Heroku

Another popular cloud-based hosting provider for Node.js apps is www.Heroku.com. The one thing that sets Heroku apart from other providers is the number of powerful add-ons that are available. Any kind of service you can imagine that your application will require is available as an add-on, including data stores, search, logging and analytics, email and SMS, workers and queuing, monitoring, and media. Each of these add-ons can be quickly and easily added to your service and integrated into your application.

Like Nodejitsu, Heroku allows you to register for a free account and work within the confines of their sandbox pricing plans. The plans are free, but limited in scope with regard to bandwidth, processing power, and so on. Most, if ...

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