I have found that hosting an streamlit app on replit using the autoescale feature is extremely expensive. Someone has some advice this topic? Is there a way to estimate cost based on certain assumptions like number of users and average time per user?
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My understanding is Streamlit is more suited to internal facing personal or company apps rather than public apps with lots of users. I believe it’s not very scalable. For a while, Replit Agent defaulted to Streamlit for most AI apps but has moved away from that.
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Good to know. Thanks a lot Matt
The “extremely expensive” concern depends on your actual monthly costs. Consider:
- Minimizing vCPU and memory allocations in your Deployment configuration
- Reserved instances might be worth exploring if you share your current costs
Streamlit Community Cloud via GitHub is an alternative but has a more complex deployment process compared to Replit’s simpler approach.