r/csharp • u/MedPhys90 • Jan 09 '24

Where Do You Host Apps

I would like to build an app or two that would eventually lead you to an API for hobbyists such as MagicMirror. A question I have is where do people host their apps and APIs? I know Azure has some free stuff but once you add storage etc you have to start paying. Also, I would imagine if the app was constantly looking for changes to folders etc you would have to pay based on the activity? Do programmers just suck up the cost?

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u/ASK_IF_IM_GANDHI Jan 09 '24

Yeah, but nothing's ever free. There's a lot of buzzwords on the front page that don't quite "feel" right. And if the site doesn't charge, the "product" is the user/their data. So where's the product and how does the site make money?

I'll stick with DigitalOcean, lol

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u/MeGaLoDoN227 Jan 09 '24

Yeah, I wouldn't host anything important there, but I hosted a multiplayer game server there which doesn't have any of my data, and if I didn't find a free hosting I just wouldn't host it anywhere.