By subscription feed, do you mean support for the enterprise product or for this new offering? I didn't see numbers for either on the website - can you ballpark what they are?
And is your problem with the quantity of dollars, or with the fact that they charge at all?
> By subscription feed, do you mean support for the enterprise product or for this new offering? I
Yes
> And is your problem with the quantity of dollars, or with the fact that they charge at all?
Quantity, in particular how much they charge per server. I don't think it would be fair for basho for me to spout specifics, but as late of last year it seemed rather exorbitant especially for an open source product.
This is the main reason my large employer didn't even bother to seriously look at what their products had to offer. Both 10gen (Mongodb) and one of the companies offering Cassandra support contracts were a lot more reasonable.
> This is the main reason my large employer didn't even bother to seriously look at what their products had to offer. Both 10gen (Mongodb) and one of the companies offering Cassandra support contracts were a lot more reasonable.
When we contacted both 10gen and Basho a few months ago, Basho's support rates were cheaper than 10gen. We didn't look at Datastax at the time, so I can't comment on that comparison.
Basho has a "Riak Enterprise for Startups" which they describe as a "pay what you can" service for self-funded or angel-funded companies. I don't know what price they quoted you (would be interested to know) but it seems like you could pay whatever you felt it was worth until your first round closes.
