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Cloudflare question: when would they start to get mad at you using potentially PBs of bandwidth per month on a free plan?

by kondro 9y ago

jgrahamc 9y ago
It depends what you're doing. If you use us as some kind of file host then that's a ToS violation.
- kondro 9y ago
  Those TOS are both very restrictive and vague at the same time though. On one hand specifying that literally only HTML can be hosed through the platform whilst simulataneously suggesting that caching other content is fine, as long as it’s not “disproportionate” (but disproportionate to what?). “SECTION 10: LIMITATION ON NON-HTML CACHING You acknowledge that Cloudflare’s Service is offered as a platform to cache and serve web pages and websites and is not offered for other purposes, such as remote storage. Accordingly, you understand and agree to use the Service solely for the purpose of hosting and serving web pages as viewed through a web browser or other application and the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) protocol or other equivalent technology. Cloudflare’s Service is also a shared web caching service, which means a number of customers’ websites are cached from the same server. To ensure that Cloudflare’s Service is reliable and available for the greatest number of users, a customer’s usage cannot adversely affect the performance of other customers’ sites. Additionally, the purpose of Cloudflare’s Service is to proxy web content, not store data. Using an account primarily as an online storage space, including the storage or caching of a disproportionate percentage of pictures, movies, audio files, or other non-HTML content, is prohibited. You further agree that if, at Cloudflare’s sole discretion, you are deemed to have violated this section, or if Cloudflare, in its sole discretion, deems it necessary due to excessive burden or potential adverse impact on Cloudflare’s systems, potential adverse impact on other users, server processing power, server memory, abuse controls, or other reasons, Cloudflare may suspend or terminate your account without notice to or liability to you
pornel 9y ago
No. If it's just lots of files & lots of regular users, and you're not running anything illegal/abusive, then it's fine.

Cloudflare question: when would they start to get mad at you using potentially PBs of bandwidth per month on a free plan?

by kondro 9y ago

Cloudflare question: when would they start to get mad at you using potentially PBs of bandwidth per month on a free plan?

jgrahamc 9y ago

It depends what you're doing. If you use us as some kind of file host then that's a ToS violation.

kondro 9y ago
Those TOS are both very restrictive and vague at the same time though. On one hand specifying that literally only HTML can be hosed through the platform whilst simulataneously suggesting that caching other content is fine, as long as it’s not “disproportionate” (but disproportionate to what?). “SECTION 10: LIMITATION ON NON-HTML CACHING You acknowledge that Cloudflare’s Service is offered as a platform to cache and serve web pages and websites and is not offered for other purposes, such as remote storage. Accordingly, you understand and agree to use the Service solely for the purpose of hosting and serving web pages as viewed through a web browser or other application and the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) protocol or other equivalent technology. Cloudflare’s Service is also a shared web caching service, which means a number of customers’ websites are cached from the same server. To ensure that Cloudflare’s Service is reliable and available for the greatest number of users, a customer’s usage cannot adversely affect the performance of other customers’ sites. Additionally, the purpose of Cloudflare’s Service is to proxy web content, not store data. Using an account primarily as an online storage space, including the storage or caching of a disproportionate percentage of pictures, movies, audio files, or other non-HTML content, is prohibited. You further agree that if, at Cloudflare’s sole discretion, you are deemed to have violated this section, or if Cloudflare, in its sole discretion, deems it necessary due to excessive burden or potential adverse impact on Cloudflare’s systems, potential adverse impact on other users, server processing power, server memory, abuse controls, or other reasons, Cloudflare may suspend or terminate your account without notice to or liability to you

pornel 9y ago

No. If it's just lots of files & lots of regular users, and you're not running anything illegal/abusive, then it's fine.