1. Back4app.com : It was the earliest Parse Hosting adopter. Service is smooth and the migration is easy. The support was really nice, especially because I could directly chat with you guys. The dashboard (the Back4App dashboard, not the Parse Dashboard) was missing some elements, and was not very intuitive. I think I had sent you my comments before.
2. OurSky: They had no free tier or even free trial option. And their migration is REALLY expensive.
3. NodeChef: This is a really nice service. The best thing about it, is that you get an actual machine pre-populated with all Parse stuff. So, you can monitor your machine, upgrade it, … You could consider it, basically, as if you’re having a DigitalOcean one-click-app bundled in a service. I don’t recall disliking anything about NodeChef to be honest. They also have a nice way of uploading cloud code. They have no free tier, though.
3. ParseGround: They look quite decent, but they didn’t launch yet.
4. RunParse and NimbleParse: look decent, but I didn’t try them out, yet.
The problem with a Hosted solution - from my perspective - is, that you don’t have complete control over your app, still. And since Parse shutdown, I guess a lot of people have that fear of other services shutting down and being vendor-locked in again. So, I would want to know where my data is, where my files are. I would like to have the option to export my data (the same way it is possible on Parse), and I would like to be able to see, browse, or download my files.
The advantages with a trusted hosted solution are many of course. Always being up-to-date, hassle-free, no maintenance, … all that.
After being done with the Hosted solutions I tried setting up my own Parse Server on DigitalOcean. Which was quite the hassle. It took me a day and a half (I’m not a system engineer, so I’m not really familiar with the server setup, and I was merely following the tutorials from DigitalOcean.)
My main problems with a hosted solutions are:
- How to access my data / server
- How to export data
- How to export / download files
- How to migrate files
- Server locations + latency
- Guarantee for operation, in order to avoid a second Parse shutdown
Most small-to-medium-sized companies do not have the resources to provide the level of reliability and redundancy that organizations that provide Parse hosting can afford. Unless you are hosting source code for a top-secret defense project or other projects where the threat of espionage is very real, the greatest threats to your code and your business are more mundane things compared to server or network downtime.
Redundancy
Parse hosting services provide levels of redundancy that most companies just cannot obtain on their own. It includes data redundancy (back-ups/RAID), hardware redundancy (components/equipment), and geographical redundancy (multiple server locations across the globe).
Multi-tenancy
Each small business by itself cannot afford 24/7 support staff and expensive equipment. But pooling their resources together through a Cloud service provides them access to a much higher level of service through centralization, better resource utilization and higher efficiency.
Security
Centralizing the data of thousands of businesses allows security resources to be much more tightly focused. There may be options such as co-location and dedicated hosting. Some service providers may enable customers to configure their server however they want, install and run whatever applications they want on it.
Technicality
The back-end in Parse hosting services is often user-friendly and is built keeping in mind users with limited technical knowledge. They have a strong tech-support team to assist users with any issues that may arise. Time-tested and well-supported infrastructures are provided and excellent deployment models make distribution and scaling the applications easier and more cost-effective. These can be leveraged for cloud deployment and also give portability options. Users only have to create the app or migrate an existing one with easy options like migration wizard and start making the requests. Some solutions provide Parse Server and Parse Dashboards and many other extended features.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 28.2 ms ] threadback4app: https://parse.back4app.com/parse/ OurSky: http://parse-hosting.oursky.com/ NodeChef: https://www.nodechef.com/parse-server ParseGround: http://www.parseground.com Runparse: http://www.runparse.com/ Nimble parse: http://nimbleparse.com/
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2. OurSky: They had no free tier or even free trial option. And their migration is REALLY expensive.
3. NodeChef: This is a really nice service. The best thing about it, is that you get an actual machine pre-populated with all Parse stuff. So, you can monitor your machine, upgrade it, … You could consider it, basically, as if you’re having a DigitalOcean one-click-app bundled in a service. I don’t recall disliking anything about NodeChef to be honest. They also have a nice way of uploading cloud code. They have no free tier, though.
3. ParseGround: They look quite decent, but they didn’t launch yet.
4. RunParse and NimbleParse: look decent, but I didn’t try them out, yet.
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Reliability
Most small-to-medium-sized companies do not have the resources to provide the level of reliability and redundancy that organizations that provide Parse hosting can afford. Unless you are hosting source code for a top-secret defense project or other projects where the threat of espionage is very real, the greatest threats to your code and your business are more mundane things compared to server or network downtime.
Redundancy
Parse hosting services provide levels of redundancy that most companies just cannot obtain on their own. It includes data redundancy (back-ups/RAID), hardware redundancy (components/equipment), and geographical redundancy (multiple server locations across the globe).
Multi-tenancy
Each small business by itself cannot afford 24/7 support staff and expensive equipment. But pooling their resources together through a Cloud service provides them access to a much higher level of service through centralization, better resource utilization and higher efficiency.
Security
Centralizing the data of thousands of businesses allows security resources to be much more tightly focused. There may be options such as co-location and dedicated hosting. Some service providers may enable customers to configure their server however they want, install and run whatever applications they want on it.
Technicality
The back-end in Parse hosting services is often user-friendly and is built keeping in mind users with limited technical knowledge. They have a strong tech-support team to assist users with any issues that may arise. Time-tested and well-supported infrastructures are provided and excellent deployment models make distribution and scaling the applications easier and more cost-effective. These can be leveraged for cloud deployment and also give portability options. Users only have to create the app or migrate an existing one with easy options like migration wizard and start making the requests. Some solutions provide Parse Server and Parse Dashboards and many other extended features.