Yeah... looking at it again I can't even tell you where I got the numbers, it looks like I just made them up...
Here's the thread with the corrected numbers (why did this thread get hijacked?) http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/browse_thread/thread/82ac1d0574a43d3c/593b3dbace36e16a#593b3dbace36e16a On Jun 22, 7:35 pm, "Ikai L (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote: > It's highly unlikely 10,000 users would cost that much money. There are > extremely large customers paying a fraction of that. > > Here's a recent blog post from the developer of the Humble Indie Bundle: > > http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/2010/06/how-app-engine-served-hum... > > 1 million uniques for $71 USD. Granted, the usage pattern isn't the same as > Twitter, where each user may send out 100 tweets a day (who does this? I am > a pretty heavy tweeter and I don't come close to this), but even that > traffic profile shouldn't come anywhere near $24k. > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Jaroslav Záruba > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > I'm curious too. Also I'd love to read the post you mentioned. Pretty > > please! > > > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 1:44 AM, Martin Webb <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> I want to find out what typical costs are being paid for running apps on > >> app engine say per 10,000 for 100,000 users. I read a post today that gave > >> an example - and it was an example where it concluded that 10,000 users > >> would cost $24000 a month - which is crazy - i cant imagine one can make $2 > >> per user from advertising. > >> Can anyone shed any light on what the typical costs might be. Obviously it > >> depends on the app/storage - but i'm talking about typical examples. lets > >> say to run an app like twitter per 10,000 users. > >> Any help much appreciated. > > >> Regards > > >> *Martin Webb* > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Google App Engine" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<google-appengine%2Bunsubscrib > >> [email protected]> > >> . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<google-appengine%2Bunsubscrib > > [email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- > Ikai Lan > Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine > Blog:http://googleappengine.blogspot.com > Twitter:http://twitter.com/app_engine > Reddit:http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
