One thing I did not like about CubeJS (not sure if they've changed this), is that their integration is its own standalone server. Like, if you have an existing server, it didn't seem possible to just integrate it into what you already have. That was kind of a bummer, but it wasn't a deal breaker.
The motivation is diverse but one of the reasons is that a Cube app should be scaled differently from a client-facing app. Noone probably wants their app to hang when Cube serves a ton of requests or refreshes cached data (and vice versa). That’s why it’s recommended to run Cube as microservices. I hope it’s not a big deal since a lot of cloud platforms provide container environments.
Also, just recently, we’ve launched Cube Cloud which provides serverless experience for Cube apps and has a free tier: https://cube.dev/cloud/
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One thing I did not like about CubeJS (not sure if they've changed this), is that their integration is its own standalone server. Like, if you have an existing server, it didn't seem possible to just integrate it into what you already have. That was kind of a bummer, but it wasn't a deal breaker.
Long time ago, it was possible to built Cube into a Node.js app. However, the team decided to deprecate it: https://github.com/cube-js/cube.js/blob/master/DEPRECATION.m...
The motivation is diverse but one of the reasons is that a Cube app should be scaled differently from a client-facing app. Noone probably wants their app to hang when Cube serves a ton of requests or refreshes cached data (and vice versa). That’s why it’s recommended to run Cube as microservices. I hope it’s not a big deal since a lot of cloud platforms provide container environments.
Also, just recently, we’ve launched Cube Cloud which provides serverless experience for Cube apps and has a free tier: https://cube.dev/cloud/