That's a tough decision that all PaaS providers face: offer simple predictable pricing, and face the risk of unpredictable, possibly even negative margins? Or s

That's a tough decision that all PaaS providers face: offer simple predictable pricing, and face the risk of unpredictable, possibly even negative margins? Or safely convey the infrastructure's variable costs, leaving Amazon in control of the relationship with your customer? The AppHarbour guys are right to focus on pricing as early as they can: it's the hardest part. I advise the myriad of Heroku clones out there to do the same.