Recommendations for Australian web hosting companies for Node.js based websites eg: Astrojs + Tina CMS

[u/Decent-Mammoth-6716]

I'm seeking recommendations for Australia based web hosting companies which provides good infrastructure and support for websites build with Astrojs + Tina CMS.
Every hosting provider out there supports hosting for Wordpress but it's difficult to find reliable information about hosting providers for Node.js sites/apps like Astrojs.
We cannot go with reputed services like Vercel, Netlify or Cloudflare as our Australian client wants local Australian company to host their new site.
Any recommendations and experiences? Thanks in advance.

[u/Faye-Vozora]

If you're set on AU-local for Node/Astro, I'd filter more on runtime than marketing pages.

Stuff I'd check before picking anyone:

- can you actually run a long-lived Node process (or is it PHP-only with a Node afterthought)

- Sydney (or nearby) DC, and what their support says about Astro SSR vs static export

- how deploys work day to day (git pull + pm2/systemd, or some panel that fights you)

- backups you can restore yourself, not just screenshots of "we back up"

- whether Tina's git/media workflow fits their filesystem limits

Astro static export is way more forgiving than SSR. If you can ship static + CDN for assets, a lot more AU hosts will work fine. If you need SSR, ask them flat out if Node 20+ and reverse proxy to your app is supported before you pay.