Fly.io: The reclaimer of Heroku's magic

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ushakov ◴[15 May 22 21:06 UTC] No.31391124[source]▶

>>31390506 (OP) #

i'm running https://wikinewsfeed.org on fly.io

very satisfied so far and would definitely deploy there next time!

the killer feature i like the most is automatic prometheus metrics collection

one thing i don't really like about fly.io is the fact that they charge money for free Let's Encrypt SSL certs

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datalopers ◴[15 May 22 21:32 UTC] No.31391356[source]▶

>>31391124 #

They aren’t charging for the certificate so much as they’re charging for TLS termination, infrastructure, DNS, caching, handling invalidations, etc. It’s also 10 free then $0.10/mo per certificate thereafter (or $2/mo for wildcard). They also donate 50% of their TLS fees to Let’s Encrypt.

So, yes, some users will have have to pay for certificates, but it seems extremely reasonable to me.

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1. ushakov ◴[15 May 22 21:51 UTC] No.31391507[source]▶

>>31391356 #

well, maybe

but, my expectation as a PaaS customer in 2022 is that you shouldn't need to pay for a SSL cert

the expectation is because nobody else charges for them anymore, not even their competitors

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2. datalopers ◴[15 May 22 22:06 UTC] No.31391613[source]▶

>>31391507 (TP) #

Do they? I feel like you're just uncomfortable with line-item pricing and prefer flat all-in-one pricing. What are the other competitors that offer actual PaaS instead of static-site hosting?

* Render.com charges $0.60 per custom domain after the first 25

* Heroku gives you "free" custom certificates once you're on a $7/mo minimum.

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3. anurag ◴[15 May 22 22:11 UTC] No.31391641[source]▶

>>31391613 #

A clarification: every static site or full stack app can have up to 25 custom domains for free on Render. Most sites only have 2 (apex and www).

4. endorphine ◴[16 May 22 09:49 UTC] No.31395114[source]▶

>>31391613 #

Yeah but "after the first 25" may cover the majority of their customers. I myself am one of them, and at this point I don't care at all what happens after I reach 25 domains.

Essentially it _is_ free.

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5. ◴[16 May 22 13:47 UTC] No.31397094{3}[source]▶

>>31395114 #

6. datalopers ◴[16 May 22 13:53 UTC] No.31397204{3}[source]▶

>>31395114 #

I agree with you of course. I feel the same way about fly.io’s pricing. For nearly all use cases, certs are free. Which is why I found it so odd that GP was complaining about it.

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