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Ask HN: Why did you choose RDS while it is much more expensive than self host?
- smt88 9y agoIt's much cheaper than self-hosting for us because it requires nearly zero human intervention.
- freestockoption 9y agoMaintenance is automatically handled. If you are paying an engineer to maintain a server, it could pay for itself in time saved. Also, the configuration is automated/standardized so I can have some confidence that backups happen and things are setup the same way each time. For personal projects, I self host on a local machine to save money. Basically free except time, but most personal projects are things just getting started and need little in the way of scaling or maintenance.