Video — Standard: 2572ms avg. Priority: 2556ms avg.
So you pay double for the privilege of identical or worse performance.
Bonus features:
- Google's own docs show the wrong parameter format
- Priority gives you 0.3x the rate limit of standard (fewer requests!)
- If priority capacity is exceeded, you silently get standard tier anyway
- The response header that confirms your tier is bugged on streaming endpoints
- No latency SLAs, no capacity thresholds, no metrics
- Why does it cost 75-100% more? Why the range? Why publish it with no latency numbers?
Launched April 1st. I'm choosing to believe the date was intentional.
YounElh•2h ago
Text — Standard: 553ms avg. Priority: 563ms avg.
Image — Standard: 1301ms avg. Priority: 1468ms avg.
Video — Standard: 2572ms avg. Priority: 2556ms avg.
So you pay double for the privilege of identical or worse performance.
Bonus features:
- Google's own docs show the wrong parameter format - Priority gives you 0.3x the rate limit of standard (fewer requests!) - If priority capacity is exceeded, you silently get standard tier anyway - The response header that confirms your tier is bugged on streaming endpoints - No latency SLAs, no capacity thresholds, no metrics - Why does it cost 75-100% more? Why the range? Why publish it with no latency numbers?
Launched April 1st. I'm choosing to believe the date was intentional.