It's not $5k vs. $2k + ops time. It's $5k + ops time vs. $2k + ops time. The notion that you don't have to do any maintenance work on a cloud setup is silly, an

It's not $5k vs. $2k + ops time. It's $5k + ops time vs. $2k + ops time. The notion that you don't have to do any maintenance work on a cloud setup is silly, and so too is the notion that a dedicated setup requires full time maintenance.