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What's the price that you expect to pay to a service run by a single person that has to keep your website available 24/7? I get frustrated that people seem pre

by mtlynch 28d ago

What's the price that you expect to pay to a service run by a single person that has to keep your website available 24/7? I get frustrated that people seem pretty aware of the enshittification and centralization of large services, but when an indie vendor pops up that can fill a niche, people expect it to have all the bells and whistles of a billion dollar company and also give everything away for free. If you have a just for fun website, then yeah, hop around the free tiers of whatever hosting service. If you're running any kind of online business, the difference between free and 9€/month for web hosting is a rounding error to pretty much any other business expenses you have. Also, keep in mind that on the 9€/month plan, that's the max you pay. With Vercel, Netlify, Firebase, etc., if you get hit with a bot attack, they come after you for $100k+ and you have to beg on social media for them to call off the collectors.[0] [0] https://old.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1b14bty/netlify_just_sent_me_a_104k_bill_for_a_simple/ https://old.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1b14bty/netlify_jus...

flyingshelf 28d ago
That's a lie. 9€ is not the max you pay, it's metered and extra traffic costs extra. So what you said about others can just as well apply here. What I see is some homemade service that costs $125/year and has little to show for it. There's nothing about what it offers on the website, the homepage has a handful of words. It claims "CDN" but doesn't say anything about what the exit points are. All I see is two "datacenters" in Northern Europe on the status page. Heck even the CDN is in "private beta" so what are we paying for exactly? Lots of services in Europe are already available for 2-5€/month for the current level of service. What I see is a 9€ ask for a list of promises. That's too much.
- mtlynch 27d ago
  > That's a lie. 9€ is not the max you pay, it's metered and extra traffic costs extra. So what you said about others can just as well apply here. From the pricing FAQ[0]: > Can I set a spending limit for overages? > Yes. Please contact support in order to set up your spending limit. None of the others support spending limits last I checked. [0] https://www.statichost.eu/pricing/ https://www.statichost.eu/pricing/
  - flyingshelf 27d ago
    > Please contact support in order to Yikes

by mtlynch 28d ago

flyingshelf 28d ago

That's a lie. 9€ is not the max you pay, it's metered and extra traffic costs extra. So what you said about others can just as well apply here. What I see is some homemade service that costs $125/year and has little to show for it. There's nothing about what it offers on the website, the homepage has a handful of words. It claims "CDN" but doesn't say anything about what the exit points are. All I see is two "datacenters" in Northern Europe on the status page. Heck even the CDN is in "private beta" so what are we paying for exactly? Lots of services in Europe are already available for 2-5€/month for the current level of service. What I see is a 9€ ask for a list of promises. That's too much.

mtlynch 27d ago
> That's a lie. 9€ is not the max you pay, it's metered and extra traffic costs extra. So what you said about others can just as well apply here. From the pricing FAQ[0]: > Can I set a spending limit for overages? > Yes. Please contact support in order to set up your spending limit. None of the others support spending limits last I checked. [0] https://www.statichost.eu/pricing/ https://www.statichost.eu/pricing/
- flyingshelf 27d ago
  > Please contact support in order to Yikes