Woof. I was considering kicking the tires on Netlify, but they are officially out of consideration now.
Doesn't make me feel great about Vercel either (which I was looking at)
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
#22So if I want to migrate off of netlify to something better, where?
I'm hosting a few large (multiple TB) projects on Cloudflare R2 with no issues for more than a year now. Super happy.
Re: Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
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#24What was the website that got DDOSed? https://jyutping.org/en ? (Since it's behind Cloudflare now, I guess linking it here is fine.)
At first I thought it might've been https://hanhngiox.net/ , but that one appears to have simply expired.
Re: Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
#25I 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.
>Netlify and others are extremely transparent about the fact that there are no limits
Are they also transparent about the fact that they
1. Won't do anything about a DDoS, and
2. In case there's a DDoS (or some other unusual traffic spike), you'll only get notified waaaaay after the fact when you get the $100K bill, instead of getting a timely alert that would allow you to shut your site down to prevent getting extreme charges?
No and no.
It's a scam.
Re: Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
#26So if I want to migrate off of netlify to something better, where?
For less than 1% of OP's monthly bill, you can build or obtain a more-than-enough server, drop your static files on it, and serve through nginx. And you get to keep it forever; there's no monthly subscription fee!
Seriously, maybe I'm just old, but I look at the pricing of these hip and modern SaaS products for dead simple software and I cannot believe my eyes. The "old fashioned way" works just fine (and has always worked just fine) and is orders of magnitude cheaper.
Re: Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
#27There'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...
Like in the past, when you went over your limit your page went offline. The good old Slashdot effect
Re: Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
#28So if I want to migrate off of netlify to something better, where?
Github works well for me.
If it’s really pure static, github is great because it’s impossible for you to be billed. If you want some functions, Cloudflare free plan is nice because you can configure it to stop operating when the usage limit is reached, or pay $5 a month for more than you’ll likely ever need for a hobby project. Also bandwidth is free.
Re: Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
#29So if I want to migrate off of netlify to something better, where?
For static sites my choice is usually CloudFlare in front of a S3 bucket. It costs pennies. With cloudflare R2 it might be even easier.
Re: Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
#30This is such a shame, I found the user experience pretty good on Netlify and now I can’t risk staying with them.