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. Deploying bolt-js apps to Heroku 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.