Dear Google staff and developers, I have been using GAE since about 1.5 years and I have some MICRO clients. Usually we charge $70 / YEAR from them. That's all we get. If google want, I can share 50% of it with Google. But when I see the new pricing model, I see that I will no longer be able to use GAE and again I will have to switch to CHEAP SHARED HOSTING. The applications have no cron job, no data store writes (unless the user goes to contact us page and submits an inquiry). There are not more than 5 visits per day in those sites. Even after this, I see that the Data store Write and Read is making up to the limit and Google will stop my site after the billing is enabled. So at the least if I exceed the quota by this:
Datastore Writes Chargeable per DAY: $0.07 Datastore Writes Chargeable per day: $0.07 MANDATORY PER APPLICATION CHARGE: $9 PER MONTH So my annual billing becomes: 12*0.07 + 12*0.07 + 9*12 = $109.68 So I am in a loss of $ 40. If Google removes the mandatory $9 per app per month charge, then I will be on track.. Back to my application - As of now, there are no data store reads and writes. I have turned off all cron jobs, and the application is almost working as static application. But still according to the billing history page, data store read and writes are making up to their upper free bound. I always loved and admired Google products. But if I will have to quit GAE, then I will think 1000 of times before clicking on any "I accept the terms and Condition.." Stuff. This new pricing model has disappointed me and I believe Google completely ignored the band of such small developers like me. Love Java, Love Google. Thanks Technical Lobby -- 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.
