Ask HN: What is a good db as a service?

This may be an obvious suggestion, but there is Amazon RDS for MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MsSQL. I have used it for MySQL and we didn't have any issues, though it was a pretty small setup.

If you like MongoDB then MongoLab or MongoHQ.

If you like CouchDB then Cloudant.

If you want realtime then Firebase.

All are very reasonably priced.

Cloudant and MongoHQ are both pretty good and cost-effective. It would come down to DB preferences -- CouchDB v MongoDB.

If you decide on MongoDB, email us at support@mongolab.com. We'd be happy to help!

-Chris@MongoLab

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For PostgreSQL: RDS or Heroku Postgres.