You can easily deploy your code to your own server/notebook or to Amazon EC and duplicate your existing environment (code, database, configuration, access etc) so that you don’t have to start from scratch every time.

It has tiered plans starting from $10/month, depending on the bandwidth, storage and number of application instances. There are no contracts, set-up or termination fees. You can upgrade, downgrade and cancel at anytime.

The free plan comes with all the features of paid plans, includes 1 GB storage, 10 GB bandwidth and lets you run up to 3 application instances.

Features:

• Web development platform for LAMP developers.
• Easily build applications on top existing content management systems including Drupal, Wordpress, Joomla, Elgg and others.
• Collaborate on your project with others and share your code.
• Supports custom domains, SSH/SCP/SFTP access, SVN hosting and multiple application instances.
• Make exact copies of your environment (code, database,configuration, access).
• Paid plans start from $10/month, sign up for free plan to try it out.

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The registration process is fairly quick and  takes few minutes to get started. PBwiki is a really good solution if you need a private wiki tool to collaborate on small group projects over the web.

Features:

• Wiki content management and editing tool.
• Collaborative page editing.
• Document & file management.
• Comments, Mail Notifications, RSS notifications.
• Administrative access controls.
• Custom branding & appearance.
• Easy to use and user friendly.
• Similar sites: ScribleWiki, PikoWiki and MediaWiki.

For more info watch demo video below:

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Alternatively, you can freely host site under your own custom domain. Plus, there are no ads whatsoever.

The site creation process is easy and straightforward, simply select one of the provided templates and then customize it as you like. The site provides predefined content in the form of photo galleries, video, widgets, forms, advertising, maps, online store, text, images, layouts and many more.  Just choose one and drag & drop it onto your site. There is no limit on number of pages can have on your site.

See screenshot of the site designer below. The right panel provides the controls to be dragged onto the page on the left.

Features:

• Online website creation tool.
• Create as many site as you like.
• Site building and site hosting are free.
• Drag & drop widgets to empty web pages and customize them.
• Add as many pages as you like.
• No technical skills required

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Whether it’s a solo writer writing a book or a 100 people team working on a massive assignment, MediaWiki can handle it. It’s simple to install, very easy to learn, and absolutely free.

Some Features

• Collaborate with as many people as you want.
• Extendable: Install extensions for additional functionalities (add calendar, integrate chat, add backup /restore functionalities, clipboard, etc.). Hundreds of extensions available.
• Fullly configurable: change look and skin, restrict certain pages, add categories, enable / disable file uploading, and lots more.
• Support: Well documented. So if you want to add something to your wiki but have no clue how it can be done just search for it on MediaWiki.org

Used by over 50 popular online websites (incl. Wikipedia). Check out the full list here.

• Note: Several webhosts include a preconfigured MediaWiki with the hosting package. Contact your host for details.

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