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Re: Introducing Amazon Simple Email Service

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Post by anonymous246 »

subbu wrote: post #97
plusbryan wrote: post #72

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You think that's complicated? Boy, back in my day, we didn't have no fancy "management console" or "tabs". Why, you had to play with your AWS services by hand ! And you liked it.

Wanted: A webapp/dashboard that tracks money you have spent acorss Amazon services.

There is actually a company that does this. But since Amazon doesn't do OAuth, they require you to give them your amazon login and password. They download your account usage logs from amazon and put a GUI over it. The password requirement was a showstopper for me so I didn't even try the co. The graphs sure looked pretty. :)

Sorry, the name of the company escapes me ATM.

Re: Introducing Amazon Simple Email Service

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Post by anonymous246 »

blhack wrote: post #124

I want to be excited about this, but amazon basically destroyed any trust I had in them (at least the people that handle AWS). I signed up for the amazon free usage tier of AWS, excited to try it out, and really really loving amazon for doing something like that (giving away service for free). I signed up, spun up an EC2 instance (careful to make sure that this really was free), checked it out for a few minutes, then…

I'm pretty sure that if you downloaded your usage logs, you would know exactly how the money was spent (it's tedious, though). Link posted by frisco above: http://aws-portal.amazon.com/gp/aws/developer/account/index....

Re: Introducing Amazon Simple Email Service

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Post by bromley »

blhack wrote: post #124

I want to be excited about this, but amazon basically destroyed any trust I had in them (at least the people that handle AWS). I signed up for the amazon free usage tier of AWS, excited to try it out, and really really loving amazon for doing something like that (giving away service for free). I signed up, spun up an EC2 instance (careful to make sure that this really was free), checked it out for a few minutes, then…

If I recall correctly the free tier enables you to use one micro EC2 instance. $60 for a month sounds about the cost of a small EC2 instance.

Re: Introducing Amazon Simple Email Service

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Post by namityadav »

pkulak wrote: post #120
markessien wrote: post #7

Sendgrid & other such senders will be shaking in their shoes now. Personally, as soon as I have more time, I'll switch to the amazon service. Also, any new app I make will use Amazons service by default. Sending email out is quite important for growth, and such services really help businesses. What impresses me about amazon is that they are not looking at what the competition is charging or trying to charge high base…

Why? We use Sendgrid where I work and they're great. Probably quite a bit more expensive though. We pay over $100 a month just to send email.

Umm .. that's why!

Re: Introducing Amazon Simple Email Service

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Post by slig »

Does anyone recommends a self-hosted webapp to manage and send the newsletters through AES/SendGrid/etc?

I would love to use mailchimp or campaignmonitor, but I only have users, not customers, and the high price ins't justified.

Re: Introducing Amazon Simple Email Service

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Post by rapind »

anto1ne wrote: post #113
sofuture wrote: post #88

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That's the point , though: usage driven fees. It's absolutely not the most economical offering, but the freedom and ability to either quadruple your infrastructure or shut it down entirely, no strings attached, in an instant is what you're paying for.

With most of dedicated server providers now, you can get any server with a 1 month contract, no strings attached, for a fraction of the price of an equivalent ec2 instance, and good IO as a bonus. And good providers usually delivers within 24h. I love aws services and use them myself, but for ec2, but I doubt most users have such volatile needs. The main advantage I see, for aws users (non ec2) is to have everything…

I would love it if you could provide a link to your cheaper for more service providers. I've not found anything comparable for less $. Also, if you're comparing lock-in prices, compare them against the EC2 reserved instance prices.

Re: Introducing Amazon Simple Email Service

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Post by boundlessdreamz »

rapind wrote: post #136
anto1ne wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

With most of dedicated server providers now, you can get any server with a 1 month contract, no strings attached, for a fraction of the price of an equivalent ec2 instance, and good IO as a bonus. And good providers usually delivers within 24h. I love aws services and use them myself, but for ec2, but I doubt most users have such volatile needs. The main advantage I see, for aws users (non ec2) is to have everything…

I would love it if you could provide a link to your cheaper for more service providers. I've not found anything comparable for less $. Also, if you're comparing lock-in prices, compare them against the EC2 reserved instance prices.

How about http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produktmatrix/rootserver-pr...

and

http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produktmatrix/rootserver-pr...

been with them for 3+ years and never had a problem

Re: Introducing Amazon Simple Email Service

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Post by jgilliam »

charlesju wrote: post #123
jgilliam wrote: post #110

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Sendgrid is half as expensive once you get beyond sending a handful of emails. $.005 vs $.01 I am a sendgrid customer, and unless Amazon is cheaper and can solve the deliverability issues, there is no way I'm switching.

Amazon is $0.10 per 1 thousand emails. Sendgrid is $0.00045 at the highest tier which is $0.45 for 1 thousand. That means Amazon is much cheaper even at Sendgrid's highest tier, further, it's much cheaper at the lowest tiers as well.

Wow, I'm an idiot and you might have just saved me a bunch of money, so thank you!

Re: Introducing Amazon Simple Email Service

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Post by ericd »

rapind wrote: post #136
anto1ne wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

With most of dedicated server providers now, you can get any server with a 1 month contract, no strings attached, for a fraction of the price of an equivalent ec2 instance, and good IO as a bonus. And good providers usually delivers within 24h. I love aws services and use them myself, but for ec2, but I doubt most users have such volatile needs. The main advantage I see, for aws users (non ec2) is to have everything…

I would love it if you could provide a link to your cheaper for more service providers. I've not found anything comparable for less $. Also, if you're comparing lock-in prices, compare them against the EC2 reserved instance prices.

serverbeach has dual quad-core servers with 6-48 gigs of RAM for relatively reasonable prices, month to month.
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