So if I want to migrate off of netlify to something better, where?
Depending on your use case, Hetzner is as cheap as it gets while retaining high quality.
Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
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Re: Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
#12I don't see why people are surprised by this or why people are calling it a scam. Netlify and others are extremely transparent about the fact that there are no limits. I completely understand not liking it and can see why the lack of limits would make it a bad option for plenty of people, but I don't see how it can possibly be called a scam.
Re: Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
#13The most bizarre thing is that this is a known issue that folks have asked them for ways to mitigate, to no avail. The reddit thread even links to an extremely weird dialogue where Netlify's response boils down to, "if you're hosting a small site that gets DDoS'd, don't."
https://answers.netlify.com/t/limit-bandwidth-to-avoid-high-...
Re: Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
#14There's no way in hell anyone should ever under any circumstance use a free service that might, for reasons entirely outside your control, suddenly bill you 5k, or 104k... or any non trivial amount really.
Just suspend service on excessive overages...
Re: Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
#15So if I want to migrate off of netlify to something better, where?
https://render.com/ is free for static sites with custom domain support and SSL included. been happy so far!
used to use s3 for the longest time, but aside from costing a nominal fee, it's so unnecessarily complicated in this day and age.
Re: Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
#16So if I want to migrate off of netlify to something better, where?
I use BunnyCDN to host several sites, they have a minimum cost of $1 per month and I usually pay $1 per month.
I run my sites [0] on Hugo and copy the generated sites (Makefile) to BunnyCDN with their command line tool.
It's a plain CDN, but does include DNS hosting for easy SSL certificates and has scriptable DNS [1] where you can run Javascript for dynamic DNS.
I went with them b/c they are in the EU, but I've stayed because I love them.
[0] e.g. https://www.amazingcto.com/
Re: Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
#17What the hell. Netlify has implemented all these customer-hostile billing changes. Literally the worst. I migrated my company's site off of Netlify when they tried charging for per user on one of my repos (a documentation site). Glad I left them and never looked back.
Re: Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
#18Pulling my netlify hosted stuff today. F that. Sorry to hnbadges users!
Re: Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
#19So if I want to migrate off of netlify to something better, where?
Github works well for me.
Re: Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
#20So if I want to migrate off of netlify to something better, where?
Cloudflare. You will get a call if on a free or pro ($25/month) plan [1] if your bandwidth usage is so high it would warrant increasing your plan. Worst case, they turn you off. Preferred over denial of money attack based on your use case. Set and forget after pointing at your origin (time is money).
You'll get a call on any of their plans if your bandwidth usage exceeds certain thresholds, I am assuming your median usage is relatively tame.
Disclosure: Cloudflare enterprise customer, no other affiliation. I don't get anything for saying nice things.