Functions
Phase 1 — build your Swift functions locally, then upload them for global deployment. Phase 2 — use an automated build pipeline to pull from a source repository of your choice.
Swift on Server Cloud
Roving is a cloud service built for Swift developers who use Apple Platforms. As a Swift developer, I needed a fast and easy way to get my server side business logic integrated with apps and 3rd party services.
Whether you are a seasoned full-stack developer or a Swift developer coming from the iOS bubble, Roving will help you rapidly deploy and manage global cloud services right from your Apple device.
Launching Early 2025
Planned Services
Functions are a powerful cloud service
that runs your code in response to events.
Fast & Easy
Functions automatically manage compute resources and respond to events from Apple devices and other servers with low latency. Roving is the fastest way to turn an idea into a modern, serverless application.Serverless
Run Swift code without provisioning or managing infrastructure. Simply upload the code and let Roving manage the rest.Automatic Scaling
Functions respond to code execution requests — from a dozen events per day to hundreds of thousands per second.Swift Concurrency
Functions are the perfect place for take advantage of asynchronous operations — multiple database queries, object storage operations, integrating with 3rd party servers. Simply async let and await for the results in milliseconds.Route end users to your Roving services reliably.
With a globally-dispersed Domain Name System (DNS) servers and automatic scaling, you can set up your DNS routing in minutes simplifying the process of managing and directing web traffic efficiently.
Latency Based Routing & Health Checks
Each service automatically combines health check data with latency based routing to send client requests to the nearest healthy region. This gives your customer the fastest response and best experience using your digital services.A fully managed NOSQL database with incredible performance and ease of use.
Fast & Easy
Define your schema in app and begin storing and retrieving data using industry standard REST requests formatted in JSON.Serverless & Global
The serverless key-value database has no cold starts, no version upgrades, no maintenance windows, no patching, and no downtime maintenance. It also has an average 1 second max replication lag between regions.Performance
Expect low double-digit millisecond performance at any scale.Swift Concurrency
From apps to functions — take advantage of Swift concurrency to make multiple database queries and watch your response times plummet.Service Rollout
Services will be implemented one at a time and rolled out on the App Store. Each service can expect continuous improvements over time.
Launching Early 2025
Custom Domains
You will get to access functions and other future Roving services using your own domain name.
Key-Value Databases
Start by defining your schema, then access the Key-Value (KV) database with multi-region replication using standard REST verbs and JSON output.
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There are other possible services that could be implemented. These include Object Storage, Content Delivery Network, Email Delivery, Queues & Notifications. Let us know what services you need.
How Pricing Works
Memberships
Memberships are required to use Roving and come in 3 tiers.
Free. This membership tier does not require a monthly subscription fee but grants enough access to get started using the available services.
Entrepreneur & Business. These two tiers charge a monthly subscription fee. In return, subscribed members get a number of benefits not limited to:
- up to 53% savings on token costs
- expanded logging, metrics & analytics
- up to 2% back in tokens purchased annually
- potential token price reductions as we grow
Metering with Tokens
Each pricing plan includes enough tokens to get you started. Once your included tokens are consumed, you will be asked to pay an amount of your choosing right from your Apple device. This amount is converted to tokens.
$1 USD = 100 billion tokens.
Tokens represent the smallest billable unit and are incrementally consumed as services are used. The amounts consumed are tiny, far below 1 cent USD and that is why we convert to tokens.
Pre-Order Now
Pre-order a one year membership to confirm your support for Roving. Memberships are $99.99 and $199.99 per year. Prepaid memberships will also be granted additional discounts at launch. All pre-orders come with a money back guarantee (less payment provider fees) up to 60 days after launch.
To put your mind at ease — Paypal has a clear process for issuing refunds as well as a dispute resolution service.
Proposed Pricing
Monthly billing
Annual billing
Save up to 20%
Hobby
Start testing an idea
$0/usr/mo
- 1 stack
- no custom domains
- no annual reward
- 25 billion tokens
- 24 hours of metrics & analytics
- no token discounts
Entrepreneur
Run your business services
$9.99/usr/mo
- 3 stacks
- 1 custom domains
- 0.5% annual reward
- 100 billion tokens
- 1 month of metrics & analytics
- additional token discounts
Business
Serve your teams & clients
$19.99/usr/mo
- 5 stacks
- 3 custom domains
- 2% annual reward
- 300 billion tokens
- 3 months of metrics & analytics
- additional token discounts
Hobby
Start testing an idea
$0/usr/mo
- 1 stack
- no custom domains
- no annual reward
- 25 billion tokens
- 24 hours of metrics & analytics
- no token discounts
Entrepreneur
Run your business services
$8.34/usr/mo
- 3 stacks
- 1 custom domains
- 0.5% annual reward
- 100 billion tokens
- 1 month of metrics & analytics
- additional token discounts
Business
Serve your teams & clients
$16.69/usr/mo
- 5 stacks
- 3 custom domains
- 2% annual reward
- 300 billion tokens
- 3 months of metrics & analytics
- additional token discounts
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Hobby
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Entrepreneur
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Business
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$0
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$9.99
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$19.99
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Stacks
Stacks are a way of organising your cloud infrastructure. Infrastructure like functions and databases are grouped into stacks.
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1 | 3 | 5 |
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Custom Domains
By default services are assigned a Roving owned domain for you to consume. You can add your own custom domain that can be used to access each service.
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0 | 1 | 3 |
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Annual Rewards
Beyond the amounts included with membership, you can buy tokens to pay for additional services. With a membership subscriptions, a percentage of your
additional spend (less refunds) is credited to your account annually.
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0% | 0.5% | 2% |
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Included Tokens
Each plan comes with tokens included every month to get started.
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25 billion | 100 billion | 300 billion |
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Logging, Metrics & Analytics
Logging, metrics and analytics service data are available for a limited amount of time for each plan. Tokens can be used extend this time frame.
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24 hours | 1 month | 3 months |
| Infrastructure Components | $1 USD = 100 billion tokens |
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| Token consumption listed below represents the minimum per unit consumption. Tokens consumed vary by region and some services use multiple infrastructure components. Token rates and all other values presented are subject to change. | |||
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Custom Domains (tokens/domain-month)
Use your own domain to access our services. Domains are billed by the month.
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179 billion | 119 billion | 84 billion |
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Custom Domains (tokens/dns request)
DNS requests using custom domains are billed per request with location based routing and health checks all automatically handled.
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214,286 | 142,857 | 100,840 |
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Gateway Invocation (tokens/request)
Incoming requests are first served by an API gateway, which then routes the request to the appropriate function.
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357,143 | 238,095 | 168,067 |
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Function Invocations (tokens/request)
The number of times a function is called.
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71,429 | 47,619 | 33,613 |
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Function Duration (tokens/GB-ms)
The total execution time of your function combined with the amount of memory/CPU it is configured to use.
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4,762 | 3,175 | 2,241 |
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Database Reads (tokens/RRU)
Read requests to the database are measured in up to 4KB increments. Any reads up to and including 4KB consumes 0.5 RRU (read request unit).
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44,643 | 29,762 | 21,008 |
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Database Writes (tokens/WRU)
Write requests to the database are measured in up to 1KB increments. Any reads up to and including 1KB consumes 1 WRU (write request unit).
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223,214 | 148,810 | 105,042 |
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Database Replicated Writes (tokens/RWRU)
Replicated write requests to the database are measured in up to 1KB increments. For databases in multiple regions, the local write consumes WRUs and the write to all other regions consume RWRU in each region.
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223,214 | 148,810 | 105,042 |
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Database Storage (tokens/byte-month)
On disk storage of your key-value database in each replicated region.
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83 | 55 | 39 |
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Database Backup (tokens/byte-month)
Point in time backup of your key-value database in each replicated region.
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67 | 44 | 31 |
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Database Restoration (tokens/byte)
Restoration of a backup of your key-value database into a new database in a single region.
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50 | 33 | 23 |
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Outgoing Data Transfer (tokens/byte)
Data transfer measures all data leaving services for the Internet or another region.
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30 | 20 | 14 |
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Stacks (tokens/month)
Stacks are groupings of infrastructure components that also share access and authentication.
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50 billion | 30 billion | 10 billion |
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Health Checks (tokens/month)
Health Checks monitor the health of your services and automatically handle rerouting traffic if a service is having problems.
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358 billion | 239 billion | 169 billion |
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Hobby
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Entrepreneur
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Business
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App Launch Notifications
Sign up to get notified when we are going to launch. You can also write us a note about the features that would add the most value to your business.
Be sure to pre-order a membership below. Pre-ordering will confirm the business case for Roving and let us know which features are really needed.
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Pre-Order Now
Pre-order for a one year membership to confirm your support for Roving. Memberships are $99.99 and $199.99 per year. Prepaid memberships will also be granted additional discounts at launch. All pre-orders come with a money back guarantee (less payment provider fees) up to 60 days after launch.
To put your mind at ease — Paypal has a clear process for issuing refunds as well as a dispute resolution service.