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Let’s be real here: nobody pays sticker prices for GCP. The only reason big customers use it is the deep discount Google gave. Now this price hikes signals us
by 908B64B197 5y ago
Let’s be real here: nobody pays sticker prices for GCP. The only reason big customers use it is the deep discount Google gave.
Now this price hikes signals us two things: Alphabet is tired of losing money on GCP or they are looking to drive customers away so they can shut it down (it’s not like a free chat app they can just stop supporting, sunsetting GCP will have to take a little longer).
- thesandlord 5y agoGCP has had a ton of price hikes and price reductions. This change tells us one of two things: 1) they want to use price as a way to influence customer behavior 2) A PM wants to get promoted and this is a way to hit whatever arbitrary metrics they need. Or a combo. There is a zero chance alphabet as a parent company cares about the specific pricing of super specific SKU. And there is a zero percent chance they will shut down the fastest growing non-ads business they have... GCP is extremely profitable, they are just reinvesting in more growth. (I'm a Ex GCP employee) Edit: I want to make it clear I'm not supporting this decision. Arbitrary (or what seem like arbitrary from a customer viewpoint) price hikes is one of the reasons I left.
- DangitBobby 5y agoWe pay sticker price for GCP by choice over other cloud providers quite happily.
- mekster 5y agoWhat makes you happier compared to other vendors?
- DangitBobby 5y agoI feel like the interface is more intuitive, has sane defaults and has really good setup wizards when you are provisioning things. Also, my understanding is that GCP is pretty much cheaper across the board compared to AWS, but I could be wrong about that. To be fair, the only real major headache we've had with AWS in recent history was EKS stuff, and GKE really shines on GCP.