18 workloads

Best hosting for your workload

Pick what you need to host, from WordPress to a Minecraft server, and get recommended sizing plus the plans that fit it.

Discord Bot

Bot

A lightweight always-on process. A cheap VPS or a free PaaS tier is ideal.

1.0 vCPU rec. 1.00 GB RAM rec.
Best hosting for Discord Bot

Ghost

CMS

A Node.js CMS focused on publishing and memberships.

1.0 vCPU rec. 2.00 GB RAM rec.
Best hosting for Ghost

WordPress

CMS

The world's most popular CMS. Benefits from caching and managed hosting with LiteSpeed or NGINX.

2.0 vCPU rec. 4.00 GB RAM rec. managed advised
Best hosting for WordPress

PostgreSQL

Database

A robust relational database. RAM for cache, fast NVMe storage, and managed is safer for backups and HA.

2.0 vCPU rec. 8.00 GB RAM rec. managed advised
Best hosting for PostgreSQL

Magento

E-commerce

A heavy e-commerce platform that needs plenty of RAM, plus Elasticsearch, Redis and Varnish.

8.0 vCPU rec. 16.00 GB RAM rec. managed advised
Best hosting for Magento

Medusa

E-commerce

An open-source, headless alternative to Shopify. Node plus Postgres plus Redis.

2.0 vCPU rec. 4.00 GB RAM rec.
Best hosting for Medusa

WooCommerce

E-commerce

E-commerce on WordPress. Heavier on the database and sessions, so it prefers Redis and managed hosting.

4.0 vCPU rec. 8.00 GB RAM rec. managed advised
Best hosting for WooCommerce

Django

Framework

A batteries-included Python framework. Gunicorn plus NGINX on a VPS or PaaS.

2.0 vCPU rec. 4.00 GB RAM rec.
Best hosting for Django

Laravel

Framework

An elegant PHP framework. Benefits from tuned PHP-FPM, Redis and a queue worker.

2.0 vCPU rec. 4.00 GB RAM rec.
Best hosting for Laravel

Next.js

Framework

A full-stack React framework. Great on Vercel-style platforms, a PaaS, or a Node VPS.

2.0 vCPU rec. 4.00 GB RAM rec.
Best hosting for Next.js

Node.js

Framework

An event-driven JavaScript runtime. Runs well on a VPS or a PaaS like Render, Fly.io or Railway.

2.0 vCPU rec. 2.00 GB RAM rec.
Best hosting for Node.js

Ruby on Rails

Framework

A convention-over-configuration Ruby framework. Puma plus Postgres, at home on Fly.io or Render.

2.0 vCPU rec. 4.00 GB RAM rec.
Best hosting for Ruby on Rails

Strapi

Headless CMS

A Node.js headless CMS. Pairs well with Next.js and a Postgres database.

2.0 vCPU rec. 4.00 GB RAM rec.
Best hosting for Strapi

Docker / Containers

Runtime

Generic containers need a VPS with root access, or a PaaS that accepts Docker images.

2.0 vCPU rec. 4.00 GB RAM rec.
Best hosting for Docker / Containers

Nextcloud

Self-hosted

A self-hosted alternative to Google Drive or Dropbox. Storage is the main factor.

2.0 vCPU rec. 4.00 GB RAM rec.
Best hosting for Nextcloud