# About HostDC HostDC is a small hosting platform made for keeping Discord bots online; small always-on scripts run here too. It runs bots written in JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, Rust, C# and PHP in locked-down sandboxes on our servers in Europe. ## How it is funded HostDC is run by a small team and paid for out of our own pocket. Ads help cover the servers: Google ads and sponsored ads on the Free plan, only sponsored ads on the paid plans and the Pro trial. Four paid plans, billed by card through Stripe, help too: Mini at $9.99 a year, Lite at $1.69 a month, Pro at $2.49 a month and Max at $4.49 a month. You can cancel any time. The free plan has no end date. See [pricing](/pricing) for what each plan changes. ## What we promise - **Your token is encrypted** and never shown again, not even to you, a collaborator or an admin. - **Your bot is isolated.** Each one runs as an unprivileged user with capabilities dropped, under gVisor where available, with its own `/app` volume. - **We list what we do not support**: no custom images, and a bot can't play audio itself. Pro and Max host a Lavalink server next to your bot for that, Lite can add one, and Free and Mini connect to one you run elsewhere. - **You can export your data.** Request an export from your account page and you get a zip of your files, settings and history. ## What we do not promise We do not promise perfect uptime. Nodes fail, and when one does, a bot's `/app` volume does not follow it to another machine. Paid plans take daily snapshots for that reason. On Free, keep your own copy. ## Getting started Pick a runtime: [Node.js](/host/node), [Python](/host/python) or [Go](/host/go) have their own guides, and Bun, Java, Rust, .NET and PHP are on the Create bot form. You can also read [free Discord bot hosting explained](/guides/free-discord-bot-hosting) first. ## FAQ ### Where does it run? On our servers in Europe. The status page shows which are online and their recent uptime. ### Is HostDC affiliated with Discord? No. It is an independent hosting service for bots built on Discord's public API.