Joyent is a fantastic product that’s got innovative pricing plans and service offerings, as well a great blog.

I think the mark of an excellent service is a well-thought-out plan for pricing — something that makes sense, is realistic, and is relatively painless for customers.  Just take a look at their pricing plans:

• Monthly plans from $15 to $170 per month, with the minimum plan offering 5GB of storage and 4 users.
• One-time payments from $399 to $1499 with set storage and user limits.
• The ability to purchase what they call a “Joyent Accelerator” that lets customers concerned with security run Joyent behind a firewall — while continuing to enjoy backups, updates, and support.
• Innovative product couplings: the company recently bought TextDrive and Strongspace, a hosting company and an online storage service, respectively.  With their “Three Martini Lunch,” you can get a combination of offerings for a one-time payment of $1399.  Impressive.

Well, there’s some free “earned media” for Joyent — but I respect the company’s willingness to venture into new territory. 

Now, how about a demo login? :)