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Hi, thanks for posting this. I have two simple lightweight use cases and I would like to know if those fit to this platform or not.

1. A simple Python script with two-three dependencies that needs to be run everyday once. Basically I am looking for a crontab in the cloud.

2. A very lightweight script that needs to be run 24/7 and would not consume more than few MBs of RAM ever.

None of these two needs an HTTP endpoint.

1. A simple Python script with two-three dependencies that needs to be run everyday once. Basically I am looking for a crontab in the cloud.

This is possible and a target use-case. We offer cron and you could get rid of the API endpoint.

2. A very lightweight script that needs to be run 24/7 and would not consume more than few MBs of RAM ever.

We do not offer long running jobs atm.

Ping me mustafa@deta.sh and happy to onboard you.

I can't find how to setup cron at your site. Can you please point that out to me?

Looks like you can get this accomplished with a Heroku instance or a digitalOcean box. I current have a script that runs 24/7 on DigitalOcean that costs me $5/month (might not work for you if you're looking for a free solution).

Linode also has a 5$ tier. No issues with them thus far.

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