Pagoda goes in private beta - Heroku for PHP

http://www.pagodabox.com/

by ranza • 15 years ago

47 33 15 years ago

milano• 15 years ago

Site alone makes me wanna give them a try :)

shaunxcode2• 15 years ago

right? I was about to post some snarky comment about "php is the heroku for php" but then I went through their site and was actually impressed. It would be rad if they had a free tier which turned into a "paid" account if it hit a certain threshold.

tortilla• 15 years ago

They do have a free tier: http://www.pagodabox.com/pricing

ghempton• 15 years ago

sounds a lot like https://www.phpfog.com/

noodle• 15 years ago

if we're naming competitors, here's another: http://cloudcontrol.com/

andypants2• 15 years ago

And here's a big list: http://blog.huchunhao.com/current-and-upcoming-cloud-platfor...

Thread complete.

armandososa• 15 years ago

I like it how the screencast didn't use a terminal; not even once. This is very different from the other Heroku for x initiatives.

That, bundled with their absolutely gorgeous design is a huge differentiator from the alternatives.

jinushaun• 15 years ago

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.

blantonl2• 15 years ago

It's funny, I almost down-voted you thinking this was a sarcastic post since my first impression of Pagoda's homepage was "wtf?" - but, their site caught my attention and encouraged me to progress through the process to find out more.

I'm not sure whether the designers of Pogoda's site are flat out geniuses or skating on thin ice.

epenn• 15 years ago

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?

digitalnalogika• 15 years ago

Request invite if you're interested, I got it pretty quickly. Great design indeed.

sparkygoblue2• 15 years ago

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.

tonius362• 15 years ago

What's wrong with a github account? Give them some love. Their private option is cheap. Over all once you start using github it's hard to go any other route anyway.

andypants2• 15 years ago

Other people may use their own git server or a different git host.

Anyways, since git is decentralized, why go through github? What about pulling/pushing between the user (or any arbitrary git client) and pagoda box directly?

Edit: I watched the screencast, your deployment process is a bit different than I expected so I guess using github is probably a good idea.

sparkygoblue2• 15 years ago

Nothing wrong with github, I spend WAY too much time there :-), but I prefer deploying my personal project from my home web server. It's just adding another layer where something could go wrong to my deployment process.

mtogo• 15 years ago

So now i need to add $$ to my monthly expenses even though i'm already paying for a VPS that i host my git projects on?

I also disagree that it's hard to go any other route. Gitweb works great (the interface is better than github's imho) and it's free for unlimited public and private projects provided you already have a place to host it (i'd best 99% of HN users do).

zavulon• 15 years ago

Assembla has been working great for us, and it's free. Currently we have 20+ repositories hosted there, both git and svn, all free. Not saying it's better than Github, but so far, we haven't felt a need to use github, since there's a good free solution that fits our needs.

So as much as I like everything else about Pagoda, if they're forcing us to go github route with no alternatives, I won't be checking it out.

eropple2• 15 years ago

What's wrong with a github account?

It doesn't support Mercurial. I use BitBucket, on which private repositories are free (and I don't have to use git, which is a plus).

Supporting only github means I can't use it. Unfortunate, because their stuff looks cool.

cubicle67• 15 years ago

I use Unfuddle. For $9/month we get 4 active/4 inactive projects, 10 people, unlimited wikis, unlimited repositories, message, milestones and a ticketing system. Suits what we do to a T

mgkimsal• 15 years ago

From the video:

"Select which framework your using"

"your" should be "you're"

apl• 15 years ago

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.

apinstein• 15 years ago

Yay! More PHP PaaS services with a real cloud architecture. Very nice.

Please add PostgreSQL and I'll start using it!

dashr• 15 years ago

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.

twasp• 15 years ago

Same group that runs this Magento (PHP) extension shop: http://www.tinybrick.com/

Also recalled a tweet awhile back, here it is: http://twitter.com/#!/PagodaBox/status/60133469107388416

leftnode• 15 years ago

Wow, this is seriously awesome. Gorgeous design and the admin panel is incredibly easy to use.

simonhamp• 15 years ago

I have 10 invites...

blantonl2• 15 years ago

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.

Also, does anyone know about their funding and the team?

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.

lfittl• 15 years ago

Judging from WHOIS they seem use Softlayer.

whatusername• 15 years ago

This is gorgeous: http://www.pagodabox.com/architecture

Almost making me want to write PHP

Pagoda goes in private beta - Heroku for PHP

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