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AWS announces flat-rate pricing plans for website delivery and security

19 points by arkon_hn 11mo ago

aurareturn 11mo ago
No always on server. Only serverless. If you are starting a new project, I think having a server is better than serverless. With serverless, you'll have to stitch together more 3rd party services to do basic things such as websocket, queue, DB connection pool, etc.
- hedora 11mo ago
  For endpoints that cannot be cached, do customers still have to wait for serverless containers to cold start? I can’t tell from reading through the docs. There’s a reference to delegating requests to regular AWS services, so I assume not, but it’s hard to tell without actually setting up free tier, then testing from random geographic locations.
  - arkon_hn 11mo ago
    It's specifically CloudFront Functions and not something like Lambda nor Lambda@Edge, so cold start shouldn't be a notable issue but you're far more limited in what you can do with them. I think this is more suited for simpler use cases if you truly want to stay within the boundaries of the free plan.
- MagicMoonlight 11mo ago
  Why would you need an always-on server for a simple web page?
  - aurareturn 11mo ago
    Why would you use this for a simple web page?
ChrisArchitect 11mo ago
More info: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/introducing-flat-rate-pricing-plans-with-no-overages/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery...
jsheard 11mo ago
Nice to finally have another option for cloud tinkering without having the Sword of Damocles dangling over your bank account.
rtyu1120 11mo ago
I'm not even sure what are the target demographic for this looks like. For builders there are much cheaper options out there with better quotas. Currently the Pro plan gives you 50 GB for $15 and I'm unsure if this is a great deal at all.
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- cristiangraz 11mo ago
  50 TB
  - sirdvd 11mo ago
    That's the Premium plan (for $1000) Edit: it's for 5 TB
    - brador 11mo ago
      50TB transfer on all paid plans. 50gb is the s3 storage on pro plan. https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/pricing/ https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/pricing/
  - throwaway-aws9 11mo ago
    yes but only 10M requests
    - MagicMoonlight 11mo ago
      How many visitors do you actually think you’ll get?
      - throwaway-aws9 11mo ago
        Point is 50TB isn't the limit. It's 50TB or 10M requests. Visitors aren't relevant.

19 points by arkon_hn 11mo ago

No always on server. Only serverless. If you are starting a new project, I think having a server is better than serverless. With serverless, you'll have to stitch together more 3rd party services to do basic things such as websocket, queue, DB connection pool, etc.

hedora 11mo ago
For endpoints that cannot be cached, do customers still have to wait for serverless containers to cold start? I can’t tell from reading through the docs. There’s a reference to delegating requests to regular AWS services, so I assume not, but it’s hard to tell without actually setting up free tier, then testing from random geographic locations.
- arkon_hn 11mo ago
  It's specifically CloudFront Functions and not something like Lambda nor Lambda@Edge, so cold start shouldn't be a notable issue but you're far more limited in what you can do with them. I think this is more suited for simpler use cases if you truly want to stay within the boundaries of the free plan.
MagicMoonlight 11mo ago
Why would you need an always-on server for a simple web page?
- aurareturn 11mo ago
  Why would you use this for a simple web page?

ChrisArchitect 11mo ago

More info: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/introducing-flat-rate-pricing-plans-with-no-overages/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery...

jsheard 11mo ago

Nice to finally have another option for cloud tinkering without having the Sword of Damocles dangling over your bank account.

rtyu1120 11mo ago

I'm not even sure what are the target demographic for this looks like. For builders there are much cheaper options out there with better quotas. Currently the Pro plan gives you 50 GB for $15 and I'm unsure if this is a great deal at all.

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cristiangraz 11mo ago
50 TB
- sirdvd 11mo ago
  That's the Premium plan (for $1000) Edit: it's for 5 TB
  - brador 11mo ago
    50TB transfer on all paid plans. 50gb is the s3 storage on pro plan. https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/pricing/ https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/pricing/
- throwaway-aws9 11mo ago
  yes but only 10M requests
  - MagicMoonlight 11mo ago
    How many visitors do you actually think you’ll get?
    - throwaway-aws9 11mo ago
      Point is 50TB isn't the limit. It's 50TB or 10M requests. Visitors aren't relevant.