Looking for a web host that can handle Haskell

Question

I'm looking for a web host that will let me run a Haskell web application. VPS's seem attractive to me because you can run essentially anything you want. But some of the cloud hosts offer really nice scalability in terms of hard disk space and bandwidth.

Does anyone know of a host that will let me run exotic languages like Haskell but can also seamlessly scale up the hard disk space/RAM/bandwidth/CPU available to my host?

Answer 1

If you just want very simple hosting with CGI, NearlyFreeSpeech.net supports Haskell and some other less common languages. I personally also like their overall nonsense-free approach and sensible pricing model (pre-pay metered charges, instead of the usual model of a fixed monthly charge, oversold server capacity, and absurd overage fees).

There are a few caveats however, mainly that they don't permit standalone servers or persistent daemons, only things invoked via CGI from Apache. This might be a problem for some Haskell web app frameworks.

Answer 2

Maybe this is obvious, but you can always use Amazon EC2. You'll have full control, and definitely meets your requirement for seamlessly scaling up.