It’s been a while since I used Bubble, but I’m happy to be back and working on a super exciting project!
I’ve settled on Bubble for my project, but I’m not sure about the best way to store the data I’ll have on my website. According to some calculations, I’m planning to add about 20,000 images (which will take 1.2k hours haha), which might be around 50-75GB. It’s not a lot and is pretty cheap to store on Bubble.
But I do have a few questions and concerns:
If I go with the native storage, what are the possible ways to lose access to it? For example, I had an app where I stored a few things, and a client didn’t pay for about 2 months. The storage is still active, which is great because Bubble doesn’t delete your storage right away, or does it?!
Is storing them directly on Bubble storage efficient for user experience? I know as a developer, it’ll make life much easier, but I’m not sure if having such a massive amount will cause poor performance and loading times. If so, what’s a good alternative specifically for images?
I know about pagination, showing some images, or maybe reducing their size, etc. So to make my question clearer:
I expect 20-50 images to be shown at once on average, with no way around it as it is intended by design. Sometimes, I might show up to 120 max images at once.
Looking forward to all your thoughts and tips! Have a nice day!
Wow! Please don’t tell me you added the 600K images yourself, that would be painful!
I heard about Wasabi, have you noticed any performance improvements? May I ask why you switched to Wasabi and didn’t use Bubble storage for the 600k website? Was it mainly due to cost?
NFT generator, so no def not added by me that would’ve hurt. They’ve been added by users over time.
The biggest reason was definitely cost. You won’t see much in terms of performance just switching from bubble media host. Before bubble change to WU their prior plan had outrageous costs for media storage and my apps are still on those grand fathered plans.
For my use case, I don’t think I would need more than 100gb so Bubble would work fine for now. I also just learned that Bubble allows you to export your storage so that’s a plus.
But I will give Wasabi a try to see how the UI looks like as to be honest scrolling through Bubble file manager would be a pain in the neck!
One more question, would Bubble or Wasabi delete your storage if there is a late payment or anything else? Last thing I want is to be a day late and suddenly my storage is gone!
They don’t immediately delete your storage. I’m unsure how long they retain it.
Honestly unless you plan to aggressively scale the image count in the future I’d just leave it all bubble based. It’s easier to work with. However, at scale you definitely will have options.
Another thing to keep in mind is you can always setup flows to compress stuff as it comes in and is saved so you aren’t uploading massive images that cause load delays.
that would’ve hurt. They’ve been added by users over time.