Docker for Rails Developers

How to Decide What’s Right for Me?

When it comes to choosing your production environment, there’s no right answer; one size does not fit all. Rather than give you specific advice or recommendations, instead it’s important to highlight some key criteria that you’ll need to think about when deciding.

Here are the trade-offs to think about:

Upfront cost vs. long-term cost. The unit cost for services generally increases with the amount they manage for you; IaaS is typically cheaper than CaaS, which is cheaper than Serverless. However, the less managed, the more upfront engineering effort is required. It’s often larger, more established companies that go down the IaaS route; they have the deep pockets required, and more certainty that they’ll be ...