Re: Pricing for Google Cloud SQL

i would agree with spacetrader. developers should always have a min free quota  like app engine. even a bare minimum is okay.

On May 11, 2012 1:40 AM, "SpaceTrader" <spacetraderone@gmail.com> wrote:

I suggest a free quota for developers with some kind of stop mechanism to avoid billing.

A price simulator would be very nice to evaluate our use during this test period or some kind of fake billing mail so we can see how much it would cost.

I think this is a good police for similar products because this metrics are very difficult to understand an even more difficult to predict. My idea is 30 months free with a fake bill after the first 15 days. Off-course it wold have limits too.

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Joe Faith <joefaith@google.com> wrote:

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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