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Incredible development and deployment workflow for a Drupal agency
What do you like best about the product?
Their command line tools are by far the best in the industry. Since their hosting platform is built API-first, every action can be performed from the command line, and scripted, if needed. It's great to be able to add in additional services, such as Python or Node.js, when needed. When we're building out a new large site, we use up to 12 environments that are clones of the live site to build and test each feature independently.
What do you dislike about the product?
New environments need to be purchased in blocks of 3, which makes that first new environment quite expensive (hosting plans come with 4 environments, so additional environments aren't needed often)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Hosting each of our clients' websites in their own plan. Streamlining and consolidating our development workflow.
"Phenomenal application hosting power, itty-bitty learning curve"
What do you like best about the product?
One of the best things about Platform.sh is the fact that it basically enforces best practices development by basing itself on your project git repository. We all know a web application or website ought to use source code control, but practices vary from host to host and agency to agency. It also almost always excludes infrastructure from the equation.
On P.sh you manage your container configuration, build and deployment processes, and code all from within your git repository, and simply by creating a new branch in the repository you have a complete replica of your production environment for new development, hot fixing, or staging changes. It's incredible, especially when you finally hit those cases where code changes require infrastructure changes (e.g. to add and configure a Solr index for advanced search) and you can deploy everything to production at once by merging the branch to master ... with zero downtime for deployment.
The P.sh CLI and documentation are fairly robust, and their provide a wide variety of starting points for hosting different types of applications. I've yet to encounter a project that used a programming language they didn't already support. : )
On P.sh you manage your container configuration, build and deployment processes, and code all from within your git repository, and simply by creating a new branch in the repository you have a complete replica of your production environment for new development, hot fixing, or staging changes. It's incredible, especially when you finally hit those cases where code changes require infrastructure changes (e.g. to add and configure a Solr index for advanced search) and you can deploy everything to production at once by merging the branch to master ... with zero downtime for deployment.
The P.sh CLI and documentation are fairly robust, and their provide a wide variety of starting points for hosting different types of applications. I've yet to encounter a project that used a programming language they didn't already support. : )
What do you dislike about the product?
Platform.sh is a power tool and should be regarded as such when comparing price against budget hosts / shared servers. However, the price is still worth mentioning - you cannot run multiple application containers on the lowest priced plans for "heavier" applications like Drupal. You also need to pay attention to how many environments and users you're adding, as that can cause prices to scale out. When compared to what it would cost to build and manage the same infrastructure internally, though, it's a no brainer - we've enabled multiple enterprise customers to completely remove any internal sysadmin costs by migrating their application to P.sh, freeing those staff up for more productive application development.
When managing a wide variety of sites on P.sh, we found that we needed to introduce our own centrally managed logging service, as it isn't easy out of the box to track resource utilization / errors across many different projects. Fortunately, we found a tutorial in their documentation that our development team followed to tie into DataDog as a log manager for us.
When managing a wide variety of sites on P.sh, we found that we needed to introduce our own centrally managed logging service, as it isn't easy out of the box to track resource utilization / errors across many different projects. Fortunately, we found a tutorial in their documentation that our development team followed to tie into DataDog as a log manager for us.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We host and manage complex eCommerce web applications. By using Platform.sh, we don't have to worry about whether or not the sites will stay online when we deploy new features or bug fixes to production. We know the results in advance and can even use build hooks to prevent a deployment in case automated tests identify regressions. Furthermore, we can use their API to manage any number of projects at once - e.g. to deploy updates to all of our managed customers using our standard offering without having to individually update each one. That feature really changed the game for us as we sought to bootstrap our SaaS.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Give it a shot! There's a good chance you'll be impressed and immediately see how it can save you or your customers time and money in the long run.
Happy Site. Happy Dev.
What do you like best about the product?
One of the biggest things I like is that controlling a site is simple enough and can be done through a YML configuration within the code. This allows for us to completely have complete control of things such as what services we need to add. What parts of the site need to be redirected to https. Including what type of site we need to support (PHP, ASP.net, C#, etc.). This alone can sometimes be a huge headache for developers that they don't know how to manage this and it causes projects to sometimes get misconfigured. Additionally, I am a fan of the documentation and community as this can help answer questions quicker when running into road blocks.
What do you dislike about the product?
For small sites the pricing can be a bit difficult and cause issues with budget. While $50 may not seem like a lot for sites that receive a small amount of traffic it can be a bit much. I know the argument can be made that with all that is offered through the lowest tiered service this is where the value comes in. I completely understand this but believe that this is the biggest hurdle I see. Additionally, in order to even get the site started and running the cost for a developer is a hit. The resources can't be guaranteed but as a developer we are still paying $10. To sum it up I believe my biggest dislike is pricing on how things are laid out.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The biggest problem that was realized and was solved by moving to Platform.sh is the need to not have to manage infrastructure. That always seems to be the biggest headache for any project is having someone on staff to be able to manage those items. This right here is one of the biggest benefits. Additionally, the fact we have control over those settings (to a certain extent) is also a huge benefit as it is all documented.
A platform for a business and a community
What do you like best about the product?
Platform.sh is one of the most innovative cloud hosting providers dedicated to Drupal. Beside their amazing coverage for Drupal, they do a fantastic job at supporting the community through in-kind sponsorship (hosting) as well as $$$ to the Drupal Association. They are a true member of the Drupal community.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish they got working a business model for the amazing Drupal Commerce back a few years ago.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Hosting, CI/CD for Drupal projects.
We recommend Platform.sh for many of our key clients
What do you like best about the product?
In general, we believe in cloud and PaaS technologies for building flexible and sustainable web solutions, quickly. Platform.sh fits this profile and is amongst the most flexible of the offerings out there. The interface over the years has improved substantially. The dev tools have always been strong, and this has remained. The partner portal and support materials are completely and cover a wide array of materials. They are well written and all brand compliant which makes it easy to find and diggest the information.
What do you dislike about the product?
Support and guaranteed SLA's are offered only on the highest subscription tiers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
WebOps is not a problem we want to own. Not having to have a dedicated DevOps and security officer to manage the client infrastructure layer saves us time and money, allowing us to focus on our core strengths.
Flexible platform from a passionate team
What do you like best about the product?
The platform is very flexible and we always get good support when we ask for it.
What do you dislike about the product?
Would love to see more tooling around logging and reporting at tiers below enterprise.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We've migrated a large number of clients to Platform.sh including a range of CMSs, e-commerce, and both simple and complex applications. Platform.sh is allowing us to provide a staged and predictable migration for many of our clients.
Smooth and reliable platform. Really speeds up software delivery
What do you like best about the product?
The reduction of automated deployments and CI setup. Ease of setup. Documentation is really good and comprehensive.
Support are very cooperative and helpful.
Support are very cooperative and helpful.
What do you dislike about the product?
Performance analytics and metrics from within the dashboard.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Reliable hosting of Drupal applications.
CI and build automation.
Reduction of maintenance overhead.
CI and build automation.
Reduction of maintenance overhead.
Great experience and service
What do you like best about the product?
We just started to use Platform.sh, but so far the effort of the team to solve technical challenges has been incredible. We have been receiving excellent support from the architects in order to extract the best of the solution they are offering for Magento.
What do you dislike about the product?
So far, we didn't have major issues besides some limitations regarding the variety/flexibility of services.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The highlights are definitely regarding DevOps and support level.
The way to manage scalable Drupal project
What do you like best about the product?
Every developers can easily to test his features branch with production data
What do you dislike about the product?
You need high software development skills to use it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm focused on developments instead on DevOps.
Useful and practical
What do you like best about the product?
Supports all the frameworks I use on my projects
What do you dislike about the product?
Deployment still looses in some aspects to Docker
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Company project that seeks fast responses to reports on customer email automation
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Thanks Felipe
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