I can run a $10/mo linode box, but then I need to deal with 1. Scaling up 2. Scaling down 3. Actually managing the box itself If what you're making is compute

I can run a $10/mo linode box, but then I need to deal with 1. Scaling up 2. Scaling down 3. Actually managing the box itself If what you're making is compute focused, then this kind of thing is a godsend. I want to write code to do some processing and have a team of magic elves handle all the hardware related stuff. The other advantage is that I can price things really easily. One call == 23s processing time on average. How much do 100 users making an average of 100 calls each day cost me? Running my own boxes means I need to consider reasonable waiting times, peak usage, speed of scaling, etc. With something like this/lambda/google's version I just go cost_per_second multiplied by 23 multiplied by 10,000.