Their website is ridiculously well designed -- possibly on par with Heroku. Doesn't say much about their solutions and infrastructure, but it does signal great care.
Pulling only from github seems very restrictive to me. So, basically if I want to put a private project on PagodaBox, I have to also purchase a github account.
The PHP Fog web designer could learn a few things from the Pagoda site. I found Pagoda much more informative and has better usability than Fog. The graphics and images on Pagoda aid the user in understanding how Pagoda works and why it's better than traditional hosting, instead of hitting you over the head with over-the-top beautiful graphics that ultimately don't say or mean much as on Fog. The typography also makes the copy easier to read. The video demo is very slick.
I like it how the screencast didn't use a terminal; not even once. This is very different from the other <i>Heroku for x</i> initiatives.<p>That, bundled with their absolutely gorgeous design is a huge differentiator from the alternatives.
I like the idea of Pagoda pulling from the github repository, but what happens if github is for any reason inaccessible and you need to make an update to your site? Is there a backup method?
PHPCloud isn't built in PHP. Anyone know if Pagoda is built in PHP? I'm more partial to supporting a php PAAS that is intimately familiar (on a day to day operational basis) with my language.
Does anyone know who their hosting provider(s) are? I'm curious to know if they rolled their own infrastructure or if they are cloud based.<p>Also, does anyone know about their funding and the team?<p>On the surface it looks promising, but I'd like to hear more about the team behind the effort and further details on the back-end behind the black box.
This is gorgeous: <a href="http://www.pagodabox.com/architecture" rel="nofollow">http://www.pagodabox.com/architecture</a><p>Almost making me want to write PHP