[troethom]

Who should bear the risk for your startup - DotCloud or yourself? If you're creating a product you believe in, $100 (or more for that matter) should by no mean be out of reach - no matter if you're bootstrapping or looking to raise funding. In case you compare it to a cheap VPS, well, you get what you pay for - and you'll need to do the ops yourself, which is time you should rather spend building your business.

[alvivar]

I am just saying that a lot of people are searching for a platform where we can deploy for what we need. DotCloud let's me choose the stack I need, that's really good, but it would be awesome if also there is a plan with the price and features that I need. Flexibility. There is a big leap between free and pro, it's like take it or just play with it. I'm not suggesting a "better free", just an intermediate plan.