Price to self-host a Parse app on AWS

Would you like to know how much it costs to run your Parse app directly at AWS? So, you are in the right place and we will provide the prices for hosting a Parse app at AWS. We will calculate the costs based on two different scenarios. The first scenario will cover a small application and will not provide a redundant infrastructure. So, if any of the instances fail, the app will face downtime. The second scenario will cover a more robust structure with redundant application instances and a replica set to run the databases.

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Back4App is a heavy Amazon Web Services user and we run most of our infrastructure on this cloud provider. We will show you how we delivered $500,000 in yearly Amazon Web Services savings. Software development companies, startups, and enterprises can benefit from this article because:

• It provides effective and proved ways to reduce AWS spending;
• We show how to have short-term and low hanging fruit gains;
• Most of the procedures are simple and demand only planning and hard work.

The actions described in this article are based on our own experience managing cloud infrastructure and translated in successful cost reductions. Here is a brief checklist of what you will find reading this report.

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Facebook decided to no longer host apps on its developer platform Parse and released an Open Source version of the product. The Open Source version is called Parse Server and can be download using the button below. 

Parse Server Download

The link will direct you to Github where you will be able to download Parse Server .

How to run Parse?

You have the following options to run Parse Server. 

• Run locally
• Create your own Parse Server 
• Parse Server Hosting

Please use the Parse Server wiki to select the best option for you. 

Parse Server Wiki

What’s Parse?

Parse is an open-source framework used to accelerate mobile app development. It allows you to create amazing apps without reinventing the wheel.

How to download Parse?

You can download Parse on Github. Please access it here.

How to run Parse?

– You can run locally
– Self host your app
– Use Parse hosting services like Back4app