Guillaume Balas's answer to What are examples of startups that charge for access to their APIs? - Quora
www.quora.com
on 04/29/2013
Excerpt: There are some updates to this page that haven't been applied yet because you've entered some data into a form.... read the full post.
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A Rake Too Far: Optimal Platform Pricing Strategy
abovethecrowd.com
on 04/18/2013
Excerpt: April 18, 2013: In a casino, the term “rake” refers to the commission that the house earns for operating a poker game. With each hand, a small percentage of the pot is scraped off by the dealer, which in essence becomes the “revenue” for the casino. While casinos use the term “rake,” a plethora of interesting word choices exist which all describe the same thing – keeping a little bit of the revenue for the company that is running the service. Examples include “commission,” “fee,” “toll,” “tax,” “vig” or “vigorish,” “juice,” “the take”, and “graft” (although this last one is typically associated with corruption in politics). Many Internet marketplaces also have a rake or vig.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, mustread, Platform, Pricing, Story
Amazon CTO Werner Vogels: ''Infrastructure is not a differentiator''
www.zdnet.com
on 04/18/2013
Excerpt: Photo: Andrew Nusca/ZDNetNEW YORK -- It just hung there, in the air. An uncomfortable truth, hovering before the faces of some 3,000 technologists sitting in the shadows to hear the opening keynote here at the Amazon Web Services Summit 2013. Amazon chief technology officer Werner Vogels was standing on the expansive stage, clad turtleneck to toes in black, delivering his speech as scheduled. But in a sea of predictable, self-congratulatory praise—the kind of rah-rah enthusiasm endemic in the technology industry—he dished out a surprisingly cutting comment. "You have to stop wasting time and effort for things that do not matter for your customer. One of those things is your infrastructure. It is not a differentiator.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, AWS, Infrastructure, Pricing
Pingdom upgrades all plans – adds Real User Monitoring and more
royal.pingdom.com
on 04/11/2013
Excerpt: We have not only launched our Real User Monitoring service today, we have also upgraded our plans in a way that will benefit Pingdom’s customers. In addition, we added a brand new plan for customers that require more of everything. This upgrade will make your Pingdom account an even better resource in helping you make sure your website performs at its very best. By adding many new possibilities to the services we already offer, these changes mean significant improvements for our customers. We’ve added more to every plan
In addition to Real User Monitoring (RUM), which is included in every plan, we have also added more checks to our paid plans.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Monetization, Pricing
Appcelerator Platform Pricing Updates
developer.appcelerator.com
on 04/03/2013
Excerpt: I am personally committed to openness and transparency regarding our pricing and licensing. When I announced the new Appcelerator Platform last week, I mentioned that I was going to follow-up to provide you with details about the changes that we are making to our Plans & Pricing. As I’ve said before, we care deeply about providing you with outstanding value and high quality products at competitive prices. This has been our commitment from the day Nolan and I started this company. One of our core company values is to “Enable Customer Success,” and we are honored each and every day to empower you to deliver transformative mobile experiences to the world.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, BaaS, BaaS, Pricing, Story
AppEngine adds improved Billing and Python Dev Server
blog.programmableweb.com
on 04/03/2013
Excerpt: Google AppEngine team continues to roll out regularly releases with the latest version 1. 7. 6 bringing notable enhancements on both Administration and Development features. The feature sees the notable improvements around billing for paid applications and a complete overhaul of the local Dev Server available for Python. AppEngine 1. 7. 6 release brings flexibility via which developers can get billed for their paid applications. The new billing system gives the flexibility to developers to do monthly billing or any time of the month, along with options for using debit and credit cards. The migration to the new billing system will be transparent to the developers. The Python runtime has seen some major enhancements in this release.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Billing, Pricing, Python
Dropbox, Spotify, Gmail, Skype: Are We In A Subscription Bubble?
techcrunch.com
on 03/10/2013
Excerpt: Editor’s note: Ezra Galston is a VC at I2A Fund, a young entrepreneur at Foundation Capital, a Kauffman Fellows Finalist and a second-year MBA student at Chicago Booth. He focuses on early-stage technology investments. Follow him on Twitter @EzraMoGee. It seems like nearly every tech business has sought to employ a subscription model for its services. While that makes sense from a business perspective, I wanted to investigate any effects of subscription fatigue on consumer commerce – questions such as whether a service like Dropbox might be on the chopping block if consumers’ wallets are stretched. Or whether Gmail plugins like Boomerang could sustain a subscription model.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Business Models, Monetization, PaaS, Pricing, SaaS
Amazon Web Services Blog: Reserved Instance Price Reduction for Amazon EC2
aws.typepad.com
on 03/05/2013
Excerpt: The AWS team is always exploring ways to reduce costs and to pass the savings along to our customers. We're more than happy to continue this tradition with our latest price reduction. Starting today, we are reducing prices for new EC2 Reserved Instances running Linux/UNIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server by up to 27%. This reduction applies to the Standard (m1), Second-Generation Standard (m3), High-Memory (m2), and High-CPU (c1) instance families. As always, if you reserve more, you will save more. To be more specific, you will automatically receive additional savings when you have more than $250,000 in active upfront Reserved Instance fees.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, AWS, Cloud Computing, EC2, Pricing
Excerpt: April 18, 2013: In a casino, the term “rake” refers to the commission that the house earns for operating a poker game. With each hand, a small percentage of the pot is scraped off by the dealer, which in essence becomes the “revenue” for the casino. While casinos use the term “rake,” a plethora of interesting word choices exist which all describe the same thing – keeping a little bit of the revenue for the company that is running the service. Examples include “commission,” “fee,” “toll,” “tax,” “vig” or “vigorish,” “juice,” “the take”, and “graft” (although this last one is typically associated with corruption in politics). Many Internet marketplaces also have a rake or vig.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, mustread, Platform, Pricing, Story
Amazon CTO Werner Vogels: ''Infrastructure is not a differentiator''
www.zdnet.com
on 04/18/2013
Excerpt: Photo: Andrew Nusca/ZDNetNEW YORK -- It just hung there, in the air. An uncomfortable truth, hovering before the faces of some 3,000 technologists sitting in the shadows to hear the opening keynote here at the Amazon Web Services Summit 2013. Amazon chief technology officer Werner Vogels was standing on the expansive stage, clad turtleneck to toes in black, delivering his speech as scheduled. But in a sea of predictable, self-congratulatory praise—the kind of rah-rah enthusiasm endemic in the technology industry—he dished out a surprisingly cutting comment. "You have to stop wasting time and effort for things that do not matter for your customer. One of those things is your infrastructure. It is not a differentiator.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, AWS, Infrastructure, Pricing
Pingdom upgrades all plans – adds Real User Monitoring and more
royal.pingdom.com
on 04/11/2013
Excerpt: We have not only launched our Real User Monitoring service today, we have also upgraded our plans in a way that will benefit Pingdom’s customers. In addition, we added a brand new plan for customers that require more of everything. This upgrade will make your Pingdom account an even better resource in helping you make sure your website performs at its very best. By adding many new possibilities to the services we already offer, these changes mean significant improvements for our customers. We’ve added more to every plan
In addition to Real User Monitoring (RUM), which is included in every plan, we have also added more checks to our paid plans.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Monetization, Pricing
Appcelerator Platform Pricing Updates
developer.appcelerator.com
on 04/03/2013
Excerpt: I am personally committed to openness and transparency regarding our pricing and licensing. When I announced the new Appcelerator Platform last week, I mentioned that I was going to follow-up to provide you with details about the changes that we are making to our Plans & Pricing. As I’ve said before, we care deeply about providing you with outstanding value and high quality products at competitive prices. This has been our commitment from the day Nolan and I started this company. One of our core company values is to “Enable Customer Success,” and we are honored each and every day to empower you to deliver transformative mobile experiences to the world.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, BaaS, BaaS, Pricing, Story
AppEngine adds improved Billing and Python Dev Server
blog.programmableweb.com
on 04/03/2013
Excerpt: Google AppEngine team continues to roll out regularly releases with the latest version 1. 7. 6 bringing notable enhancements on both Administration and Development features. The feature sees the notable improvements around billing for paid applications and a complete overhaul of the local Dev Server available for Python. AppEngine 1. 7. 6 release brings flexibility via which developers can get billed for their paid applications. The new billing system gives the flexibility to developers to do monthly billing or any time of the month, along with options for using debit and credit cards. The migration to the new billing system will be transparent to the developers. The Python runtime has seen some major enhancements in this release.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Billing, Pricing, Python
Dropbox, Spotify, Gmail, Skype: Are We In A Subscription Bubble?
techcrunch.com
on 03/10/2013
Excerpt: Editor’s note: Ezra Galston is a VC at I2A Fund, a young entrepreneur at Foundation Capital, a Kauffman Fellows Finalist and a second-year MBA student at Chicago Booth. He focuses on early-stage technology investments. Follow him on Twitter @EzraMoGee. It seems like nearly every tech business has sought to employ a subscription model for its services. While that makes sense from a business perspective, I wanted to investigate any effects of subscription fatigue on consumer commerce – questions such as whether a service like Dropbox might be on the chopping block if consumers’ wallets are stretched. Or whether Gmail plugins like Boomerang could sustain a subscription model.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Business Models, Monetization, PaaS, Pricing, SaaS
Amazon Web Services Blog: Reserved Instance Price Reduction for Amazon EC2
aws.typepad.com
on 03/05/2013
Excerpt: The AWS team is always exploring ways to reduce costs and to pass the savings along to our customers. We're more than happy to continue this tradition with our latest price reduction. Starting today, we are reducing prices for new EC2 Reserved Instances running Linux/UNIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server by up to 27%. This reduction applies to the Standard (m1), Second-Generation Standard (m3), High-Memory (m2), and High-CPU (c1) instance families. As always, if you reserve more, you will save more. To be more specific, you will automatically receive additional savings when you have more than $250,000 in active upfront Reserved Instance fees.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, AWS, Cloud Computing, EC2, Pricing
Excerpt: We have not only launched our Real User Monitoring service today, we have also upgraded our plans in a way that will benefit Pingdom’s customers. In addition, we added a brand new plan for customers that require more of everything. This upgrade will make your Pingdom account an even better resource in helping you make sure your website performs at its very best. By adding many new possibilities to the services we already offer, these changes mean significant improvements for our customers. We’ve added more to every plan In addition to Real User Monitoring (RUM), which is included in every plan, we have also added more checks to our paid plans.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Monetization, Pricing
Appcelerator Platform Pricing Updates
developer.appcelerator.com
on 04/03/2013
Excerpt: I am personally committed to openness and transparency regarding our pricing and licensing. When I announced the new Appcelerator Platform last week, I mentioned that I was going to follow-up to provide you with details about the changes that we are making to our Plans & Pricing. As I’ve said before, we care deeply about providing you with outstanding value and high quality products at competitive prices. This has been our commitment from the day Nolan and I started this company. One of our core company values is to “Enable Customer Success,” and we are honored each and every day to empower you to deliver transformative mobile experiences to the world.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, BaaS, BaaS, Pricing, Story
AppEngine adds improved Billing and Python Dev Server
blog.programmableweb.com
on 04/03/2013
Excerpt: Google AppEngine team continues to roll out regularly releases with the latest version 1. 7. 6 bringing notable enhancements on both Administration and Development features. The feature sees the notable improvements around billing for paid applications and a complete overhaul of the local Dev Server available for Python. AppEngine 1. 7. 6 release brings flexibility via which developers can get billed for their paid applications. The new billing system gives the flexibility to developers to do monthly billing or any time of the month, along with options for using debit and credit cards. The migration to the new billing system will be transparent to the developers. The Python runtime has seen some major enhancements in this release.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Billing, Pricing, Python
Dropbox, Spotify, Gmail, Skype: Are We In A Subscription Bubble?
techcrunch.com
on 03/10/2013
Excerpt: Editor’s note: Ezra Galston is a VC at I2A Fund, a young entrepreneur at Foundation Capital, a Kauffman Fellows Finalist and a second-year MBA student at Chicago Booth. He focuses on early-stage technology investments. Follow him on Twitter @EzraMoGee. It seems like nearly every tech business has sought to employ a subscription model for its services. While that makes sense from a business perspective, I wanted to investigate any effects of subscription fatigue on consumer commerce – questions such as whether a service like Dropbox might be on the chopping block if consumers’ wallets are stretched. Or whether Gmail plugins like Boomerang could sustain a subscription model.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Business Models, Monetization, PaaS, Pricing, SaaS
Amazon Web Services Blog: Reserved Instance Price Reduction for Amazon EC2
aws.typepad.com
on 03/05/2013
Excerpt: The AWS team is always exploring ways to reduce costs and to pass the savings along to our customers. We're more than happy to continue this tradition with our latest price reduction. Starting today, we are reducing prices for new EC2 Reserved Instances running Linux/UNIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server by up to 27%. This reduction applies to the Standard (m1), Second-Generation Standard (m3), High-Memory (m2), and High-CPU (c1) instance families. As always, if you reserve more, you will save more. To be more specific, you will automatically receive additional savings when you have more than $250,000 in active upfront Reserved Instance fees.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, AWS, Cloud Computing, EC2, Pricing
Excerpt: Google AppEngine team continues to roll out regularly releases with the latest version 1. 7. 6 bringing notable enhancements on both Administration and Development features. The feature sees the notable improvements around billing for paid applications and a complete overhaul of the local Dev Server available for Python. AppEngine 1. 7. 6 release brings flexibility via which developers can get billed for their paid applications. The new billing system gives the flexibility to developers to do monthly billing or any time of the month, along with options for using debit and credit cards. The migration to the new billing system will be transparent to the developers. The Python runtime has seen some major enhancements in this release.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Billing, Pricing, Python
Dropbox, Spotify, Gmail, Skype: Are We In A Subscription Bubble?
techcrunch.com
on 03/10/2013
Excerpt: Editor’s note: Ezra Galston is a VC at I2A Fund, a young entrepreneur at Foundation Capital, a Kauffman Fellows Finalist and a second-year MBA student at Chicago Booth. He focuses on early-stage technology investments. Follow him on Twitter @EzraMoGee. It seems like nearly every tech business has sought to employ a subscription model for its services. While that makes sense from a business perspective, I wanted to investigate any effects of subscription fatigue on consumer commerce – questions such as whether a service like Dropbox might be on the chopping block if consumers’ wallets are stretched. Or whether Gmail plugins like Boomerang could sustain a subscription model.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Business Models, Monetization, PaaS, Pricing, SaaS
Amazon Web Services Blog: Reserved Instance Price Reduction for Amazon EC2
aws.typepad.com
on 03/05/2013
Excerpt: The AWS team is always exploring ways to reduce costs and to pass the savings along to our customers. We're more than happy to continue this tradition with our latest price reduction. Starting today, we are reducing prices for new EC2 Reserved Instances running Linux/UNIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server by up to 27%. This reduction applies to the Standard (m1), Second-Generation Standard (m3), High-Memory (m2), and High-CPU (c1) instance families. As always, if you reserve more, you will save more. To be more specific, you will automatically receive additional savings when you have more than $250,000 in active upfront Reserved Instance fees.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, AWS, Cloud Computing, EC2, Pricing
Excerpt: The AWS team is always exploring ways to reduce costs and to pass the savings along to our customers. We're more than happy to continue this tradition with our latest price reduction. Starting today, we are reducing prices for new EC2 Reserved Instances running Linux/UNIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server by up to 27%. This reduction applies to the Standard (m1), Second-Generation Standard (m3), High-Memory (m2), and High-CPU (c1) instance families. As always, if you reserve more, you will save more. To be more specific, you will automatically receive additional savings when you have more than $250,000 in active upfront Reserved Instance fees.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, AWS, Cloud Computing, EC2, Pricing
