Question
Why is App Platform data transfer so low and only per app not container?
I was playing with the app platform and the pricing seems weird here..
1) Why is it only 100 gig / month (pro tier)
2) Why is is based on app and not container
As stated, why is it only 100/gig a month when basic droplets offer like 5 TB.. what would cause the app platform to have such a low transfer limit in comparison to a standard droplet?
Second, why do I pay 12.00 / month per container but add another 12 / month I don’t get another 100 gig transfer.. this seems backwards, what am I paying 12 per container for if I only get computer and not the extra transfer that I would if I had 2 apps with 1 container?
Also, overage pricing seems way out of whack.. .10 / gig .. To get the same 5tb of transfer you get with a standard droplet would cost $500.00 I don’t understand this at all, you can run a standard droplet with 5tb transfer for like 10 bucks a month but on app platform you pay 500.. Am I missing something here?
Don’t get me wrong, I understand managed / unmanaged but really.. This should be changed to be closer to the droplet transfers and lower the overages, I can’t see any serious production application using app platform due to the price when you can just create a docker image and roll your own for a fraction of the cost, I mean, again correct me if I’m wrong here but based on what I can see
App Platform price : 2 containers 1gig / 1 vcpu @ 5 tb transfer = 524 / Month
Regular docker : 2 container 2vcpu / 4 gig ram @ 4tb each = 40 / Month
Am I wrong here?
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I agree, the bandwidth costs makes no sense. Why do you only get 40GiB on the App Platform, when you get 1TB on a normal droplet? That’s 25 times less! It also costs 10 times more to add additional bandwidth if you consume more than you’re allowed to.
I understand that managed services cost more to run, but this bandwidth cap is very low, especially for web applications. Getting a sudden surge of visitors from sites like Reddit can be pretty expensive.
Not to mention the 1GiB cap for the free tier that only allows static sites. For example, Netlify offers 100GB for free and has a lot more functionality.
Yea, so far I really like the easy of use for the new Apps platform. But the bandwidth limitations really have me worried for launching anything for productions as I know the bandwidth will hit the limit quite quickly for my API style. The responses are larger than average. With the 1TB it wasn’t an issue, but now I’m not sure if it will be worth it. Even considering the added benefit of not having to worry about droplet security
DigitalOcean is using Cloudflare for their App Platform. So, I guess they’re being charged for bandwidth usage by Cloudflare.
Does the Bandwidth Alliance cover bandwidth overages? If it does, and I use Cloudflare, then I wouldn’t be charged for additional bandwidth, right?
https://www.cloudflare.com/bandwidth-alliance/digitalocean/
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If this isn’t the case, then consider me a frustrated customer.