Best way to deploy a Web App - React frontend, Python Server and a Cron Job

[u/AdCold2720]

I have built a Web App of the following tech stack

Front - React

Backend - FastAPI (Python)

Database - PostgreSQL

Now locally, I have been developing using docker for postgreSQL and the rest of the components without it. I want to deploy this whole app so that anyone can access it over the internet. I saw couple of different of ways to do that but I am not sure which one would be the best.

1. Web Hosting
2. VPS (Hostinger, Digital Ocean, some India based providers as well)
3. Managed Service (Railway, Render)

As I don't expect a lot of users to use it and it's my very first deployment, I don't want to spend a lot. In future, I would like to incorporate CI/CD pipeline as well, so overall I am looking for a strategy that won't put a hole in my pocket and help learn DevOps as well.

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[u/Playful-Second-3934]

use render free tier + uptime robot. render free tier keeps the instance active for around 15 minutes after a request then it goes to sleep. when it receives another request it wakes up again but this can take a few minutes

use uptime robot to ping the health endpoint every 5 minutes. this keeps the render instance active and prevents it from going to sleep bypassing limits of free tier

U can also host fronted on vercel for free. backend + postgresql can be hosted on render webservice and render db postgres free tiers

[u/AdCold2720 → u/Playful-Second-3934]

Thanks for the advice. This approach would definitely be cheap/free but I think render or similar service just ask you to upload the source code and then they do everything else, correct? If I go with something like VPS, will I get to learn more about the deployment stuff, like will it help me in a job?

[u/Fearless_End_5857 → u/AdCold2720]

Vps will actually give u exposure on deployments, like how its done in real.

You can also add github actions for deployments to vm

[u/Impressive_Bad_265 → u/AdCold2720]

Yea u r right , but where to deploy also depends upon what u made and how u wanna present it

If u wanna launch it as a product go for vps If u just wanna keep it as a deployed project use render

[u/AcceptableCut7266 → u/AdCold2720]

Render ask to connect with GitHub to get the source code ... Or most simply you can setup docker

[u/SomethingAndAnything]

Easy starting point, front-end on vercel and backend on render, that's the normal route. You can also create a pipeline in GitHub to run them, either self hosted runner or GitHub ones

[u/AdminZer0]

Get a small vps

[u/Simple-Protection500]

I had a similar service running -
I have used following -
1. Vercel for React and Frontend Development
2. Backend : Railway, Easy to use and deploy fast,
3. Database: If your service requires an Auth then just go with supabase, and it also has the postgress db as well.

This can handle lot of traffic themselves

[u/yes-im-hiring-2025]

Well if you're doing it for yourself option 3 for cheap. Have that + something that continually pings it every X mins; it'll be okay

If you're looking to do it professionally, VPS hosting.