CloudatCost

Reid Cooper

Hey Everybody!
My Name is Aman Bhogal from CloudAtCost.
Scott Allen Miller reached out to me and I will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.

As a start, I would like to offer everybody in this thread 20% off of any server of your choice. Just use coupon code qunege5uTa
This is an exclusive offer for this thread and quantities are limited!

Welcome, and thank you!

JaredBusch

Found this review from early 2014.

http://penguindreams.org/blog/review-cloud-at-cost/

The comments have people complaining about long term outage and poor support response times.

AmanBhogal

@JaredBusch
Hi Jared,
This is true, there are many comments online talking about cloudatcost. When we launched the product in 2013, we weren't expecting the growth that we had. In short, our demaind increased our supply, causing quite the load on our servers. Having your business grow at rapid speeds is every businesses dream, however, for us it resulted in a lot of growing pains.

Last year we released a video talking about this exact issue.
check out the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INVaNT1R_jE

We are still growing and are constantly upgrading our hardware and adding to our support.

If I can help in any way, please let me know.

Thanks,

scottalanmiller

Getting our first CloudatCost servers set up right now.

Reid Cooper

Awesome, looking forward to some feedback!

thanksajdotcom

Awesome! I am hoping to try this out soon!

JaredBusch

@AmanBhogal So what is the plan on the one time cost servers?

It is stated in many searches that I have done that the one time cost is all limited time. You are obviously driving up name recognition. Great.

But the server monthly costs are higher than what I will pay for anything other than the dev 1 price point. For $10/month I can begin to find things that fit the need I have in already existing channels. They may not be full VM guests like this, but they will be everything needed for the task at hand.

JaredBusch

Also if you want the discount code mentioned above, it is only good through today.

#27982 - Developer 2 - Discount coupon qunege5uTa (Cloud Servers /
Developer 2), 02/23/2015 thru 02/22/2015

AmanBhogal

@JaredBusch

Thanks Jared.
The offer has been extended to the end of the week (Feb 27th)
We are getting a lot of great support through the MangoLassi community. I will make sure we get some really awesome exclusive offers for you guys.

AmanBhogal

@JaredBusch

Anybody who purchases a one time server does not have any monthly recurring charges.

If you are buying a dev server, for example a Dev 2 server, the pricing options are set up that way to allow users to consider how long they will require the server for. Some users only need a server for 2 months... $10 / month is a very fair price to charge, and for the user, extremely low amount to pay...

If you are keeping your dev server for a while and are going to have it more than 7 months, a one time $70 fee is amazing... never worry about paying for your server again. Especially when you're getting 20% off.... **$56 for a lifetime Dev 2 server. **

coliver

@AmanBhogal

Are there any restrictions (other then capacity) on the Dev line as compared to the Big Dog line?

scottalanmiller

@coliver said:

@AmanBhogal

Are there any restrictions (other then capacity) on the Dev line as compared to the Big Dog line?

Windows not available until you get to the Big Dogs.

JaredBusch

@AmanBhogal said:

Anybody who purchases a one time server does not have any monthly recurring charges.

Sorry if I was not clear on the concern. Your site clearly states the one time cost is a temporary thing. I want to know if there are plans for that to go away or not.

For the ease of a couple month server space, this is looking like a really nice setup for short term systems.

For the price point of a one time cost, this is also a really nice setup for longer lasting systems.

AmanBhogal

@JaredBusch
The one time cost differentiates us from others in the marketplace and has been working very well for us.
I have not heard of any plans to remove that offer anytime soon.

scottalanmiller

@AmanBhogal said:

@JaredBusch
The one time cost differentiates us from others in the marketplace and has been working very well for us.
I have not heard of any plans to remove that offer anytime soon.

That would be good. It is a major differentiator. Makes a huge difference.

nadnerB

That looks tops.
Do many people use the two low end packages?
What do you you lot use them for?

I'd like to set one up but I don't know what I'd use it for.

JaredBusch

@AmanBhogal said:

@JaredBusch
The one time cost differentiates us from others in the marketplace and has been working very well for us.
I have not heard of any plans to remove that offer anytime soon.

@scottalanmiller said:

That would be good. It is a major differentiator. Makes a huge difference.

Yes, those one time cost plans are very different and the reason I am attracted to the service. The clients I serve do not tend to do things for short time frames. so a server here paid once is just a great idea for something that will run for 2-4 years

Danp

FYI -- the coupon code still works.
Now to figure out the easiest way to host my own sites!

scottalanmiller

@Danp said:

FYI -- the coupon code still works.
Now to figure out the easiest way to host my own sites!

What kind of sites are they? WordPress? Drupal? Joomla?

Is there a way to enable bandwidth caps so you don't get billed?