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Heroku's new $50 and $100 per month database plans

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Re: Heroku's new $50 and $100 per month database plans

#21

I really like this! I'm building an app that will eventually use hstore for data. I say 'eventually', because I'm currently using serialized columns on the $15/month shared plan, and hstore is not yet supported. At $50/month, this is cheap enough for me to use as a staging server or as a pre-release server to get hstore across my entire environment.

Then new dev plans support hstore: https://postgres.heroku.com/blog/past/2012/4/26/heroku_postg...

Re: Heroku's new $50 and $100 per month database plans

#22

I really like this! I'm building an app that will eventually use hstore for data. I say 'eventually', because I'm currently using serialized columns on the $15/month shared plan, and hstore is not yet supported. At $50/month, this is cheap enough for me to use as a staging server or as a pre-release server to get hstore across my entire environment.

Then new dev plans support hstore: https://postgres.heroku.com/blog/past/2012/4/26/heroku_postg...

I need a bit more than the approx 5MB of data - much more, but currently less than 20GB.

I'm kind of in a no-mans land of Heroku data plans - until today!

Re: Heroku's new $50 and $100 per month database plans

#23

Congrats to the Heroku DoD on launching this long-awaited price point! Can we create Crane followers of a larger master database yet? That would be really useful - keeping a cheap, eventually-consistent replica around for backup and analytics.

If you are on an older ronin or fugu you can't. But you can from all other plans and newer ronin/fugu databases. The limitation on older ronin/fugu databases is related to: https://devcenter.heroku.com/changelog-items/37

Re: Heroku's new $50 and $100 per month database plans

#24
Can somebody clarify which heroku plans are best, as you work from development through MVP and initial traction? My current understanding is:

Development Stage: Use the free plan.

MVP Stage: When I have an MVP that I'd like to show people and get feedback on, I'm not sure if I should stay with the free plan, or if I need a paid plan at this point.

Gaining Traction: Still low overall volume, but consistent users. What is the cheapest paid plan that works for this stage? Is it the $15 plan, or the $50 plan?

Increasing Traffic: At this point, it's a little more clear that you choose add-ons to match your specific needs.

I would love it if someone could clarify what kinds of loads each of these plans could reasonably be expected to handle.

Re: Heroku's new $50 and $100 per month database plans

#26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then new dev plans support hstore: https://postgres.heroku.com/blog/past/2012/4/26/heroku_postg...

I need a bit more than the approx 5MB of data - much more, but currently less than 20GB. I'm kind of in a no-mans land of Heroku data plans - until today!

FWIW: The actual limits of the dev plans aren't set yet.

But what is the use case for a dev databases with 'much more than 5MB of data' ?

Re: Heroku's new $50 and $100 per month database plans

#27
post #3

So if the plans are named after increasingly deadly things the crane is the least deadly? I guess I could see that.

That's right. They are all Japanese things in increasing order of deadliness.

I was curious and the list did not disappoint: https://postgres.heroku.com/pricing

With that said I'm not sure how squid managed to be more dangerous than a kappa. >Kappa are usually seen as mischievous troublemakers. Their pranks range from the relatively innocent, such as loudly passing gas or looking up women's kimonos, to the malevolent, such as drowning people and animals, kidnapping children, and raping women

~wikipedia

Re: Heroku's new $50 and $100 per month database plans

#28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then new dev plans support hstore: https://postgres.heroku.com/blog/past/2012/4/26/heroku_postg...

I need a bit more than the approx 5MB of data - much more, but currently less than 20GB. I'm kind of in a no-mans land of Heroku data plans - until today!

I have an app that has a number of test users with a set of data for each of them that shows off the app. Since the users interact in specific ways, I need to have several users otherwise the testing isn't useful.

My dev machine has a much smaller set of data, but on Heroku, I run stage servers with reasonable amounts of real life data that I need for final testing

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