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The pricing, bandwidth 5GB for $9 a month? This sounds unreasonably high

by ianred 2y ago

cqqxo4zV46cp 2y ago
This…isn’t S3. Bandwidth is just part of how they’re segmenting.
- ianred 2y ago
  What does it have to do with S3? Average webpage with JS will weight at about 200kb per initial load, without images. Do the math how many page views and indexing bots will consume before the real user can even find the page.
  - rsyring 2y ago
    Their point was, you can't compare to the low prices you get on bandwidth from a service like S3. I agree though, pricing seems high. I guess a CDN could be put in front of it.
  - tln 2y ago
    Thats a good point especially since 200kb seems a little low TBH. Is that excluding images?
- system2 2y ago
  I can get a WordPress-installed VPS with cPanel (or alternative, or a distro of my choice) for $4 with 20 TB bandwidth. IP6 for $3.9~ 5 GB is extremely small for what it is.
  - fanfanfly 2y ago
    Might sharing the link to vps provider, please?
    - system2 2y ago
      https://us.ovhcloud.com/vps/ https://us.ovhcloud.com/vps/ https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/ https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/ OVH also has SoYouStart which is around $2 per month. I also remember getting yearly commitments and under $3 per month deals. You have to subscribe to their email blasts to get these deals but $3-4 per month is average for the industry. There is also Digital Ocean which is around $4 per month. I've been using them for over a decade. Not even one time down. Sometimes I see deals under $3 per month. https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing
  - tweetle_beetle 2y ago
    VPS (even with a super basic CMS ready set up) and managed web hosting with integrated editor are completely different products. If you want to make comparisons, look at WordPress.com, 1mb.site, Wix, etc.
    - system2 2y ago
      How so? I can have a preinstalled WordPress with a quality theme such as Astra with Elementor and I am done in less than 5 minutes and $4. It is pure laziness not doing it this way and waste of money/time. Not to mention unreliable as you trust another company not to jack up their price. If a price change happens to a VPS you simply move to another cheap hosting for a $3-5 per month with your own WordPress.

The pricing, bandwidth 5GB for $9 a month? This sounds unreasonably high

by ianred 2y ago

The pricing, bandwidth 5GB for $9 a month? This sounds unreasonably high

cqqxo4zV46cp 2y ago

This…isn’t S3. Bandwidth is just part of how they’re segmenting.

ianred 2y ago
What does it have to do with S3? Average webpage with JS will weight at about 200kb per initial load, without images. Do the math how many page views and indexing bots will consume before the real user can even find the page.
- rsyring 2y ago
  Their point was, you can't compare to the low prices you get on bandwidth from a service like S3. I agree though, pricing seems high. I guess a CDN could be put in front of it.
- tln 2y ago
  Thats a good point especially since 200kb seems a little low TBH. Is that excluding images?
system2 2y ago
I can get a WordPress-installed VPS with cPanel (or alternative, or a distro of my choice) for $4 with 20 TB bandwidth. IP6 for $3.9~ 5 GB is extremely small for what it is.
- fanfanfly 2y ago
  Might sharing the link to vps provider, please?
  - system2 2y ago
    https://us.ovhcloud.com/vps/ https://us.ovhcloud.com/vps/ https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/ https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/ OVH also has SoYouStart which is around $2 per month. I also remember getting yearly commitments and under $3 per month deals. You have to subscribe to their email blasts to get these deals but $3-4 per month is average for the industry. There is also Digital Ocean which is around $4 per month. I've been using them for over a decade. Not even one time down. Sometimes I see deals under $3 per month. https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing
- tweetle_beetle 2y ago
  VPS (even with a super basic CMS ready set up) and managed web hosting with integrated editor are completely different products. If you want to make comparisons, look at WordPress.com, 1mb.site, Wix, etc.
  - system2 2y ago
    How so? I can have a preinstalled WordPress with a quality theme such as Astra with Elementor and I am done in less than 5 minutes and $4. It is pure laziness not doing it this way and waste of money/time. Not to mention unreliable as you trust another company not to jack up their price. If a price change happens to a VPS you simply move to another cheap hosting for a $3-5 per month with your own WordPress.