Hard to just see why then the regular GAE instances are still so expensive.
On Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 1:01:56 PM UTC-7, George-Cristian Bîrzan wrote: > > I doubt however that they will go up 8 fold, which seems to be the gap > currently > On 10 Apr 2016 10:07 pm, "Susan Lin" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Hi Jeff, yes you are correct they currently use these resources, but >> according to Google from https://cloud.google.com/appengine/pricing >> these prices will increase (which I assume is to the standard GAE prices) >> once flex environment becomes GA. >> >> "Instances within the flexible environment are charged the cost of the >> underlying Google Compute Engine Virtual Machines >> <https://cloud.google.com/compute/pricing>. This is Beta-only pricing >> and will increase once the flexible environment is GA." >> >> So these lower prices seem to be only temporary. >> >> On Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 2:25:28 PM UTC-7, Jeff Schnitzer wrote: >>> >>> “nearly exact” I meant to say. EB and Flexible runtimes are both mapped >>> to a whole hypervisor VM. >>> >>> Jeff >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Jeff Schnitzer <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> If you want a nearly close comparison to ElasticBeanstalk, use a >>>> Managed VM (or “Flexible Runtime” I think they’re being called now). They >>>> are currently billed at the same rate as the underlying Compute Engine >>>> instance. >>>> >>>> Jeff >>>> >>>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Susan Lin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I tested out Google App Engine 4 years ago and am coming back now to >>>>> see if it is a possibility for another project I will be working on. I >>>>> see >>>>> the pricing for instances are still the same as they were 4 years ago: >>>>> >>>>> This table summarizes the CPU, memory, and hourly billing rate of the >>>>> various instance classes. >>>>> Instance ClassMemory LimitCPU LimitCost per Hour per Instance >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> F1 128 MB 600 Mhz $0.05 >>>>> F2 256 MB 1.2 Ghz $0.10 >>>>> F4 512 MB 2.4 Ghz $0.20 >>>>> F4_1G 1024 MB 2.4 Ghz $0.30 >>>>> When compared to Amazon's PaaS ElasticBeanstalk a 1 cpu 1GB instance >>>>> costs $0.013 an hour which is almost 30 times cheaper than Google App >>>>> Engine front end instances. I understand they offer different services, >>>>> but >>>>> as far as front end instances it is hard to see why in 2016 (Moore's Law) >>>>> a >>>>> 1gb GAE instance is still so expensive. Does Google have any plans to >>>>> lower >>>>> the costs of these instances in the very near future? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Google App Engine" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-appengine/9020a9f4-886b-4841-9de0-314c14c0ffee%40googlegroups.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-appengine/9020a9f4-886b-4841-9de0-314c14c0ffee%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google App Engine" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-appengine/4a50cbef-7fc0-49f2-a275-67feebdcd990%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-appengine/4a50cbef-7fc0-49f2-a275-67feebdcd990%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-appengine/3abcabf0-71f8-4b03-a305-9194e688a066%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
