I am looking for storage and database infrastructure that can help me save and retrieve information from my Swift codebase app. But I have no experience with server-side code. Requirements have no need for full blown backend solution and REST API. My application is proof of concept where I would use Cocoa frameworks in Xcode. After a some research I am missing information regarding to cost management of few popular services. I am new to iOS development and would like to learn a simple server-side component, but at the same time I do not want to pay fees for production usage.
I am looking for service to achieve this goal, with the following features:
can save location coordinates form app
can save images taken from app
can retrieve location and images from storage
I like Parse Bitnami, IBM Bluemix, Azure App but it fails in a critical way because I have to pay for it without being profitable to start with.
Regarding IBM Bluemix I see it is again 90 days trial free. Does anyone have experience with price after trial? As well know Azure App is also an option but I am hoping for real-time DB or cloud DB solutions. Amazon is charging services of 4-5$ per month on a free tier and I would like to leave them.1 year free AWS tier
Have you considered CloudKit? It is a part of the iOS development toolbox and is free for up to 10 million active users. It is somewhat limited but should be enough for what you are trying to make. Also, it's made and hosted by apple and they have a good library (CloudKit) that is already available inside Xcode.
https://developer.apple.com/icloud/cloudkit/