On: Gitlab reducing free tier CI/CD minutes from 2000 to 400 minutes

[masklinn]

This and that are different things though.

Nitro is for individual accounts and provides features for you as a user, boost is for the server and provides features for every user of the server.

Maxing out a server takes 30 boosts but the level 3 perks seem pretty… thin on the ground:

- +100 emoji (from 150 to 200)

- 384Kbps audio (from 256)

- 100MB uploads (from 50)

- custom URLs

Only the third one is somewhat useful, but 15 boosts for that doesn't really seems worth it.

As to price, a boost is $5 so a level 3 server is indeed $150 (level 2 is half), however Nitro ($10) provides 2 boosts and 30% off all boost purchases, meaning you can max out a server for $108, or 55.5 for a level 2. Nitro classic is only $5 and also provides 30% off of boosts, but doesn't include the free boosts, so it comes out at $110 to get a level 3 server on your own.

[reificator → masklinn]

#4 is huge, especially if you're running the Discord to promote something else like a Twitch channel or a game.

Is it worth the cost? Probably not. But I'd put it above larger uploads in terms of importance, and my discords hit the upload limit pretty often.

[scrollaway → reificator]

All replies here are missing that multiple users can stack their boosts, so no single individual needs to be paying 100 bucks a month.

[reificator → scrollaway]

I'm not missing that, what implies that I am?

[scrollaway → reificator]

You're not; your reply is.