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Heroku
650 7th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
US

heroku.com
Python Anywhere
17a Clerkenwell Road
London ec1m 5rd
UK

pythonanywhere.com
📧 Emailpr@h...info@p...
☎ Phone+1 (866) 278-1349+44 20 7253 6372
Ranks🏆 Alexa Rating 2,503▲40 (lower is better)
Alexa Rank in IN 1,410
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 78/69🔗 Links 3,826,455		🏆 Alexa Rating 16,803▼-1,264 (lower is better)
Alexa Rank in SA 674
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 68/60🔗 Links 83,534
Languages en-US en-US
📄 InfoOur service lets app developers spend their time on their application code, not managing servers, deployment, ongoing operations, or scaling. Developer Productivity Developer productivity is our battle cry, at the core of everything we do. Why require three steps when one will do? Why require any action at all when zero steps will do? Design A deployment platform's workflow and experience should be designed. Every decision – from what HTTP cache to use, to the order of command-line flags, to [...] Read full reviewCreated by PythonAnywhere LLP, the company runs its services on a Python environment. They offer customers the possibility to create programs in cloud with various Python versions (2.7, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 or 3.8).

PythonAnywhere is also preconfigured with NumPy, Mechanize, BeautifulSoup, SciPy, pycrypto or other libraries. PythonAnywhere is available on Amazon EC2 and users can write apps on various devices including iPad, phone or smart TVs.

With every plan you get, you can benefit from [...] Read full review
📡 Established20072011
🏁 Site speedAverage, load time 2.3 seconds 38% sites are slower
SEO Links count 5,478		Fast, load time 1.5 seconds 63% sites are slower
SEO Links count 907
📣 Social Media
📣 Social Media
🔃 User Shares
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Started from: November, 2007
  • Tweets: 5,978
  • Followers: 107,525
  • Friends: 3,597
  • Last activity:
pythonanywhere.com Iconpythonanywhere
Started from: April, 2011
  • Tweets: 4,252
  • Followers: 25,666
  • Friends: 281
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Heroku
  • Followers: 7,093
  • Entity type: Privately Held
  • Founded: 2007
  • Employee Count: 51-200
  • Industry: Computer Software
PythonAnywhere
  • Followers: 67
  • Entity type: Privately Held
  • Founded: 2011
  • Employee Count: 2-10
  • Industry: Internet
Heroku Blog
  • Blog Posts: 293
  • Blog added on: Feb, 2015
  • Language used: en
  • Last written post:

Python Anywhere Blog
  • Blog Posts: 121
  • Software Hugo -- gohugo.io
  • Blog added on: Jan, 2015
  • Language: en-us
  • Last written post:

🔧 Cloud - 6/0
💡 Plan NameFree [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 0.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains1-
🆓 Free Domain0-
🔋 RAM512 MB-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Ideal for experimenting with cloud applications in a limited sandbox.
1 web/1 worker
Deploy from Git
Automated patching
Self healing apps
Unified logs
Number of process types 2
Always on Sleeps after 30 mins of inactivity, otherwise always on depending on your remaining monthly free dyno [...]		-
📅 Date PlanDec 2016-
💡 Plan NameHobby [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 7.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
🔋 RAM512 MB-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)$7 per dyno/month
Perfect for small scale personal projects and hobby apps.
Deploy from Git
Automated patching
Self healing apps
Unified logs
Number of process types 10
Always on
Custom domains
Free SSL on custom domains
Application Metrics Past 24 hours, with 10 minute resolution
Dedicated [...]		-
📅 Date PlanDec 2016-
💡 Plan NameStandard 1x [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 25.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
🔋 RAM512 MB-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)$25/dyno per month
Enhanced visibility, performance, and availability for powering your production applications.
Deploy from Git
Automated patching
Self healing apps
Unified logs
Number of process types Unlimited
Always on
Custom domains
Free SSL on custom domains
Application Metrics Past 24 [...]		-
📅 Date PlanDec 2016-
💡 Plan NameStandard 2x [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 50.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
🔋 RAM1 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)$50/dyno per month
Enhanced visibility, performance, and availability for powering your production applications.
Deploy from Git
Automated patching
Self healing apps
Unified logs
Number of process types Unlimited
Always on
Custom domains
Free SSL on custom domains
"Slide to scale" [...]		-
📅 Date PlanDec 2016-
💡 Plan NamePerformance M [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 250.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
🔋 RAM2500 MB-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)$250/dyno per month
Superior performance when it's most critical for your super scale, high traffic apps.
Dedicated Yes
Mix and match Mix with Standard 1x/2x and Performance L dynos
Deploy from Git
Automated patching
Self healing apps
Unified logs
Number of process types Unlimited
Always [...]		-
📅 Date PlanDec 2016-
💡 Plan NamePerformance L [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 500.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
🔋 RAM14 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)$500/dyno per month
Superior performance when it's most critical for your super scale, high traffic apps.
Dedicated Yes
Mix and match Mix with Standard 1x/2x and Performance M dynos
Deploy from Git
Automated patching
Self healing apps
Unified logs
Number of process types Unlimited
Always [...]		-
📅 Date PlanDec 2016-
🔧 Shared Hosting - 0/4
💡 Plan Name-Hacker [Linux]
💰 Price-$ 5.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space-1 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains-unlimited
🆓 Free Domain-0
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-United Kingdom
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)A Python IDE in your browser with unlimited Python/bash consoles
One web app on a custom domain or
your-username.​pythonanywhere.com
Enough power to run a typical 100,000 hit/day website.
2,000 CPU-seconds per day for consoles, scheduled tasks and always-on tasks
IPython/Jupyter notebook [...]
📅 Date Plan-Nov 2020
💡 Plan Name-Custom [Linux]
💰 Price-$ 5.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space-unlimited
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains-unlimited
🆓 Free Domain-0
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-United Kingdom
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)A Python IDE in your browser with unlimited Python/bash consoles
Up to 20 web apps, on custom domains or
your-username.​pythonanywhere.com
As many web workers as you need to scale your site's capacity.
Up to 100,000 CPU-seconds per day for consoles, scheduled tasks and always-on [...]
📅 Date Plan-Nov 2020
💡 Plan Name-Web dev [Linux]
💰 Price-$ 12.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space-5 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains-unlimited
🆓 Free Domain-0
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-United Kingdom
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)A Python IDE in your browser with unlimited Python/bash consoles
Up to 2 web apps on custom domains or
your-username.​pythonanywhere.com
Enough power to run a typical 150,000 hit/day website on each web app.
4,000 CPU-seconds per day for consoles, scheduled tasks and always-on [...]
📅 Date Plan-Nov 2020
💡 Plan Name-Startup [Linux]
💰 Price-$ 99.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space-50 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains-unlimited
🆓 Free Domain-0
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-United Kingdom
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)A Python IDE in your browser with unlimited Python/bash consoles
Up to 3 web apps on custom domains or
your-username.​pythonanywhere.com
Enough power to run a typical 1,000,000 hit/day website on each web app.
10,000 CPU-seconds per day for consoles, scheduled tasks and always-on [...]
📅 Date Plan-Nov 2020
💻 Supported Operating Systems
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  • Linux
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✍️ Support Options
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  • Phone / Toll-Free
  • Live Chat
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