By iair1234
I feel that there’s a gap between “free mysql” and “managed databases”.
Of course, you could deploy your $5/mo Droplet and install the database, secure it, and ensure you have a plan to scale.
What I think a lot of us are looking for is a PaaS database that could be ran on the basic tier $5/mo.
Is there any way to achieve that (via custom Docker file)? Is it even in the roadmap?
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Great questions, our most accessible and affordable database is the dev db instance which is a $7/month Postgres offering. This database can be upgraded to a production database with zero downtime when you’re ready and scale on demand.
When you get into the production tier databases all three of our current offerings (MySQL, Postgres, and Redis) can scale with zero downtime. It doesn’t get much easier then that!
We don’t recommend hosting your database in App Platform because the filesystems are not persistent. The containers your app lives inside are recreated everytime your app is deployed which can be triggered by many events suchs as code changes and app spec updates.
If these options don’t work then starting out with a $5/month droplet and migrating to a managed database when needed is a viable option.
Hope this helps!
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