HelioHost Posted March 29, 2023 Posted March 29, 2023 Username: N/A, Server: N/A, Main Domain: N/AHello! Me and my friend have a few python scripts that we have created, including a Scratch server and two personal Discord bots, and they need to be running 24/7. We have been using a free method on Replit, but they are introducing a data limit that will heavily restrict the ability of running our scripts. I heard about this service from Python.org, and I am interested in signing up, however I have a few questions: 1) Am I able to install modules such as ?discord.py? and ?scratchattach?? (I tried PythonAnywhere once, and it did not allow me to install modules!) 2) How exactly do sign-ups work? From what I understand, I have to get on at 00:00 UTC (8:00pm EST) and claim a spot for a plan. Is this correct? 3) This is a Python script cloud hosting service, right? 4) Is there at least one free plan? (Guessing based on the signup page, there are three free plans, is this correct or are they free trials?) Thank you for your help.
wolstech Posted March 29, 2023 Posted March 29, 2023 1. An admin would need to install them for you, you can ask on the forums to have them installed. Most modules can be installed provided they support Python 3.10 and do not require a user interface or command line access to use them (we don't provide SSH access). 2. Correct. 3. We support Python 2.7 and 3.10. Note that long-running apps and background processes may cause load issues. You do have to start and stop them using scripts though since there's no SSH access. If your bot uses too many resources, your account will get suspended. All free offerings are subject to this. The upcoming Morty server will not have this limitation, but will be a paid only offering as a result with a usage-based monthly fee and a minimum charge. 4. Johnny is 100% free with a limited number of accounts offered each day at midnight UTC as above. Tommy sometimes offer free accounts at midnight as well, though lately it's been limited to donors for capacity reasons, we haven't offered free Tommy accounts in quite some time. Morty is not yet available (and as above will be a paid product when it is). Ricky is in the process of retiring because it was based on cPanel which we no longer use for licensing reasons (we switched to Plesk). VPSes are also offered as a paid service starting at $4/month. There is a wait list of about a week to get one due to demand. You have the whole server to yourself there and get root SSH access on a VPS, so you'd just install Python yourself and set your bot up. We actually have several VPS customers hosting discord bots already, it's a pretty common use for it.
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