I use Platform.sh to host ContribKanban.com. Platform.sh let me focus on development instead of how I would run deployment of my application. No longer do I need to work on my own infrastructure for running the build of my application, nor its services.
- customer suport - daily backups aren't automatic - backup retention for a few days - control panel has errors and generally does not represent reality - bitbucket integration doesn't work so well
Take a concept live in minutes. Viable for many, many different sizes of project. Ties right into my git workflow with very low hurdles. They provide great docs, and are so widely used that it is easy to find answers to questions through Google.
OUTAGES! EC2 goes down, it takes Heroku with it. However the outages have gone much further than that. We use a shared Postgres database, and that keeps going down, knocking us over. Then, there are sometimes problems with restart, so we have a cascade...
I use Platform.sh to host ContribKanban.com. Platform.sh let me focus on development instead of how I would run deployment of my application. No longer do I need to work on my own infrastructure for running the build of my application, nor its services.
Take a concept live in minutes. Viable for many, many different sizes of project. Ties right into my git workflow with very low hurdles. They provide great docs, and are so widely used that it is easy to find answers to questions through Google.
- customer suport - daily backups aren't automatic - backup retention for a few days - control panel has errors and generally does not represent reality - bitbucket integration doesn't work so well
OUTAGES! EC2 goes down, it takes Heroku with it. However the outages have gone much further than that. We use a shared Postgres database, and that keeps going down, knocking us over. Then, there are sometimes problems with restart, so we have a cascade...