Fastly launches free developer accounts

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Post by aspir » Fri, Jun 21, 2024, 3:01 PM UTC

Fastly launches free developer accounts
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Re: Fastly launches free developer accounts

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Post by aspir » Fri, Jun 21, 2024, 3:01 PM UTC

200GB and 2 Million monthly requests; Unlimited L3/4 DDoS mitigation; WebSockets and Push Notifications; K/V store

Re: Fastly launches free developer accounts

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Post by dave4420 » Fri, Jun 21, 2024, 3:15 PM UTC

Looks like the interesting stuff is only on a 30 day free trial. If you want to use it for a hobby site beyond that, you need to pay US$50+/month.

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Post by pluto_modadic » Fri, Jun 21, 2024, 4:12 PM UTC

last time I checked, functions were part of the "minimum $50/month" thing. This doesn't look like a free tier, it's a trial period.

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Post by neverokay » Fri, Jun 21, 2024, 4:19 PM UTC

If you mostly generate static content, is the way to go to abuse free tier cdns?

Re: Fastly launches free developer accounts

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Post by simonw » Fri, Jun 21, 2024, 4:21 PM UTC

IMO this addresses what has been Cloudflare's biggest competitive advantage for years - Fastly was out of budget for hobbyists meaning it was much harder for developers to kick the wheels on it.

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Post by lazka » Fri, Jun 21, 2024, 4:34 PM UTC

What happens if you go over the 200GB or 2 Million monthly requests limits?

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Post by dave4420 » Fri, Jun 21, 2024, 5:07 PM UTC

simonw wrote: post #6

IMO this addresses what has been Cloudflare's biggest competitive advantage for years - Fastly was out of budget for hobbyists meaning it was much harder for developers to kick the wheels on it.

Fastly is still out of budget for hobbyists who want to run their logic at the edge. For comparison, Cloudflare Workers starts at $5/month. It would be nice if Fastly could make the stuff that’s only free for 30 days available at a similar price point — jumping straight to $50/month is bit much.

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Post by anildash » Fri, Jun 21, 2024, 5:39 PM UTC

pluto_modadic wrote: post #4

last time I checked, functions were part of the "minimum $50/month" thing. This doesn't look like a free tier, it's a trial period.

It’s a free tier for CDN, Storage, Observability, and lots more stuff. Definitely want to hear what you’re looking for on the computing side, we’ll be iterating.

Re: Fastly launches free developer accounts

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Post by rurban » Fri, Jun 21, 2024, 6:49 PM UTC

neverokay wrote: post #5

If you mostly generate static content, is the way to go to abuse free tier cdns?

For static content github pages are unbeatable