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All this Digital Ocean talk... I spun up some droplets to play with a few months ago and liked what I saw and then "deactivated" them or turned them off. What
by TheSpiciestDev 7y ago
All this Digital Ocean talk... I spun up some droplets to play with a few months ago and liked what I saw and then "deactivated" them or turned them off.
What I did not expect to see a few days ago was the bill for the stopped droplets. Not just a little for the dormant disks I have had but seemingly full-prices for the entire droplets, as if they were all still "active". Nonetheless I deleted all my droplets, discarding whatever I had setup a few months ago, out of pure frustration. I never plan to return.
AWS may take me a little more time to setup and their interface may not be as pretty, but they will at least bill me fairly.
- freehunter 7y agoI just tried to turn off one of my droplets and had to click "okay" on a message that said "You will still be billed for Droplets that are turned off because your disk space, CPU, RAM, and IP address will still be reserved." If you clicked okay without actually reading the message, that is entirely your own fault.
- TheSpiciestDev 7y agoWhile I don't remember any such message, after a few months it's certainly felt wrong and I've felt the sting. It'll be something I take into consideration whenever I shop around again.