I just installed the Starter trial and from playing around with a single test topic and all that, I’m already at 100 views. With a very moderate community of 100 people, if each generates 50 page views every single day (which seems pretty normal), we are already at 150k page views. I see that othe…

This is a guide explaining how pageviews are tracked: [image] Understanding pageview tracking on hosted plans Hosted Customers bookmark This topic explains the difference between Discourse’s legacy pageview tracking method and the new pageview tracking that was…

[image] Tiago: So how can a small community survive if they are required to pay more than $500 a month in order to have a very average/normal amount of page views? Getting money from somewhere else and then a forum is no-profit support type service. Or a hobby. Or it is same as always — you …

That was my conclusion, too. I really liked Discourse, but realized that I couldn’t afford it. I don’t have the desire or time to try to use the forum to generate ad hits, and I don’t want to annoy my customers with them. I just need a product support forum that my small business can afford.

Then you have to think if that company creates revenue enought to pay 20 a month do you have ability to host by yourself; time question it is not

[image] Tiago: With a very moderate community of 100 people, if each generates 50 page views every single day (which seems pretty normal), we are already at 150k page views. Besides CDCK (the company behind Discourse), there are other companies specializing in Discourse hosting, with differen…

Basically my issue with Discourse is how the plans have such huge differences in cost (from 20 to 100 to 500), how the page views are so limited, and how we can’t buy more page views or space on certain plans. I see there’s the option in the Standard to pay $50 a month for more page views and storag…

I totally understand that having something like this is either customer support, or a hobby. I see no issue with paying for it. I just think the plans are not very balanced. Do you need the S3 and SES, if it’s a small community? For example, I installed phpBB before and I just had to install the s…

[image] Jakke Flemming: if that company creates revenue enought to pay 20 a month I think the issue always comes down to how the plans were created. I don’t think the issue is paying $20. Most people and businesses can afford that. But with just a few very active members, the 20k page views l…

[image] Coin-coin le Canapin: Besides CDCK (the company behind Discourse), there are other companies specializing in Discourse hosting, with different price ranges. I couldn’t find a way to find those. Any suggestions? [image] Coin-coin le Canapin: As Jagstersaid, “do you have ability to…

[image] alltiagocom: Aren’t we supposed to being able to manage our communities without constantly looking at the reports? It’s a bit stressful, in my opinion. I understand that. Recently, Xooit, a French forum hosting company (that refuses to give customers’ data back if they leave) increas…

Page views limit too low?

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Page views limit too low?

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