1. [Home](https://www.g2.com/) 2. ... 3. [Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-platform-as-a-service-paas) 4. [Engine Yard Discussions](https://www.g2.com/products/engine-yard/discuss) [ ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_12f84f173e488e1796574f8630b337e3/engine-yard.png "Product Avatar Image") ](/products/engine-yard/reviews) [ Engine Yard ](/products/engine-yard/reviews) (10)3.9/5 Engine Yard is a full-stack Ruby on Rails Support solution enabling organizations to focus on creating and developing applications, instead of managing their infrastructure. The optimized Service supports Ruby on Rails, PHP and Node.js environments, and also any other languages you want to install, to get apps up and running on AWS quickly. The world-class team of Rails support engineers will monitor and manage your apps in the cloud so you can get back to what you do best - developing exciting apps. 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[ Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software ](https://www.g2.com/tags/cloud-platform-as-a-service-paas-software) * * * \<0\>0\>Upvotes * * * 0 Comments [![linkedin](/assets/social-logos/linkedin-afe65e46604a5bd5105ab9c856116204040b6b3f2b2d42562fc8071ca0c48ca0.svg "linkedin")](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&summary=Ask+Engine+Yard+questions+and+get+answers+from+expert+users+in+our+Engine+Yard+Discussions+section.&title=Engine+Yard+Discussions+%7C+G2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.g2.com%2Fproducts%2Fengine-yard%2Fdiscuss) [![twitter](/assets/social-logos/twitter-61aaec80434c71387b8f7326e480592eae71c0a65afd051d66fce9b75a9bf417.svg "twitter")](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Engine+Yard+Discussions+%7C+G2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.g2.com%2Fproducts%2Fengine-yard%2Fdiscuss&via=G2dotcom) [![facebook](/assets/social-logos/facebook-350d0b410d6b10debcf893050e803a8633d53561aa42807b087b8daf9be3668f.svg "facebook")](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.g2.com%2Fproducts%2Fengine-yard%2Fdiscuss) [![gmail](/assets/social-logos/gmail-6db42f21e7c254fae201b112bef0dd15d25223a5cbb32691ce80eab43761eadf.svg "gmail")](https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=&su=Engine+Yard+Discussions+%7C+G2&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.g2.com%2Fproducts%2Fengine-yard%2Fdiscuss%0aAsk+Engine+Yard+questions+and+get+answers+from+expert+users+in+our+Engine+Yard+Discussions+section.) 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[![mail](/assets/social-logos/mail-d55c53b04bf49872e40cd2443b85a99caa23394e6cf154ae32a9d08377c15d86.svg "mail")](mailto:?subject=Engine+Yard+Discussions+%7C+G2&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.g2.com%2Fproducts%2Fengine-yard%2Fdiscuss%0aAsk+Engine+Yard+questions+and+get+answers+from+expert+users+in+our+Engine+Yard+Discussions+section.) ![copy_link](/assets/social-logos/copy_link-05d8dc5dc8576fc78425ad34d07241b060878835e555a30417ff41c18335e575.svg "copy\_link") ![Verified User](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User") G2 Verified User • over 7 years ago Posted by Engine Yard Posted by Engine Yard More Options - [ # What do additional AWS services cost? ](/discussions/additional-services) Additional Services [ Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software ](https://www.g2.com/tags/cloud-platform-as-a-service-paas-software) * * * \<0\>0\>Upvotes * * * 1 Comment [![linkedin](/assets/social-logos/linkedin-afe65e46604a5bd5105ab9c856116204040b6b3f2b2d42562fc8071ca0c48ca0.svg "linkedin")](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&summary=Ask+Engine+Yard+questions+and+get+answers+from+expert+users+in+our+Engine+Yard+Discussions+section.&title=Engine+Yard+Discussions+%7C+G2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.g2.com%2Fproducts%2Fengine-yard%2Fdiscuss) [![twitter](/assets/social-logos/twitter-61aaec80434c71387b8f7326e480592eae71c0a65afd051d66fce9b75a9bf417.svg "twitter")](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Engine+Yard+Discussions+%7C+G2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.g2.com%2Fproducts%2Fengine-yard%2Fdiscuss&via=G2dotcom) [![facebook](/assets/social-logos/facebook-350d0b410d6b10debcf893050e803a8633d53561aa42807b087b8daf9be3668f.svg "facebook")](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.g2.com%2Fproducts%2Fengine-yard%2Fdiscuss) [![gmail](/assets/social-logos/gmail-6db42f21e7c254fae201b112bef0dd15d25223a5cbb32691ce80eab43761eadf.svg "gmail")](https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=&su=Engine+Yard+Discussions+%7C+G2&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.g2.com%2Fproducts%2Fengine-yard%2Fdiscuss%0aAsk+Engine+Yard+questions+and+get+answers+from+expert+users+in+our+Engine+Yard+Discussions+section.) 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