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As a startup, how is this cheaper than the AWS free tier?[1] Once you outgrow the free tier, you'd also outgrow Linode and DigitalOcean. [1] https://aws.amazo
by Johnie 10y ago
As a startup, how is this cheaper than the AWS free tier?[1] Once you outgrow the free tier, you'd also outgrow Linode and DigitalOcean.
[1] https://aws.amazon.com/free/ https://aws.amazon.com/free/
- albasha 10y agoYou are assuming a startup only needs 1 instance. For $10/mo you get 2 GB RAM at Linode, for example. AWS have beautiful ways to empty your pocket.
- psadauskas 10y agoI agree, the AWS free tier is incredible for getting a project off the ground. For a side project of mine, I'm spending a little over $10/mo on AWS: - 2x 1GB instances (one free, one $10/mo) - Free ELB to load-balance between them - Free 1GB Postgres RDS Then I spend less than a buck or two a month when I spin up a c4.large for a few minutes to compile a new AMI periodically. This would all cost at least 3-4x on something like Linode or Digital Ocean.
- albasha 10y agoAnd when the year is over, you'll be paying +$50/mo for your setup instead of $5.
- psadauskas 10y agoWell, $30/mo. As opposed to the $40 I'd be paying DO for the same setup, except I had to do the load balancer and database myself.
- billmalarky 10y agoAWS is incredibly convenient, but it's priced at a premium. The main cost liability to building on AWS is the cost of bandwidth is insane, 5X the cost of DigitalOcean or Linode, 10X the cost of co-location. Of course this depends on the type of startup you are building, a video startup is gonna be crazy expensive on AWS, Non-media heavy SAAS it may not matter. Of course you can always build on AWS and place a caching layer in front of your bandwidth heavy media using DigitalOcean boxes to save big.
- webtechgal 10y ago> Of course you can always build on AWS and place a caching layer in front of your bandwidth heavy media using DigitalOcean boxes to save big. This IS a brilliant idea!!
- billmalarky 10y agoI like reactions like that to my suggestions! I'm building a video startup so bandwidth solutions have been on my mind these days.