My manager told us $200/month was too expensive, so we micromanaged those $10 VPSs. We've reached the limits of that in some way. Instead of testing my original

My manager told us $200/month was too expensive, so we micromanaged those $10 VPSs. We've reached the limits of that in some way. Instead of testing my original suggestion, my manager wanted to contract a company to move us to AWS. Our first AWS bill, for effectively zero usage and just a dev environment, includes $500/month for "NAT Gateway Hours".