$50 PlanetScale Metalplanetscale.com 21 pointsianl10 months ago2 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−eppi198510moI initially assumed Metal meant their own dedicated hardware. It turns out it means they use AWS nvme drives instead. A bit surprising given the name. But makes sense, we could never put our database outside of AWS.−samlambert10moThis is high availability and unlimited IOPs at $50 a month. It's likely impossible to find cheaper hosted Postgres with comparable features.
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I initially assumed Metal meant their own dedicated hardware. It turns out it means they use AWS nvme drives instead. A bit surprising given the name. But makes sense, we could never put our database outside of AWS.
This is high availability and unlimited IOPs at $50 a month. It's likely impossible to find cheaper hosted Postgres with comparable features.