As I mentioned earlier, Crowdwide is currently under public testing. Unfortunately, the service has now been temporarily suspended due to a billing issue with the free tier of the hosting/service provider.
I’m working on getting it back online, but I’m also looking for free or low-cost alternatives that could reliably support a social platform during its testing phase.
If you know any good alternatives for hosting/infrastructure that offer a reasonable free tier, please share them below. I’d really appreciate any suggestions! 🙌
I’ll post another update once Crowdwide is back online.
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If you're hosting, then try out AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure, each has a free trial. Else, if you want a more permanent solution, Oracle still has an always free tier that's far and wide the highest spec system you get for free. Otherwise (though it'd probably be a pain to convert), you could try wasmer edge?
Thanks! I wasn't aware that Oracle had such a large Always Free tier. Since Crowdwide is currently in public testing, a more permanent free option sounds much more useful than another short-term trial.
I'll definitely look into Oracle Cloud. Thanks for the suggestion! 🙌
Anytime! Just a headsup for Oracle, to keep your free-tier allocated, you HAVE to keep usage consistently over a threshold, else they drop it to re-allocate to someone else. So dont 'keep it light' keep it actively using resources, else it'll get re-allocated.
Thanks for the suggestions and the heads-up about Oracle! 🙌
I actually tried signing up for Oracle Cloud, but I don't have a credit/debit card for the payment/identity verification, so I couldn't complete the registration.
The usage requirement for keeping the Always Free resources allocated is also good to know. I'll keep that in mind if I'm able to get access to Oracle later.
For now, I'm looking into alternatives that don't require a card and can handle Crowdwide's public testing. Thanks again for taking the time to suggest these options! 🚀