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https://dudodiprj2sv7.cloudfront.net/product-logos/ip/iY/Q4R1N0JSL1HA.PNGIBMCompose Review2018-02-26T20:53:04.246ZWe use Compose extensively to host our application's database layer which is implemented in MongoDB. MongoDB from Compose helps us in two ways: first of all, it removed significant overhead in having to think about monitoring and maintaining our database systems. Compose also has excellent GIU tools (though they can be a bit slow with large queries) for working with MongoDB.,Database-Interaction GUI best we've worked with
Service has been reliable
Pricing Is low enough to not think about hosting our own DB layer,Customer service has been lacking at times
Technical issues: backups have not always happened on schedule, and customer data has been lost
Pricing for follow-on GBs is high,6,Removed man-hours from managing database layer
Low-cost for small databases
Have not had to think about investing in scaling DB layer,,Adobe Illustrator CC, GitHub, Amazon CloudFront,No,7,No,Unlike with other vendors, I never felt as though I received exceptional support from Compose / IBM Cloud Databases.Joshua DicksonHosted postgresql/redis/rabbitmq on compose2018-10-04T18:14:57.874ZWe need managed MongoDB service.,Simplifies/eliminate the need to administer database services
Scalability when you need it, very easy to increase service limit/size/etc.
Easy out of the box backups,Cost for smaller deployments. Running minimal instances of redis, mongo, postgresql costs more than ordering a simple VM and installing youself.
Managed services sometimes lack plugins (eg custom postgresql, rabbitmq extensions for specialized tasks).,9,Allowed us to quickly setup PoC demo environment of a platform of ours,Apache SolrVerified UserThe best option if you want to move to production fast, while keeping your data safe and always available2018-03-09T22:58:24.787ZWe were using Compose PostgreSQL and Compose Redis as the data source for all of our stack. We have a messaging sequencer platform, a bot engine platform and Compose Redis was used as a session store and message sequencer and PostgreSQL as the transactional and permanent store.,Instant setup: configuring and setting up a production environment for PostgreSQL can be an expensive and time consuming task, with Compose we just clicked "new instance".
Backups: same as instant setup - no need to worry about creating a backup flow. Backups are always available in the Compose dashboard and also accessible via an API for additional storage (i.e. move to S3)
High Availability: harder than setting up backup and monitoring, is setting up HA for PostgreSQL, since it doesn't have it out of the box, and there aren't official tools. Compose abstracts the setup putting multiple instances behind HAProxy, and your application doesn't even have to worry about changing instances.
Scaling,Better cost reports, before just increasing to another tier, thus increasing the price. This is critical for early stage startups, where budget is tight.
Add more data center options. As a comparison, a similar service, Aiven.io has dozen more options than Compose (basically all big cloud providers). We moved from AWS to Digital Ocean, which made us stop using Compose, since Compose forces us to be either on IBM or AWS.,10,Instant production environment data setup, without the need to invest days preparing the setup. Immediate positive ROI on this.
Negative impact: we had to use a more expensive cloud provider (AWS), because Compose wasn't present in Digital Ocean (cheaper and transparent). After some time, we stopped using Compose because we moved back to Digital Ocean.,Aiven,PostgreSQL, RedisAlfred Reinold BaudischDoing MongoDB the easy way with Compose2018-03-13T19:10:56.511ZWe use Compose for both Mongo databases and Redis databases. For each type of database, we run development, test, and production instances. Basically, it lets me have a very robust database without having a DBA or Dev Ops team.,Easy to create a database within a few minutes. Particularly nice if you just need one for a few hours.
Very easy to copy data from one instance to another.
Backups are automatic; do not impact system performance when they happen and are very quick and easy to restore.,I find some of the documentation to be a little vague and not clearly versioned or time-stamped. As an example, you needed a particular version of the Node Mongo driver to use the connection string with multiple load balancer addresses. The documentation said that "older versions may not work" or words to that effect but was not specific about which one did work.,9,The cost for a service with this level of reliability has been outstanding.
The one time that we had an issue, which was back when the product was still MongoHQ, they credited us with a month of service to make things right even though the problem really had minimal impact on our business.David HartBuscando Huellas Review of Compose2018-03-12T19:26:51.432ZIt is used to host the database of a web application to find lost dogs in Argentina. It's the main database of the company.,It's easy to set up and administrate
Automatic backups
Fast and secure without hassle,I'm really happy with the actual product and nothing comes to my mind that could improve it.
The best feature is... I set it up the first time and voila not used it much after that... which is good. It means it's easy and works well.,10,We didn't waste any time setting up, securing, updating and backing up databases, which is really good if your team is small and time is important.,Amazon DynamoDB and Heroku,DigitalOcean, UploadcareJuan Miret
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