Should you use a Single Database or Multiple Databases for your SaaS project?

Originally published at: https://caribbean.dev/should-you-use-a-single-or-multiple-databases-for-your-saas-project/

Have you ever wondered how large SaaS applications are built? Do they use a single database for all clients or multiple databases? Let’s say you have a SaaS-based application that has data stored in a database and multiple customers, also known as tenants or clients, using the same application. Each tenant has their own set…

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Great share! An additional advantage of multiple databases is that it makes it easier to perform a refresh of client databases.

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Definitely, I tend to do this using laravel…

php artisan migrate:refresh --tenant=1

There’s also this great talk by Tom Schlick on multitenancy strategies. Give it a what when u get the time.