Dear Cloud SQL Previewers
Thanks for all your input on this.
We have heard the feedback about free tiers and are evaluating it. In
the mean time, it is important to note that that the per use pricing
plan is designed to help users just starting with the platform. It
means you only pay for the time your database is actually used. In
particular if you are only using your instances for a few hours then
the total charge will be around a dollar per month. We also wanted to
give you a permanent solution that you can plan on, rather than a
temporary offer.
Hope this helps
J
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 5:19 AM, Xiping Long <xiping.long@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I agree! Google should at least gives some minimum quota that is enough for development and testing, otherwise, startups may have to turn away to use other free none-Google services. If Google supports startups with free quotas, then if startups succeed, who will care about the fees? Google will eventually make more money, than remove the free usage and let startups go away now. Hope Google will rethink about this. I had a bad experience before with Google Translation API, I developed some oral translation app for Android cell phone during the trial period, and before I am ready to release my app, Google removed the free API usage. I am so disappointed about this!!!
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> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:26 AM, Fahad cv <fahadcv@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hope there will be free quota available as Google strategy is win-win for start ups, definitely It is highly required for start-up.
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>> On Thursday, 10 May 2012 22:21:20 UTC+5:30, Joe Faith wrote:
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>>> Dear Cloud SQL Users
>>>
>>> From June 12th 2012 use of the Google Cloud SQL service will be charged. Two billing plans are available: packages and per use.
>>>
>>> More details about these plans are here https://developers.google.com/cloud-sql/docs/billing. If you still have questions then check the FAQs. Note that if you are just a light user of the service then opting for the per use billing plan will enable you to get started with a cloud hosted, multiply replicated, MySQL service for about a dollar per month.
>>>
>>> What do I do now?
>>> If you would like to use your Cloud SQL instances after June 12th 2012 you will need to enable billing for your projects before then by signing in to the Google APIs console (https://code.google.com/apis/console) and clicking the Billing tab. You can then choose (or change) the billing plan for your instances from the console. Your instances will not be available after June 12th if you do not enable billing beforehand. Note that usage will not be charged until June 12th, even if you enable billing before then.
>>>
>>> Joe
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