[vinhboy]

I don't really understand the technical limitations too much, but the hardest selling point for me is that an ES Bonsai instance cost more than a Heroku dyno.

I couldn't get over the fact that I have to pay more for one feature in my app, than the entire cost of running the app...

I totally understand that the economics does not work out for you guys and that sucks. Hopefully things will change in the future.

[nzadrozny]

Hmm. Considering Heroku dynos start at $0/mo for development, that may be an apples and oranges comparison here ;)

In the context of reasonable hobby/development costs, I our $10/mo plan fits well for that and is pretty popular. Pricing wise it compares well to a $7 dyno or $9 Postgres instance. And addons are prorated to the second, just like dynos.

[mrkurt]

It's not uncommon for databases to cost more than the rest of the app stack put together. If you're using Elasticsearch for a secondary feature, I can understand why it seems weird, but I think most companies spend more operating DBs than they do on the code in front of them.