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Cloud to me is overpriced and not transparent. Example, with Upstash redis: i deployed a fly.io connected to upstash. I don't use that service for a month (no
by revskill 4y ago
Cloud to me is overpriced and not transparent.
Example, with Upstash redis: i deployed a fly.io connected to upstash. I don't use that service for a month (no query at all), but it still counted in billing.
Wait, is upstash real serverless ? I have to pay for NOT using it ?
- epberry 4y agoUsage-based pricing in the cloud is a blessing and a curse. To take best advantage of it you need a third party tool. At least, this is the thesis behind my current employer (https://vantage.sh https://vantage.sh).
- mrkurt 4y agoUpstash on Fly.io is not serverless. You provision the RAM + connection counts you want, and then pay for that capacity. This is not what all our customers want, but it is much cheaper to run this way for most fullstack frameworks. It's not ideal for a Redis you don't use at all, though. We're considering a serverless / metered billing option for this. But what we have is much closer to spinning up a permanent Redis. :)
- revskill 4y agoThe dashboard on fly.io didn't say it's not serverless. SO it's not transparent. Look like a scam to me. For now, i had to say goodbye for most of cloud services. Good old VPS for now.
- mrkurt 4y agoOk that's a silly thing to say. Nowhere on our site do we say we offer serverless anything. When you provision a Redis, we offer you a selection of plans, you pick the one you want, and off you go. I don't understand why you'd assume that's serverless.
- revskill 4y agoBecause Upstash is serverless redis.