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That's cool, but you could also build an MVP using PHP and MySQL on cheap shared hosting or a cheap $5/month Digital Ocean instance. Unless you are on the Micro
by programminggeek 12y ago
That's cool, but you could also build an MVP using PHP and MySQL on cheap shared hosting or a cheap $5/month Digital Ocean instance. Unless you are on the Microsoft stack, you probably aren't saving a ton of money that you couldn't save by making different decisions.
Probably the more valuable opportunity in BizSpark would be to get any extra marketing out of the relationship with Microsoft. Being a "success story" can get you press, links, etc. which is very much more valuable than saving money on hosting.
- ktavera 12y agoYou'd still be saving money, you can run PHP and MySQL on Azure and get enough server power to host your production app for free instead of paying a shared hosting company $5 for something only sufficient for development.
- geopsist 12y agoyes I agree
- geopsist 12y agoI agree... There may be many solutions available! In our case we found the best value for money case.