A. Stevko, Now wiping the egg off my face! Somehow in the rush to digest all the documentation I missed the other billing information and only saw "App Engine for Business." I also missed that this was for the specific situation where the user was a pre-existing Google Apps user.
<slinks away>off to go read all the quota billing details.</slinks away> Thanks, -Phil G On Jan 3, 12:13 am, "A. Stevko" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Phil, > Perhaps I'm missing something in your questioning. > If you are referring to the "App Engine for Business", then a user is a > registered Google Apps user. > If you are referring to the plain Google App Engine, then you need to > measure the resources being consumed as defined by the billing system > athttp://code.google.com/appengine/docs/billing.html Users are not metered on > this version. > I recommend you stick with the plain version unless your company is heavily > integrated with Google Apps and are writing an intranet application. > > <http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/quotas.html> > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Phil G <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Google folks, > > > We are about to launch into development, and we believe GAE represents > > our best choice of platform. What remains unclear to us is the > > pricing structure, and that lack of clarity is our last impediment to > > fully committing to GAE development. We are wondering if there is a > > timeline and/or update statement on these details available as we > > enter 2k11. > > > Our business process will have a mobile app that calls GAE, and will > > also have a website front end that will also call a portion of the > > same data from GAE. Our customers will be able to install the mobile > > app on many devices, all contacting the central GAE to push/pull > > data. Our customers will also be able to access some of that same > > data through the website front end. > > > Will GAE charge on a per-mobile basis, or will they charge on a per > > "user" basis. If per user, what constitutes a "user?" Is each Oauth > > consumer token a user? Is our entire front end website a single user, > > or does each login to our website constitute a user? > > > What about in the circumstances in which we host the website > > framework, but GAE functions as our backend data object source? What > > If our customers also request a custom application that their > > customers then download, and which pulls data from the GAE repository, > > do these customers of our clients also consitute users? > > > Hopefully people can see how these kinds of questions are important to > > have clarified, and also that they influence where, how, and how much > > of the development resides inside of GAE. > > > We appreciate any light you can shed on the topic, > > > -Phil G > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine" group.> To post to this group, send email > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email > > to>[email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- > -- A. Stevko > =========== > "If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." M. > Andretti -- 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.
