Reply from AllnodesMay 17, 2024
Dear Customer,
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We value all our customers' opinions and would like to provide some additional information to explain the recent changes in our pricing for Syscoin masternodes.
Firstly, here are the minimum hardware requirements for Syscoin masternodes, as outlined on Syscoin's official website: https://syscoin.org/news/syscoin-40-rewards-specifications
64-bit CPU: 2 Cores (4 preferred) with SSE
RAM: 4GB (8GB RAM preferred)
Swap: 4GB (if less than 8GB real RAM)
Virtualization: KVM or OpenVZ (KVM preferred)
Disk Space: 80GB+ (100GB+ SSD preferred)
We incur specific infrastructure costs to ensure we meet these specifications and provide reliable performance. For your understanding, here are the costs we incur for running such infrastructure on different providers:
DigitalOcean (Advanced plan): $24.00/month for 4 GiB, 2 vCPUs, 4,000 GiB bandwidth, and 80 GiB disk space.
Hetzner (Basic plan): €8.98/month for 3 vCPUs, 4GB RAM, 80GB disk space, and 20TB traffic.
Currently, we offer our advanced plan for $20/month, while the same setup costs us $24/month on DigitalOcean. Our basic plan is available for $10/month, or $8/month if prepaid for one year, whereas Hetzner charges $9.69/month for a comparable setup.
We hope this clarifies the reasons behind our pricing adjustments. We notified you by email about the price increase in April 2024. Our goal is to provide high-quality, cost-effective solutions that align with the latest requirements and deliver the best possible service to our users.
Please understand that our true intent is not to take advantage of anyone but to offer the best service possible. Wishing you the best of luck.