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Zeit.world: free global DNS

34 points by TheCoreh 10y ago

infodroid 10y ago
But what's the catch?
- Rauchg 10y ago
  Co-founder of ▲ZEIT here. There's no catch. If you deploy with https://zeit.co/now https://zeit.co/now, DNS is free. Here's a little .gif showing the entire process if you're curious: https://twitter.com/rauchg/status/746093788272037888 https://twitter.com/rauchg/status/746093788272037888.
  - base 10y ago
    How are you going to make money?
    - Rauchg 10y ago
      We charge individuals and teams according to their growing capacity needs (number of deployments, bandwidth, storage, etc). Check out https://zeit.co/now#pricing https://zeit.co/now#pricing.
      - placeybordeaux 10y ago
        I'd guess thats what they were asking about when they said "what's the catch?"
      - infodroid 10y ago
        Thanks, I like that you are supporting open source with a free dedicated plan.
      - akerl_ 10y ago
        Pretty confused. You said there was no catch, but it looks to have pretty low caps on bandwidth and number of monthly deployments, among other things. It still looks like a really interesting product, but it seems disingenuous to say there's no catch when clearly it's not totally free.
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  - kerkeslager 10y ago
    How are you planning to fund this long-term?
    - Rauchg 10y ago
      Please see my reply above.
  - KiniK 10y ago
    now alias [my id] [my domain].com ⏎ > [my domain].com is a custom domain. > Verifying the DNS settings for [my domain].com (see https://zeit.world https://zeit.world for help) > Detected zeit.world nameservers! Configuring records. > Error! Custom domains are only enabled for premium accounts. Please upgrade at https://zeit.co/account https://zeit.co/account.
DamnableNook 10y ago
The post title and linked page don't make it obvious that this isn't a standalone service; it's a feature of their "now" hosting service. So you can't use it for your app unless you host it with "now". "now" has a free, highly limited tier for open source projects, but their standard tier is $15/month.
- Rauchg 10y ago
  We've been getting lots of great feedback and usage on our OSS tier. Improvements are coming. Many of the limits are in place to prevent abuse.
  - newjersey 10y ago
    I think the worst part is limiting the number of deployments you can do per month. > 20 FREE deploys per month This isn't good. I think the latest meta is that We want people to deploy early and deploy often. If something escapes code review (which lets face it: we make mistakes and is probably just two or more "Looks Good To Me") we want to catch it and deploy a fix as quickly as possible. Do deploys really cost that much in terms of compute resources for you? Or is it just an arbitrary differentiator?
ymse 10y ago
The title is misleading. It's not a DNS service, but a node.js hosting platform similar to Heroku. Custom domain is not included in the free tier: https://zeit.co/now#pricing https://zeit.co/now#pricing If you're on a paid plan, you'll get Geo-DNS for "free".

34 points by TheCoreh 10y ago

infodroid 10y ago

But what's the catch?

Rauchg 10y ago
Co-founder of ▲ZEIT here. There's no catch. If you deploy with https://zeit.co/now https://zeit.co/now, DNS is free. Here's a little .gif showing the entire process if you're curious: https://twitter.com/rauchg/status/746093788272037888 https://twitter.com/rauchg/status/746093788272037888.
- base 10y ago
  How are you going to make money?
  - Rauchg 10y ago
    We charge individuals and teams according to their growing capacity needs (number of deployments, bandwidth, storage, etc). Check out https://zeit.co/now#pricing https://zeit.co/now#pricing.
    - placeybordeaux 10y ago
      I'd guess thats what they were asking about when they said "what's the catch?"
    - infodroid 10y ago
      Thanks, I like that you are supporting open source with a free dedicated plan.
    - akerl_ 10y ago
      Pretty confused. You said there was no catch, but it looks to have pretty low caps on bandwidth and number of monthly deployments, among other things. It still looks like a really interesting product, but it seems disingenuous to say there's no catch when clearly it's not totally free.
      - deleted 10y ago
        [deleted]
- kerkeslager 10y ago
  How are you planning to fund this long-term?
  - Rauchg 10y ago
    Please see my reply above.
- KiniK 10y ago
  now alias [my id] [my domain].com ⏎ > [my domain].com is a custom domain. > Verifying the DNS settings for [my domain].com (see https://zeit.world https://zeit.world for help) > Detected zeit.world nameservers! Configuring records. > Error! Custom domains are only enabled for premium accounts. Please upgrade at https://zeit.co/account https://zeit.co/account.

DamnableNook 10y ago

The post title and linked page don't make it obvious that this isn't a standalone service; it's a feature of their "now" hosting service. So you can't use it for your app unless you host it with "now". "now" has a free, highly limited tier for open source projects, but their standard tier is $15/month.

Rauchg 10y ago
We've been getting lots of great feedback and usage on our OSS tier. Improvements are coming. Many of the limits are in place to prevent abuse.
- newjersey 10y ago
  I think the worst part is limiting the number of deployments you can do per month. > 20 FREE deploys per month This isn't good. I think the latest meta is that We want people to deploy early and deploy often. If something escapes code review (which lets face it: we make mistakes and is probably just two or more "Looks Good To Me") we want to catch it and deploy a fix as quickly as possible. Do deploys really cost that much in terms of compute resources for you? Or is it just an arbitrary differentiator?

ymse 10y ago

The title is misleading. It's not a DNS service, but a node.js hosting platform similar to Heroku. Custom domain is not included in the free tier: https://zeit.co/now#pricing https://zeit.co/now#pricing If you're on a paid plan, you'll get Geo-DNS for "free".