title: Which web platform would be best to create a web app with an android client
body: <p>I'm working on an android app which would connect to a web server which would power a social network and data store inside the app. Recently we decided that we would use a landing page and pre-order page to try and try and market our app before we launch. </p>
  
  <p>Right now I'm working to create the landing page and I ran into a whole host of problems. Namely, that we would need a landing/pre-order page that would tie into the social network and would run off the same set of usernames/emails (we need to honor discounts/ deals). I've spent the whole day looking at our options and I came to the conclusion that</p>
  
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  <li>Static hosts (probably) wont work for what we are doing. We would need a cloud host</li>
  <li>I only have previous experience in Windows Azure but the cost is prohibitive. </li>
  <li>Any host that I choose would require a significant time investment. </li>
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  <p>So I'm at a complete loss. I took a look at Amazon EC2, Google App Engine, and a few other hosts like Heroku and Linode and realized I would have to spend at least a day or two working just on learning the workings of the services to effectively use them. So the <strong>tl;dr</strong> is: I need to pick and choose a single webhost to host a back end for an android app and my website. Which host should I pick?</p>