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Asked: 2026-06-10T21:44:25+00:00

I started with python on google app engine 3 months ago. Then I switched

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I started with python on google app engine 3 months ago.

Then I switched to Play2! on Heroku + mongodb and it is a breeze to work with.

I am really far in my project and I want to release the website in the next couple of days. But I just saw the pricing for SSL on heroku, which is really high.

And I don’t want to launch my website without SSL. SSL on heroku costs $20/month without the certificate.

I saw some alternatives in this post What cloud platform supports playframework 2.x deployments?

But I am still not too happy. I want to pay as little as possible to start my website.

So at the moment I am looking on Google App Engine again. This would mean that I have to rewrite my whole DB.

  • Does GAE restrict some features of play2?

I also saw dotcloud but their pricing page is really confusing. I don’t know how far I can go with the sandbox mode, and there is a mark on SSL so I think its somehow included but there is also an SSL addon which doubles the price.

I am okay if my website will cost me more then I will get out of it for a few months, but with the ssl on heroku is just too much.

  • What would you recommend me?

Edit:

Currently I am looking at openshift which looks kinda interesting. They implemented SSL for free to all users, but I am still not sure if I can use this with my custom domain.

Edit2:

Okay it is only shared ssl. Which means I would have to get “Megashift” which costs $42/month

Edit3:

It seems that I can only deploy war files to GAE, which destroys the purpose of play2.

So I would have to choose between heroku, dotcloud and openshift. And all of them are expensive if you want to use SSL.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I would advice you to give openshift a try

    It’s free, red hat has stated that it will keep a free offering (it’s not just during the beta…)

    Here’s a screencast:

    http://playlatam.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/deploying-play-framework-2-apps-with-java-and-scala-to-openshift/

    a github repo

    https://github.com/opensas/play2-openshift-quickstart

    and an article at red hat

    https://openshift.redhat.com/community/blogs/supporting-play-framework-on-openshift-with-the-diy-application-type

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