This is as good a time as any to ask about Render.
I've been eyeing it recently and I'm thinking about launching my next project with it. Does anyone have any takeaways from using Render vs Heroku?
I've been eyeing it recently and I'm thinking about launching my next project with it. Does anyone have any takeaways from using Render vs Heroku?
I was worried that Heroku would end up costing me a small fortune as demand scaled. Plus the platform seemed to have stagnated.
I contemplated switching to AWS, but didn’t want to deal with the extra hassle of it. By chance, I saw someone mention Render on here, checked it out, and couldn’t be happier.
It’s a bit harder to get up and running with Render than Heroku, but orders of magnitude easier than with AWS. And once you’re operational, it’s a cinch.
And way, way, way cheaper.
Additionally, spinning up the postgres instance was on a paid tier. I contacted support but it self-resolved eventually after I blew away the instance and rebuilt. However, it was queued up for like 8+ hours on the first pass.