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DynamoDB Serverless/on demand pricing is the best model in the universe imho. It’s sad so few companies rip that off. One of the best ideas AWS ever had, not pr
by bionhoward 4y ago
DynamoDB Serverless/on demand pricing is the best model in the universe imho. It’s sad so few companies rip that off. One of the best ideas AWS ever had, not proprietary at all: pay per millisecond & byte. Monthly subscriptions are annoying and don’t cover the long tail of diversity of customer usage patterns. Some folks use stuff exponentially more or less. A flat rate subscription just isn’t fair either way, and one-and-done upfront payments don’t cover ongoing maintenance and upkeep. The biggest benefit of Serverless, it’s the pricing. Don’t tunnel vision one-and-done vs subscription model and forget about on-demand autoscaling scale-to-nothing pricing. It’s a lot better for people just starting out on your product and incentivizes both sides in a win/win. Just wish more services (cough, databases) scaled to zero. No usage, no bill. High usage, high bill. Simple!
- gameman144 4y agoDoesn't this actively disincentivize people from using your software though? I'd expect the power-users of software to be the biggest source of grassroots marketing, and making them pay out the nose to use it seems like a pretty quick way to get them to quit.