It's definitely not competitive with free yet but we'll get there :P Google Apps is $60/yr ($70/yr including a domain) but is pretty much just Google Docs and

It's definitely not competitive with free yet but we'll get there :P Google Apps is $60/yr ($70/yr including a domain) but is pretty much just Google Docs and Gmail. Right now with Portal, for $96 a year you have your own secure and private place in the cloud to run stuff. A domain name, IP address, SSL certificate, SSD storage, and 4-8 VMs running apps from any developer (not just the few apps Google offers). Medium is free but doesn't let you use your own domain name. Most blog services that do have custom domains with SSL charge more than $100 a year for this alone (and they don't run your blog in a private VM). On Portal, a blog is just another app and may require ~20% of your $8 / mo server plan.