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No, I get it. As you said, the pricing probably says that this is not for startups on a tight budget. If I am looking to test an idea with little downsize ris
by ryanhuff 15y ago
No, I get it. As you said, the pricing probably says that this is not for startups on a tight budget. If I am looking to test an idea with little downsize risk, I probably choose something else over DotCloud simply because of the price. Later, when I want the supposed scalability, then DotCloud is the choice. Is the free "trial" account a time-limited account (as with Squarespace), or something more similar to Heroku?
See, Heroku is the elephant in the room. Initially, I saw DotCloud as the Heroku for Django (and other platforms), but the pricing, and how you describe it, says otherwise. There unfortunately appears to be some market confusion, as they seem to be targeting a different market segment than many people thought. The challenge is for DotCloud to educate the market that they aren't necessarily a Heroku-type service, but something else that justifies a $99/month price.
- tptacek 15y ago$99/mo sounds inexpensive for hosting. It's tricky to apples-apples this with Heroku because Heroku has fine-grained pricing, but it looks cheaper than e.g. EngineYard. But sure, maybe $99 is too high for real hosting. My only argument is that there shouldn't be a super-cheap option for running the "Free" account with a custom domain.
- ryanhuff 15y ago@tptacek, maybe the free account should instead be a limited-time trial. I don't see the point in offering a free account if its not to up-sell them incrementally. IMO, those attracted to permanent free accounts are unlikely to move up to $99.
- tptacek 15y agoPresumably the sole purpose of the Free tier is for people to be able to take their own sweet time figuring out how the platform works and how to bring up their apps on it.