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
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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.

    208 DigitalOcean alternatives

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  2. Heroku icon
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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.

    182 Heroku alternatives

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  3. Linode icon
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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...

    172 Linode alternatives

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  4. HelioHost icon
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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.

    55 HelioHost alternatives

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    Comments about HelioHost as an Alternative to Joyent
    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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    • HelioHost is Freemium and ProprietaryJoyent is Paid and Proprietary
  5. OpenShift icon
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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.

    65 OpenShift alternatives

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Amazon Web Services
    • Microsoft Azure
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
     
  6. Microsoft Azure icon
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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...

    193 Microsoft Azure alternatives

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  7. 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.

    151 Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud alternatives

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
     
  8. 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.

    60 Google App Engine alternatives

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  9. 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.

    166 Amazon Web Services alternatives

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  10. PythonAnywhere icon
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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)
     
  11. Radius icon
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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.

    37 Radius alternatives

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  12. 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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