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Pros
Pro Easy setup
It's literally a matter of minutes to get a Python-backed website up and running.
Pro Easy scaling
You pay for a number of "Workers" for your web app (to handle requests), or CPU seconds for code that you run outside a web app, and you can get more workers or CPU seconds by upgrading your plan any time.
Pro Excellent customer service
Really fast turnaround, friendly.
Pro Free option
You can run a website at USERNAME.pythonanywhere.com for free, and it's good enough for a light-traffic website -- it runs 24/7. You get a free MySQL or SQLite database too.
Pro Flexible payments
You can pay monthly and cancel any time, or pay for a year up front to get a discount.
Pro Not too expensive
A basic site with no custom domain is free. $5 a month will afford the user enough power for a typical 100,000 hit a day website.
Cons
Con Python-only on the server side
Obviously you can put JavaScript in your web pages and so on, but you can't use Rails or Node.
Con No WebSocket support
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