This is a bummer for me. My meteor apps are large enough to not want to host on free `meteor deploy`, but small enough to not warrant a $500/month plan.<p>Where's the $40/month plan? The $100/month?<p>Also the fact that it doesn't come with the database is off putting. I was under the impression all these months that Galaxy would be a one-stop-shop for Meteor hosting.<p>Bummer, total bummer. I hope they come out with more middle ground pricing.
It looks like they are purposefully ceding the small-fry market to Modulus[1] and maybe even Digital Ocean[2]. Part of what you're buying here is access to the Meteor team and best practices at scale. From what I've heard that's something it's harder to get from Modulus.<p>[1] - <a href="https://modulus.io/" rel="nofollow">https://modulus.io/</a><p>[2] - <a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-deploy-a-meteor-js-application-on-ubuntu-14-04-with-nginx" rel="nofollow">https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-depl...</a><p>edit: spelling
Based on the press release, I was expecting a Heroku like full stack service. Was surprised to learn you need to setup the DB from FAQ.<p>> Does Galaxy include a database?<p>> Galaxy does not provide the database layer. You can run your own MongoDB server inside AWS, or create a database through any number of MongoDB hosting providers.<p><a href="https://www.meteor.com/why-meteor/galaxy-faq" rel="nofollow">https://www.meteor.com/why-meteor/galaxy-faq</a>
I can't decide what to think about this pricing. Would a company pay $6k a year to almost not worry about hosting / ops? Actually, yeah, probably. Still seems like it's missing a lower tier though.
On a slightly unrelated note:<p>Would it be possible to make a webapp like Meteor in Clojure pretty easily, using CSP go-style channels ang go-threads.<p>I imagine a function would "broadcast" or "listen to" websocket connections. If the app uses channels for communicating between different go-blocks, server/client contact could use an identical interface. Sending things server-side would be no different than sending things client-side.<p>Could also be a simple 2-function library.
404 @ <a href="https://www.meteor.com/why-meter/pricing" rel="nofollow">https://www.meteor.com/why-meter/pricing</a> from the article
I want to learn more about Galaxy's security hygiene. I also want to learn more about what reasonable steps Galaxy is taking right now to ensure our data is safe after we `meteor deploy`.<p>Are they compliant with any security accountability programs like FEDRAMP/FISMA, ISO 27002, PCI-DSS and HIPAA?