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I pay for Ngrok as a few of the apps I work on require local SSL for payment testing. Every time ngrok is mentioned people here say “but you could do it yourse
by aosaigh 4y ago
I pay for Ngrok as a few of the apps I work on require local SSL for payment testing.
Every time ngrok is mentioned people here say “but you could do it yourself”. I assume this would mean registering a domain and setting up Nginx and letsencrypt and using ssh tunnels to replicate.
For me, I definitely don’t want to have to manage that, as “easy” as it is. If I’m doing some client work and need a local domain, the last thing I need is to spend 20 minutes fixing my home-made tunnel because letsencrypt didn’t renew or something.
So I’m my eyes it’s definitely worth it.
Edit: My bad, I wrote a reply on mobile before fully reading your comment. I had assumed $24/month was some annual deal. I didn't realise they had increased pricing like that. $24 per month is a different story. I'm not sure that's "definitely worth it". Even if you have to spend 20 minutes a month managing a home-rolled Ngrok, it may be worth it for the subset of features I need.
It sounds like they are expanding from their initial "developer tools" offering to "infrastructure tools".
https://ngrok.com/next-generation https://ngrok.com/next-generation
Maybe $24/month/user is cheap for these new tools, but it's disappointing for users like me who use Ngrok for what is was built initially to solve.
Edit edit: Looks like existing users will continue to get the previous price:
> If you’re on an existing paid plan your pricing will not change. All existing paying customers have been grandfathered into their existing plans.