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cheapsteak
11/19/2017 - 6:03 AM
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AWS
Strengths
Most popular / "Safest" option
1 year free trial
Elastic Beanstalk auto scaling
Good platform to learn / have on resume
Weaknesses
Time cost from initial configs (including Elastic Beanstalk scaling options, CloudWatch billing alerts)
Possibly the most expensive
Complicated pricing terms makes it difficult for beginners to predict costs
Free tier can still incur fees if usage goes over tier allowance
Digital Ocean / Amazon Lightsail /
Scaleway
/ OVH
Strengths
Cheaper than AWS
Predictable monthly cost
Weaknesses
Difficult to scale
In my experience, performance in low tier is not great (not bad, just not great)
Ongoing server maintenance
Downtime while performing maintenance
Potential security vulnerabilities from improper server setup
Firebase
Strengths
Free tier
No setup or maintenance
If we ever need real-time simultaneous connections, it's right there
Weaknesses
Lock in to proprietary API
Next step up from free tier is $25/month
Next step up from $25/mo is pay-as-you-go, which may be as/more expensive than AWS
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