Stay away from them, You never know when they pull the rug
PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases
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Re: PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would we? we make a (small) profit on these cheaper tiers. We are a sustainable and profitable company. Also the free tier wasnt cancelled very recently it was 1.5 years ago so you are reaching a bit here.
Why would a company squeeze customers after making them dependendent? Never heard of it. Also what was capitalism again?
This is a lazy response.
Re: PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases
#23I like PlanetScale, but they already have precedent very recently for having a free-tier and then cancelling it for a minimum of $40/month plan, which made many people switch. What's to stop them from doing the same here? Be wary of building a cheap hobby project on it expecting pricing to stay consistent. If $40+ isn't feasible for you, you may be trying to switch off to a hosted PostgreSQL option, with all the pain…
(Planetscale employee) This is very different though: it's not a free tier, it's an actual single node DB as a paid product. It's definitely not a good fit for every usecase, but if you have a hobby project it's a great way to start with plenty of room to scale if/when you get actual usage
It's very similar in that it's not a huge source of revenue for Planetscale, so easy to pull the rug without disrupting revenue too much
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#24oh how i wish they were in azure. azure's postgresql flex offering is horrid. for some reason the HA standby instance can't be used as a read replica, it's filled with maintenance windows / downtime-ful upgrades / etc..
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#25What does the durability story look like for this single node offering ?.
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#26What does the durability story look like for this single node offering ?.
data is still replicated safely from the single node which is also backed by EBS.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
A bit of unsolicited advice: This post is the first time I've heard of your company and your blog post interested me. When proprietors go to the mat in the comment section, I immediately lose any interest in patronizing them.
why is it going to the mat? i had to correct something that was untrue. 1.5 years is not very recently.
1.5 years ago is recently IMO.
Re: PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases
#28I like PlanetScale, but they already have precedent very recently for having a free-tier and then cancelling it for a minimum of $40/month plan, which made many people switch. What's to stop them from doing the same here? Be wary of building a cheap hobby project on it expecting pricing to stay consistent. If $40+ isn't feasible for you, you may be trying to switch off to a hosted PostgreSQL option, with all the pain…
Why would we? we make a (small) profit on these cheaper tiers. We are a sustainable and profitable company. Also the free tier wasnt cancelled very recently it was 1.5 years ago so you are reaching a bit here.
You currently make a small profit on cheaper tiers. Things change
Re: PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases
#29Stay away from them, You never know when they pull the rug
pull the rug on what? a profitable product?
Re: PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
(Planetscale employee) This is very different though: it's not a free tier, it's an actual single node DB as a paid product. It's definitely not a good fit for every usecase, but if you have a hobby project it's a great way to start with plenty of room to scale if/when you get actual usage
It's very similar in that it's not a huge source of revenue for Planetscale, so easy to pull the rug without disrupting revenue too much
this makes no sense to me