[raiyu]

We aren't providing pricing information till full GA which is later in the year. All beta users will be given 1TB of free object storage during the beta period.

[justrobert]

I think the lack of a pricing model and how short the free period is (until Oct 2017) makes it hard for many users to even justify testing it.

For me it seems if a developer has to spend more than an hour testing this new product they are better off using S3.

[raiyu]

Certainly if you are considering moving a production workload, then a beta test, regardless of the company, may not be an ideal fit.

Object storage has been a highly requested feature by our customers and now that we are getting closer to GA we want to ensure that customers get a chance to use the product and provide feedback on usability, bugs, performance, and etc.

[justrobert]

I wasn't even discussing moving production environments, just the beta test seems to highly favor DO in terms of cost.

But that is fine, if enough users are willing to front the cost of testing.