6. Options Type Providers Flexibility (Easy) Scalability Shared Few e.g. Webfaction ($14) Limited Choice (Control Panel) None AppEngine One Google (Free) No Choice (Launcher) Built in VPS Lots e.g. Slicehost ($20) Unlimited choice (DIY) DIY Cloud Few e.g. Rackspace ($11) Unlimited choice (DIY) DIY
Isolated environment Combine eggs, sdist, cmmi, .cfg, php, whatever Recipes do the combining Flow is Configure, build (auto install), run Vs Install, configure, run Can share “buildouts”