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GCP free $300 credit only work for 90 days, so not 3 years - but 2.25 years. Azure free $200 credit only work for 30 days, so not 2.25 years - but 1.33 years (
by outloudvi 5y ago
GCP free $300 credit only work for 90 days, so not 3 years - but 2.25 years.
Azure free $200 credit only work for 30 days, so not 2.25 years - but 1.33 years (if you need credit instead of free 12-month services).
- ultimoo 5y agoStartups that go through an incubator or that are seed/VC funded typically qualify more free credits. The CSPs offer this in the hope that as the company grows so does their cloud spend. Couple that with the fact that it becomes harder to switch and they more than make up for the initial free credit that was fronted. Alicorn seems to sidestep the incentive model for CSPs entirely, I wonder if they'll add a clause to their free credit programs.
- igorzij 5y agoThat's exactly what we are aiming at :) We're essentially creating liquidity and making cloud resource a commodity.
- igorzij 5y agoWell... These are amounts for individuals. AWS Activate offers $100k to startups and that's just the advertised amount, $200-300k offers are not uncommon. Google and Microsoft do the exact same thing. They compete to lock you in. The math really starts working when your cloud bill is $5-10k a month or more. Then you can either foot the bill or hire an extra engineer. There are thousands of startups who'd much prefer to hire another engineer instead.