Hosting Providers

Most Slack integrations (especially bot users and slash commands) require a server to respond to and initiate requests.

Below you'll find the services most often used to host Slack integrations and apps.

	Amazon Web Services (AWS) A suite of on-demand cloud computing platforms, including Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), a simple web service interface, and Lambda, a serverless compute service that rapidly integrates with Slack with ready-made templates for typical types of integrations. Slack Integration Blueprints for AWS Lambda Create a Slack slash command with AWS Lambda 📺 Spec by Slack 2018: Building Slack Apps with AWS
	Google Cloud A suite of public cloud-computing services, including serverless solutions and Kubernetes-based on-premises solutions, as well as other tools such as AI and other APIs. Building slash commands on Google Cloud Build a Slack Bot with Node.js on Kubernetes Sending Connection Notifications to Slack from Google Compute Engine Three ways to build Slack integrations on Google Cloud Platform KeanuBot: Conversational interface with DialogFlow (f.k.a. api.ai) Code samples 📺 Cloud OnAir: Building a Serverless Slack Chatbot with Google Cloud Functions
	Microsoft Azure An enterprise-grade cloud computing platform that lets you deploy your apps. It also offers Azure Functions, a serverless compute service. Using the Azure WebJobs SDK to create custom Slack extensions
	IBM Cloud A full-stack cloud platform including hosting, storage, and AI tools. Build a database-driven Slackbot Quick Python backend for your Slack bot on IBM Cloud Functions
	SAP Conversational AI (f.k.a. recast.ai) A hosting service supporting natural language processing with conversational bots. Host your Slack bot easily with recast.ai
	Heroku A container-based cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS). For the best user experience hosting bot users and slash commands, you'll need at least the Hobby pricing tier. How to Deploy Your Slack Bots to Heroku
	Zeit Now A cloud platform for serverless deployment with minimal configuration. Serverless Slack Apps with Now
	Netlify A cloud platform that offers hosting and serverless backend services.
	DigitalOcean A cloud infrastructure provider that helps to deploy and scale applications.