Is it possible to install Timescale on those?
PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases
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Re: PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases
#32How much vCPU, memory, and storage will this have?
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#33This is actually a really interesting offering to have available as someone who needs DEV tier PG databases for a better testing pipeline on a shoestring budget.
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#34Going from 3 node highly available multi region DB clusters at 30$ per month to 5$ a month for a single DB node
Most people only need a single database node and will only ever need a single database node. There are many LOB apps in the world that you could reasonably turn off from 5 pm to 9 am every day. Five 9’s is an incredibly expensive and often unnecessary feature. I think this is a great offering.
Funnily enough I've been contemplating the idea of websites open during business hours and such for "local" as in kinda national scales. But it breaks down quickly once you factor in a potentially global audience.
So yeah, in the end available as much as possible (while sounding like "I needed it yesterday") might be the way to go even if you're not actually aiming for the extreme end of uptime.
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
It's easier to pull the rug out from under a group of customers who earn you 5% of your revenue than it is to do the same thing to a group of customers who make you 25% of your revenue.
This small $5 plan is obviously not going to make Planetscale very much revenue.
Re: PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
this makes no sense to me
It's easier to pull the rug out from under a group of customers who earn you 5% of your revenue than it is to do the same thing to a group of customers who make you 25% of your revenue. This small $5 plan is obviously not going to make Planetscale very much revenue.
but its entry level pricing for customers that grow. it will be great for us. there is no point hurting our reputation and slowing growth.
Re: PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases
#37Is it possible to install Timescale on those?
we are working on the open source licensed version.
Re: PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
this makes no sense to me
It's easier to pull the rug out from under a group of customers who earn you 5% of your revenue than it is to do the same thing to a group of customers who make you 25% of your revenue. This small $5 plan is obviously not going to make Planetscale very much revenue.
It's not made to make money, but to funnel paid customers onto their platform.
Re: PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases
#39Stay away from them, You never know when they pull the rug
How hard could it be to migrate away from $5/m worth of a managed PG?
Re: PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
In what way? Companies drop/move on from small customers all the time as positions and analysis changes. $5 a month might make sense now, but with thin profits, a lower than predicted "upgrade rate" and maybe a higher than anticipated support cost etc and this becomes a less profitable option without price increases, which loses customers causing more increases because of none scalable costs etc.
Throw in a change of leadership or business focus and it's an easy short term boost to drop the many smaller customers and focus on the big fish who make the real money.
It's a common pattern, echoed over many industries, and while you might not see it being likely here right now, if the concept literally doesn't make sense to you, you need to look up some basic business ideas because it's a pretty valid concern.