Netlify bandwidth fee

RachelMcAdams

Today some guy posted to Reddit "Netlify just sent me a $104K bill for a simple static site" 1. To summarize, he was charged $104K for 190TB of DDoS traffic. After the post went viral and cross-posted to HN 2, the CEO swept in and forgave the bill.

How ridiculous it is Netlify charge $55 per 100GB bandwidth (!!). But I guess the VC needs to be repaid somehow.

MikeA

Can you imagine getting charged $100,000+ for bandwidth that's actually worth <$1k?

Talk about a profit.

yoursunny

Netlify Ethernet cords are made with titanium.
Netlify fiber optics are made with diamonds.
Netlify guard dogs are fed with organic dog food.
Netlify engineers wear shirts made with unicorn feathers.
Netlify managers eat with ivory chopsticks.
Netlify investors travel in business class.

Bandwidth must be expensive to offset the operating costs.

havoc

Yeah, def prefer more fixed structures like bunny

root

@yoursunny said:
Netlify Ethernet cords are made with titanium.
Netlify fiber optics are made with diamonds.
Netlify guard dogs are fed with organic dog food.
Netlify engineers wear shirts made with unicorn feathers.
Netlify managers eat with ivory chopsticks.
Netlify investors travel in business class.

Bandwidth must be expensive to offset the operating costs.

It is important to note they do not have their own planes, so they do not contribute to pollution like other managers do. Such hosting is great because it cares about environment.