Comment by _benj

3 days ago

I find myself often suspicious of "free" tiers, because it seems to be that 1. the terms can change at any time or 2. "free" can be removed at any time.

I had used CF Pages and I really really liked all the tools it gave me, but free didn't sit well with me. I switched to CDN bunny.net for hosting my personal site and DNS and I pay $1/mo, which is their monthly minimun payment. It doesn't have facny stuff like github intergation or such, but I feel more at peace actually knowing what I'm paying for.

I wish CF would have a personal pricing level, I'd be more than happy to pay them and have a customer relationship instead of a freemium user relationship with them!

You'll find plenty of arguments in CFs blogs on why they offer a free tier, from ISPs offering free peering to hobbyists testing the latest features to hobbyists bringing their company onto CF.

It's not a blitz-scaling customer trap.