The pricing model for various Cloud services have always confused me. The "pay-for-what-you-use" model is often ambiguously worded with terms like "microcents per minute" and whatnot.
What does it mean to charge "per minute"? Does it take into account the total time a service is idle? Or does it take into account the total time it took to process all requests within a month? Or perhaps the price reflects the total uptime of the service itself within a month?
It would be great to clear up these ambiguities in the computation of "processing minutes", especially when there are some gotchas involved.
Hey @somedood
! If you're interested, we'd love to get a voice recording of this comment (or a similar one) to feature in a future episode! If you're interested in hearing your voice on the podcast, instructions for submitting a Google voice recording are above :)
For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse
We're a place where coders share, stay up-to-date and grow their careers.
The pricing model for various Cloud services have always confused me. The "pay-for-what-you-use" model is often ambiguously worded with terms like "microcents per minute" and whatnot.
What does it mean to charge "per minute"? Does it take into account the total time a service is idle? Or does it take into account the total time it took to process all requests within a month? Or perhaps the price reflects the total uptime of the service itself within a month?
It would be great to clear up these ambiguities in the computation of "processing minutes", especially when there are some gotchas involved.
It is just a scheme to rip you off and charge you ridiculous sums.
Hey @somedood ! If you're interested, we'd love to get a voice recording of this comment (or a similar one) to feature in a future episode! If you're interested in hearing your voice on the podcast, instructions for submitting a Google voice recording are above :)