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I'm having a hard time understanding the pricing model. As far as I can tell the pro plan gets you (max) 432,000 CPU seconds a month. Let's assume this is abou
by ericpauley 3y ago
I'm having a hard time understanding the pricing model.
As far as I can tell the pro plan gets you (max) 432,000 CPU seconds a month. Let's assume this is about equivalent to a 1GB lambda instance. That amount of CPU time and requests costs around $8/mo, and if you use less you pay less. I guess Val lets you run low-CPU tasks in the background for waiting on web requests, etc., but you can also do this with low-memory lambda instances.
With lambda you also know that Amazon will stand behind the pricing structure, and the service won't disappear/10x pricing in a few years when it's time to juice the stats.
It is nice to see competition in this space, but the pitch would be improved by offering a clearer value prop over existing offerings like Lambda.
- stevekrouse 3y agoSuch great feedback! Thank you! Val Town Pro is priced around "developer productivity" more than low-level compute costs. Ideally you start as a free user and find the platform so useful that when you bump against the limitations, you're happy to pay $10/month for more resources.
- mthoms 3y agoI'll have to agree with you here. There's no way you can compete with AWS on price per compute cycle. Just compete on the experience and simplicity. That's what's compelling about this.