# Best Node.js hosting Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/stacks/nodejs/ JavaScript runtime used to run servers and build tooling outside the browser. 8 providers on this site publish their own Node.js documentation. Ordered by how they document it — a dedicated guide first, a generic path second. There is no score: the ordering is the evidence. ## Where you can deploy it | Provider | Documented | Deployment | Entry paid plan | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Fly.io | Dedicated guide | Docker | Not documented | | Google Cloud Run | Dedicated guide | Git · Docker | No plan fee and no minimum commitment. Cloud Run bills per vCPU-second, GiB-second and request once the monthly free allowance is used, so there is no entry price to compare, only a rate card. Recorded without a magnitude for that reason. | | Heroku | Dedicated guide | Git · Docker | $5 per month (Eco dynos plan, 1000 dyno hours shared across the account) | | Railway | Dedicated guide | Git · Docker | $5 / month (Hobby) | | Render | Dedicated guide | Git · Docker | Not documented | | AWS Amplify | Generic path | Git | No monthly minimum — Amplify Hosting is billed per unit. A representative month for one small app, priced at Amplify's published rates: 100 build minutes ($1.00), 5 GB stored ($0.11), 100 GB served ($15.00), with SSR requests inside the free 500,000 — about $16.11. Our arithmetic on Amplify's rates, not a price Amplify quotes, and it moves with traffic: egress is 93% of it. Recorded without a magnitude for that reason. | | Netlify | Generic path | Git | $9/month for 1,000 credits/month | | Vercel | Generic path | Git | $20 per developer seat / month (Pro) | ## The detail ### Fly.io Runs Docker images as lightweight VMs in chosen regions, billed on provisioned resources rather than plan tiers. - Documentation: https://fly.io/docs/js/ - Provider profile: https://inetgeek.com/hosting/fly-io/ - Node.js on Fly.io: https://inetgeek.com/stacks/nodejs-on-fly-io/ - background_workers: Supported ([source](https://fly.io/docs/blueprints/work-queues/)) - ssh_shell_access: Supported ([source](https://fly.io/docs/flyctl/ssh/)) ### Google Cloud Run Google Cloud service that runs container images as request-driven services, scaling instances automatically and down to zero between requests. - Documentation: https://docs.cloud.google.com/run/docs/deploying-source-code - Provider profile: https://inetgeek.com/hosting/google-cloud-run/ - Node.js on Google Cloud Run: https://inetgeek.com/stacks/nodejs-on-google-cloud-run/ - websockets: Supported ([source](https://docs.cloud.google.com/run/docs/triggering/websockets)) - configurable_request_timeout: Supported ([source](https://docs.cloud.google.com/run/docs/configuring/request-timeout)) - background_workers: Supported ([source](https://docs.cloud.google.com/run/docs/deploy-worker-pools)) ### Heroku Managed application platform that runs apps in containers called dynos, deployed from Git or Docker images, with add-on services such as Heroku Postgres. - Documentation: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/deploying-nodejs - Provider profile: https://inetgeek.com/hosting/heroku/ - Node.js on Heroku: https://inetgeek.com/stacks/nodejs-on-heroku/ - websockets: Supported ([source](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/node-websockets)) - background_workers: Supported ([source](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/background-jobs-queueing)) - configurable_request_timeout: Not supported ([source](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/request-timeout)) - ssh_shell_access: Supported ([source](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/exec)) ### Railway Application platform that builds services from a repository or Dockerfile and bills plan fees that include usage credits. - Documentation: https://docs.railway.com/guides/deploy-node-express-api-with-auto-scaling-secrets-and-zero-downtime - Provider profile: https://inetgeek.com/hosting/railway/ - Node.js on Railway: https://inetgeek.com/stacks/nodejs-on-railway/ - websockets: Supported ([source](https://docs.railway.com/networking/public-networking/specs-and-limits)) - background_workers: Supported ([source](https://docs.railway.com/guides/cron-workers-queues)) - ssh_shell_access: Supported ([source](https://docs.railway.com/cli/ssh)) ### Render Managed cloud platform that builds and runs web services, background workers, static sites and databases from Git repositories or Docker images. - Documentation: https://render.com/docs/deploy-node-express-app - Provider profile: https://inetgeek.com/hosting/render/ - Node.js on Render: https://inetgeek.com/stacks/nodejs-on-render/ - websockets: Supported ([source](https://render.com/docs/websocket)) - background_workers: Supported ([source](https://render.com/docs/background-workers)) - ssh_shell_access: Supported ([source](https://render.com/docs/ssh)) ### AWS Amplify AWS service for hosting full-stack web applications with a Git-based continuous deployment workflow, server-side rendering support, and delivery via the AWS content delivery network. - Documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amplify/latest/userguide/deploy-express-server.html - Provider profile: https://inetgeek.com/hosting/aws-amplify/ - Node.js on AWS Amplify: https://inetgeek.com/stacks/nodejs-on-aws-amplify/ ### Netlify Platform for building and deploying web projects from Git to a global CDN, with serverless and edge functions. - Documentation: https://docs.netlify.com/build/frameworks/framework-setup-guides/express/ - Provider profile: https://inetgeek.com/hosting/netlify/ - Node.js on Netlify: https://inetgeek.com/stacks/nodejs-on-netlify/ - background_workers: Limited ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/build/functions/background-functions/)) ### Vercel Frontend cloud platform for modern web applications, with Git-driven deployments and a framework-aware CDN. - Documentation: https://vercel.com/docs/functions/runtimes/node-js - Provider profile: https://inetgeek.com/hosting/vercel/ - Node.js on Vercel: https://inetgeek.com/stacks/nodejs-on-vercel/ - websockets: Limited ([source](https://vercel.com/docs/functions/websockets)) - configurable_request_timeout: Supported ([source](https://vercel.com/docs/functions/configuring-functions/duration)) - background_workers: Limited ([source](https://vercel.com/docs/queues))