, on-premises, and at the edge, with the tools and...

    190 Microsoft Azure alternatives

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    • Online
    • Android
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    • Microsoft Azure is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Joyent.

    • Microsoft Azure is Paid and ProprietaryJoyent is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

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    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
     
  10. Google App Engine icon

    Google App Engine

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    Google App Engine is a free* platform for developing and hosting web applications in Google-managed data centers. App Engine offers fast development and deployment; simple administration, with no need to worry about hardware, patches or backups; and effortless scalability.

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
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  11. Amazon Web Services icon

    Amazon Web Services

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    This service provides over 200 scalable cloud offerings including networking, computing, storage, and IoT, accessible via global server farms. It features a pay-as-you-go model with autoscaling, extensive global infrastructure, and robust security tools, suitable for enterprises.

    164 Amazon Web Services alternatives

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    PythonAnywhere

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    PythonAnywhere is a Python development and hosting environment that displays in your web browser and runs on cloud servers. The servers are already set up with everything you need: hundreds of useful Python packages and web frameworks are supported out of the box.

    55 PythonAnywhere alternatives

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Front page
     
  13. Radius icon

    Radius

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    Radius is an open-source, cloud-native, application platform that enables developers and the operators that support them to define, deploy, and collaborate on cloud-native applications across public clouds and private infrastructure.

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    • Radius is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Joyent.

    • Radius is Free and Open SourceJoyent is Paid and Proprietary
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    Google Compute Engine

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    Google Compute Engine is the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) component elo of Google Cloud Platform which is built on the global infrastructure that runs Google's search engine, Gmail, YouTube and other services.

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