Show HN: Polybit – Build, Deploy, Host Node.js APIs

Post by netcraft » Wed, Jul 13, 2016, 5:44 PM UTC

saganus wrote: post #15

mxuribe wrote: post #12

The premise of this is a great idea. The sign up is pretty neat - def. suited to expected audience/users. However, no pricing info? I'll come back once pricing is displayed.

I didn't found the pricing info either until I played around in the terminal, which gives us this: $ pricing Polybit offers pay-as-you-go services. Action | Cost ---------------------|--------------------------- API Request | 1 Credit Database Query | 1 Credit - FREE in Beta Project Deployment | 10 Credits - FREE in Beta Create New Project | 50 Credits Create New Database | 50 Credits Package | Credits | Price ------…

Post by kornish » Wed, Jul 13, 2016, 5:46 PM UTC

netcraft wrote: post #21

saganus wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't found the pricing info either until I played around in the terminal, which gives us this: $ pricing Polybit offers pay-as-you-go services. Action | Cost ---------------------|--------------------------- API Request | 1 Credit Database Query | 1 Credit - FREE in Beta Project Deployment | 10 Credits - FREE in Beta Create New Project | 50 Credits Create New Database | 50 Credits Package | Credits | Price ------…

confused about what x2 means?

Post by keithwhor » Wed, Jul 13, 2016, 5:52 PM UTC

joshstrange wrote: post #24

This looks really interesting but I personally really dislike the pricing, maybe others will love it but to me it's nearly impossible to guess how much this will cost me. When I start a new project I have no clue how many requests or queries will be made. I get the advantage of not working about infrastructure but I'd rather pay a flat fee and then be able to scale up to handle more requests.

Post by michaelbuckbee » Wed, Jul 13, 2016, 5:58 PM UTC

crisopolis wrote: post #19

mgrennan wrote: post #16

Very COOL! As a DBA, as fare as I'm concerned this is how databases should be used. NO! application should contain SQL. SQL should ONLY be in an API.

What does being a DBA, Databases and SQL have to do with this Platform as a Service?

Post by keithwhor » Wed, Jul 13, 2016, 6:02 PM UTC

kornish wrote: post #23

netcraft wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

confused about what x2 means?

It means you get 2x the credits because they're in beta. So presumably 10,000 (x2) means for the price on the right column, you'd get 20,000 credits. Just a guess.