If I deploy with Forge, what else will I need?

Neebie question: From what I can establish, Forge just makes the deployment of an app easy. I will still need to pay for hosting, correct? A lot of people seem to be liking Digital Ocean.

I am trying to get some cost estimates of a project. What else will I need? I'm considering:

mailgun for email
pusher for notifications

bobbybouwmann

10 years ago

Level 88

Yeah, Forge is only meant for deploying. You still need a server which Forge uses for you.

Mailgun, the first 10.000 emails a month are free! If you start small in the beginning you don't have to pay at all ;)

If you really need something like pusher then of course you need to pay for it. There is no free plan for pusher as far as I know

andyg1

10 years ago

Level 6

Thanks.

Having watched a few videos on Forge I am also a little confused about the queues. Like with the hosting (Digital Ocean), will I still need my own account for queues i.e. beanstalkd / iron.io?

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