[levlaz]

There is nothing stopping you from just using RDS and then running your app frontend/backend on a VPS. This may be a good option if you dont feel like managing your own DB and keeping costs down in a "pay as you grow" fashion.

[pixiez]

you mean the RDS and VPS from AWS? yes, this is one of the options, I was just curious about how those DO/Linode users host their database