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Post by ralusek » Wed, May 22, 2024, 2:28 PM UTC

dylan604 wrote: post #17

ralusek wrote: post #4

If we use your hosted version, what will the pricing be when it's out of beta. I always think these services should basically be like 2x cost of underlying S3 or whatever storage you're using, but they end up being like 100x+

2x cost of S3 does not include whatever compute cost that is also incurred nor the cost of dev's time, marketing costs, or any other business expenses. When running a business, you see why the markups are applied for much less sinister reasons than maximizing profits. if you want to sustain your business on sales alone without being propped up by investment, you have to price your product/service appropriately to cov…

Post by wcedmisten » Wed, May 22, 2024, 2:50 PM UTC

slig wrote: post #71

paradite wrote: post #70

I've considered self-hosting plausible but ultimately decided to pay for subscription instead, because I think self-hosting would cause more in terms of VPS hosting. The minimum requirements (4GB RAM) are too high because of the need to run two databases: https://github.com/plausible/community-edition/blob/v2.0.0/d... 4GB RAM costs $24/month on DigitalOcean: https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets In comparison…

For way less than that you can get a 16gb/8vCPU ARM in Hetzner [1], and since it's for a analytics service, it doesn't matter it's not hosted close to your users. [1]: https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/

Post by nightowl_games » Wed, May 22, 2024, 2:57 PM UTC

Post by cchance » Wed, May 22, 2024, 3:05 PM UTC

paradite wrote: post #75

wcedmisten wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And if you did want something closer, Hetzner offers USA based vCPU options that are still quite affordable compared to DO. There's a 4GB option for 9 Euros. I recently migrated my personal projects from DO to Hetzner for this reason

I had no idea DigitalOcean pricing has become so uncompetitive. I remember back a few years it was praised by people for how cheap it was.

Post by pdyc » Wed, May 22, 2024, 4:22 PM UTC

paradite wrote: post #70

I've considered self-hosting plausible but ultimately decided to pay for subscription instead, because I think self-hosting would cause more in terms of VPS hosting. The minimum requirements (4GB RAM) are too high because of the need to run two databases: https://github.com/plausible/community-edition/blob/v2.0.0/d... 4GB RAM costs $24/month on DigitalOcean: https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets In comparison…