Ask HN: Do you need another Docker based PaaS, but not for Web servers

We are considering building a service that, like PaaS, can run your programs (in containers, like others) and charge for unit resources, not servers; but unlike existing PaaS, is not designed for long running programs, e.g. Web servers (but still can run them, of course), but rather, short running programs which still require server level resources, like compilations, software building and packaging, continuous building/testing/integration, simulations, data processing, scientific computations, etc. and provides some post-processing for produced data.

As far as we have observed, there is no existing service of this kind. AWS Lambda may seem similar, but it's mainly for long running purpose.

So, is there a considerable real need for it? If you have this need, would you tell us more? Thanks.