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I have no opinion on this. But I would like to point out that the most of the opinions in other Answers are at odds with what is said here: http://meta.softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/44/are-web-service-recommendations-off-topic

If you want to make a distinction between

• hosting service recommendations - off-topic

and

• web service recommendations - on-topic

then there need to be a COHERENT explanation of where you draw the line and why.

Saying that Github and Dropbox are "applications" or "webapps" is circular logic. Github is BOTH an application AND a service, and in reality web hosting services are likewise BOTH applications AND services.

So that distinction boils down to an arbitrary assignment of vaguely defined labels.

I have no opinion on this. But I would like to point out that the most of the opinions in other Answers are at odds with what is said here: Are web service recommendations off-topic?

If you want to make a distinction between

• hosting service recommendations - off-topic

and

• web service recommendations - on-topic

then there need to be a COHERENT explanation of where you draw the line and why.

Saying that Github and Dropbox are "applications" or "webapps" is circular logic. Github is BOTH an application AND a service, and in reality web hosting services are likewise BOTH applications AND services.

So that distinction boils down to an arbitrary assignment of vaguely defined labels.

I have no opinion on this. But I would like to point out that the most of the opinions in other Answers are at odds with what is said here: http://meta.softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/44/are-web-service-recommendations-off-topic

If you want to make a distinction between

• hosting service recommendations - off-topic

and

• web service recommendations - on-topic

then there need to be a COHERENT explanation of where you draw the line and why.

Saying that Github and Dropbox are "applications" is circular logic. Github is BOTH an application AND a service, and in reality web hosting services are likewise BOTH applications AND services.

So that distinction boils down to an arbitrary assignment of vaguely defined labels.

I have no opinion on this. But I would like to point out that the most of the opinions in other Answers are at odds with what is said here: http://meta.softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/44/are-web-service-recommendations-off-topic

If you want to make a distinction between

• hosting service recommendations - off-topic

and

• web service recommendations - on-topic

then there need to be a COHERENT explanation of where you draw the line and why.

Saying that Github and Dropbox are "applications" or "webapps" is circular logic. Github is BOTH an application AND a service, and in reality web hosting services are likewise BOTH applications AND services.

So that distinction boils down to an arbitrary assignment of vaguely defined labels.