What assumptions were made with the free quota 5 million page view estimations?

[Gitted]

I'm trying to understand what assumptions were made with the free quote tier being able to sustain 5 million page views per month?

Are those 5 million page views making 3 database calls per page, or all served from cache, or?

[Patrice (Cloud Platform Support)]

Hi Gitted,

Can you point out where you see that in our docs? I'm not able to see it, and I remember it was a line previously in our quota page, but it's not in anymore, exactly because there was too many assumptions made in it.

Cheers!

[Gitted]

Sorry I cannot find the reference, but I swear it was on an official google app engine page (there are lots of references too it in older blog posts and forum posts).

What assumptions were made though? :)

[Gitted]

Are there any high traffic GAE accounts that publicize their monthly pricing that I can read up on?  I want real world traffic and pricing for existing applications.  To make a use case for using app engine sometimes having a real world case study helps in making a decision.

[Patrice (Cloud Platform Support)]

Hi again,

I think indeed the reference is to a page that we changed. What I meant by "too many assumptions were made" wasn't that there is a breakdown of exactly what was assumed, more that to get to that figure, a LOT of different variables can be at play, so it really comes down to your specific use case.

There are, at the time, no GAE accounts that I know that publicize this information. Maybe one of our users will see this post and decide to answer your question with a breakdown of their own usage. In the meantime, I can offer the pricing calculator, if you don't already know of it.

Cheers!