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Packet’s pricing doesn’t seem worth it to me compared to GCP - looking at their list prices they seem to be priced just 20% less for compute (actually same if y
by dilyevsky 7y ago
Packet’s pricing doesn’t seem worth it to me compared to GCP - looking at their list prices they seem to be priced just 20% less for compute (actually same if you get e2s) so unless I’m missing something seems like very niche offering...
- DetectiveX 7y agoThey also offer discount pricing for long term contracts and etc. But depends on your use case among other things on whether a long term commitment makes sense.
- dilyevsky 7y agoWell so do every other cloud vendor ;) - committed use discount on gcp is 30%
- DetectiveX 7y agoDepends of course peoples needs for cloud. Some people need the power of bare metal and that's why most cloud providers are moving to making that an option.
- dilyevsky 7y agoProbably mostly for marketing purposes (just to say they have it). Kvm/nitro penalty is within single percentage points these days so 99% of folks out there won’t even know the difference.
- DetectiveX 7y agoBut generally that 1 percent probably spends a heck of alot of money and pay the people to recognize the difference I'm sure.
- erichocean 7y agoGCP will literally shut off your servers, with email support only, and f*ck you. Happened to me right after I'd done a multi-million job for Nike the weekend before. No recourse, nothing. Just "we think this is fraud so we're shutting you down, here's a noreply email to contact us". I wouldn't consider using GCP for anything I cared about. AWFUL customer service.
- dilyevsky 7y agoDon’t put production account on cc Edit: also gcp is just one example. DO has virtually same price tag