Bot as a web application

Hello. Im currently working on bots to scrape web, like ig accounts etc. My program(s) need to work 24/7 and i want to control them remotely so I decide to migrate/develope as a web application. Firstly, i tried free tier aws ec2 and i really like it but im not sure to use aws because im worried that tech giants can step over about these bots. So im looking an advice. Are web bots good idea to develop or should i develep as a desktop application, which host firm can i use for these purposes, can aws tell to ig/fb who i am even though i use good proxies? Thank you.

As long as you use proxies, you shouldn't worry. From my perspective web bots are much better over desktop applications and much easier to scale. But, isn't AWS EC2 costly over a VPS?

TomTheCat said:

As long as you use proxies, you shouldn't worry. From my perspective web bots are much better over desktop applications and much easier to scale. But, isn't AWS EC2 costly over a VPS?

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Im now currently testing my programs on free services and EC2 is really popular. But i will search VPS. Any advice about VPS makes me really happy. I need to run python applications. Thank you.

I was in a similar situation. I rewrote my code into a container which made it easier to scale and can move it between Azure, google, Digital ocean, or any place that works with containers. docker instances are cheaper that a full vps too.

Checkout Docker and kubernetes.

close-to-venus said:

Im now currently testing my programs on free services and EC2 is really popular. But i will search VPS. Any advice about VPS makes me really happy. I need to run python applications. Thank you.

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I like to use Digital Ocean VPS

Web application is anyday better than desktop application. It's easier to scale and you can control it remotely.

Web apps are more convenient however if the project is personal, I go for desktop apps