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Google App Engine vs. Heroku: which would you use for a simple ruby web app?

Asked by phoenyx (7406points) October 17th, 2009 from IM

My buddy got a new job and is no longer working for a coloc facility. That means I’ll no longer have free hosting for one of my sites. I’m planning to redo it in Sinatra (a ruby web framework). It looks like GAE and Heroku will both give me free hosting. Any others I should consider? What has your experience been? Is there any reason you’d choose one over the other?

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Google App Engine only supports Python and Java, so you can’t use Ruby there. Never heard of Heroku.

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phoenyx's avatar

You can use languages that run on the jvm, which includes languages like jruby, scala, and clojure.

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Heroku’s website: http://heroku.com/

It’s where my flutherviewer app is right now: http://flutherviewer.heroku.com/

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Vincentt's avatar

Ah, nice. Sorry for the incorrect answer then ;-)

Also, Fluther needs an API :)

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chuboy's avatar

I’d use Engineyard over Heroku. 1ECU is pretty slow, even for a simple app.

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