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by nine_k 157 days ago
Also, they cost less than a shellbox when unused (idle), and more when used.
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> and more when used.

Sprites pricing is based on usage, not reserved capacity, so depending on what you're doing I think it can actually be cheaper than Shellbox. You'll have to stay below 1GB of memory and have the CPU be mostly idle, which I'm not sure common workloads will.