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I realize that the shared databases weren't really designed for production, but I used them for many projects in production, and they worked great. They included free backups, so I just took snapshots often and figured if they zapped one, I could just reload the data. The lack of backup on these new free ones kind of sucks.

I appreciate what they are doing, but this is a step back for how I utilize Heroku.

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Likewise. I asked about something between dev and the $200/mo. Ronin plan on twitter and received a rather snarky reply about how I was assuming there wouldn't be other plans announced in the future.

Maybe it's just me, but if you're going to announce the depreciation of a solution at a TBD date with no indication of what the advanced warning period would be, and this is the only thing you announce along side that, I think it's fair for people to ask about the gap they see. The announcement of any planned non-dev plans should have been right alongside the announcement that removes functionality; otherwise anxiety is a given.

Keep in mind that the dev databases have Continuous Protection (https://postgres.heroku.com/#protect), and manual backup plans work on them as well.

Good to know! Thanks

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