Is there a free VPS for this job?

Hey Guys,

Is there such a thing as a free windows VPS deal going about? (I'm not tight with money in case that is what you are thinking lol)

The reason is I have a python script I need to keep running 24/7, it actions very rarely when it does it opens a selenium browser to perform an action, currently paying $17 per month for a VPS which seems overkill for what I need it for.

cheers guys

Graham

create a free aws account and use rdp for 12 months free

Ionos allows you to try their 4 core/8GIG VPS for $2/month for 6 months.

After that, it's $25/month, so just buy the 6 month plan for $12, cancel after, and you're saving yourself some money.

Thank you guys I will try both

regards

Graham

Azure or Aws is the best!

PHPInjected said:

Ionos allows you to try their 4 core/8GIG VPS for $2/month for 6 months.

After that, it's $25/month, so just buy the 6 month plan for $12, cancel after, and you're saving yourself some money.

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tbh that is a pretty good deal

relium said:

tbh that is a pretty good deal

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Most of their VPS' are cheap, so good for scripts that always need to run, but don't need any actual real stats behind whatever they're running.

graham25s said:

Hey Guys,

Is there such a thing as a free windows VPS deal going about? (I'm not tight with money in case that is what you are thinking lol)

The reason is I have a python script I need to keep running 24/7, it actions very rarely when it does it opens a selenium browser to perform an action, currently paying $17 per month for a VPS which seems overkill for what I need it for.

cheers guys

Graham

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Here's a better alternative than running a vps for tasks. Use a serverless function.

Instead of paying for a vps 24/7 just for a script sitting around and occasionally running it. You can deploy it on a serverless function like AWS Lambda.

You will instead be billed by the number of executions and cpu time/memory/epheremal storage per cpu second.

If you can give an estimate of how long will the script run for when running an action (1s to 10s) and how much memory it will likely consume. I can give you a better estimate.

I have seen people fitting chromedrivers and their source code into Lambda functions for scraping tasks, if yours can fit. It might as well be a very viable option.

Also, AWS has a free tier for Lambda which is very generous.

Also you don't need a windows vps just to run a python selenium script. Windows vps are expensive af. You can get a Linux machine from Hetzner for like 5$ a month.

AWS also has a vps in their free tier for like 6 months. That too is a Linux only t3 micro instance.

Also, here is a BST thread that was posted today containing AWS servers for cheap: https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/aws-8-cpus-32-cpus-and-64-cpus-very-old-accounts-on-sale.1419174/

Thank you guys, a good few options there i will get one today

cheers guys

Graham

No, there is no free VPS for this job.