Moving to other hosting platforms

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Sadly, Heroku (which we have been using since the launch of this bot) will no longer be offering free Dynos (https://blog.heroku.com/next-chapter).

Hence, we will have to move to other hosting platforms by the end of this year.

Currently looking for alternatives.

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https://blog.back4app.com/top-10-heroku-alternatives

Alternatives that I'm considering right now:

• Replit (most preferred option right now)
• Back4app (has free tier, could possibly be a good option)
• Firebase (by Google) (mostly free (I think), but quite complicated to use)

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Also, Heroku has said that a free plan will be offered for students.

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I've decided that repl.it is the best platform for hosting a small-scale bot - it is tried-and-tested by many users, has good Python support, and 24/7 free hosting.

Now I will need to set it up for use.

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Repl.it is unreasonably hard to set up - I'm sticking with Heroku for now, and see if there's a free student plan.

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Still no plans to move to another hosting platform right now. (See #7)

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https://vercel.com/dashboard

This seems like a very good site for deployment!

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https://vercel.com/dashboard

This seems like a very good site for deployment!

We are now using Vercel for deployment! It is super easy and convenient, with no runtime limit!

Will reopen this issue if we have to change service providers again.

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Vercel is not suitable for Discord bot deployment as it has a 45 minute deploy limit. Considering other alternatives.

https://vercel.com/guides/can-i-deploy-discord-bots-to-vercel https://dev.to/yash_makan/4-best-python-web-app-hosting-services-for-freewith-complete-process-57nb

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hosted on replit, see #8