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DigitalOcean: New $4 Droplet and updated pricing

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Re: DigitalOcean: New $4 Droplet and updated pricing

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Post by Spooky23 »

throwaway_98554 wrote: post #52
showerst wrote: post #32

I think this price increase is honestly pretty fair, but I really wish they'd show side by side prices, and offer me a tool to see what my total increase will be.

Why do you think the price increase is fair? If anything I would expect it to go down as computation and memory get cheaper.

One of the upsides of only being 50% cloud is that I get some perspective.

The cheaper, better, faster assumption is being challenged in most segments. Shipping costs have been crazy and eating margins for just-in-time delivery for some time. Containers are 5x-10x from China vs 2018, a tractor trailer costs $1400 to fill with diesel today in my region.

Also, commodities like storage aren’t getting cheaper.

Re: DigitalOcean: New $4 Droplet and updated pricing

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Post by steve_adams_86 »

Operyl wrote: post #103

If only their managed databases weren’t causing such annoying issues for me right now. I tried contacting their support, but it was impossible to get past tier 1 and I felt like they just weren’t even reading what I was saying. Their prices are “cheap,” and the support definitely shows it.

I’ve never had that experience. Even when asking support for help with ~100/month in databases I got very quick and high quality help.

Worth noting is that the issue was on their end, and they had it resolved within half a day or so.

Re: DigitalOcean: New $4 Droplet and updated pricing

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Post by miniman1337 »

pchm wrote: post #110

So the price increase for the managed database is... 100%? Currently paying $240/mo for 16 GB RAM / 6vCPU / 270 GB Disk. The new price is $480/mo. We have a bunch of these databases at work, so I'm sure we'll be considering other providers now.

AWS RDS is significantly cheaper

Re: DigitalOcean: New $4 Droplet and updated pricing

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Post by kossTKR »

jakub_jo wrote: post #2

For the fellow European (edit: & US) HN crowd I can highly recommend Hetzner's Cloud offerings: https://www.hetzner.com/cloud

Interesting. Looks like more than half price. Are their interface / setup as easy as DO droplets? What's the catch? Are DO just expensive because they are market leaders?

Re: DigitalOcean: New $4 Droplet and updated pricing

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Post by stjohnswarts »

pritambarhate wrote: post #3

Oh! They have increased the prices! I went to the page hoping price reductions. Looks like inflation is changing the dynamics for the hosting business too.

I think it's overcharging customers to see how much they can get away with, like netflix. Jump on the "iTs inFlAtIoN" bandwagon and see how much profit you can squeeze out and see how well you can handle customer attrition while doing it. If it goes bad just say "oh looks like inflation is lightening up a bit now". I call it the Netflix Gambit (circa 2022)

Re: DigitalOcean: New $4 Droplet and updated pricing

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Post by tuananh »

jermaustin1 wrote: post #73
throwaway_98554 wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do you think the price increase is fair? If anything I would expect it to go down as computation and memory get cheaper.

Because Digital Ocean is a company with employees and investors, not just an automated conglomeration of servers. A 20% increase in prices after 12 years of basically stable prices seems fair.

but aws ec2 price always go down

Re: DigitalOcean: New $4 Droplet and updated pricing

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Post by avgDev »

jermaustin1 wrote: post #73
throwaway_98554 wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do you think the price increase is fair? If anything I would expect it to go down as computation and memory get cheaper.

Because Digital Ocean is a company with employees and investors, not just an automated conglomeration of servers. A 20% increase in prices after 12 years of basically stable prices seems fair.

I disagree, CPU performance per $ is getting cheaper. Increasing pricing on the $5 droplets by 20% is significant and their deceptive email is also an issue. I'm going to cancel my droplets.

Re: DigitalOcean: New $4 Droplet and updated pricing

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Post by arinlen »

gmemstr wrote: post #31

I find it particularly amusing that they're reintroducing the 512MB of memory tier, but at $4 instead of the $2.50 it was before the removal. But I suppose that's roughly inline with the basic 1GB/RAM droplet going to $6. I'm most interested to see how the managed Kubernetes offering changes shake out -- hoping I don't sense a migration in the near future.

> I find it particularly amusing that they're reintroducing the 512MB of memory tier, but at $4 instead of the $2.50 it was before the removal.

For perspective, Hetzner Cloud's CX11 nodes pack 2GB RAM and go for €4.15/month.

https://www.hetzner.com/cloud

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