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> How are the big three (AWS, GCP, MS) able to sell on such a scale? I don't know the whole answer, but part of it is that they give free credits to new users,
by troymc 8y ago
> How are the big three (AWS, GCP, MS) able to sell on such a scale?
I don't know the whole answer, but part of it is that they give free credits to new users, to get them using their cloud. It's smart. Once the free credits are used up, the business just starts paying, because switching to a different cloud provider is usually non-trivial.
- projectramo 8y agoPerhaps, but wouldn't digital ocean/VULTR etc start offering a free tier and catch up? I think they also focus on a few large customers. SNAP, Netflix, and others can't really use Digital Ocean (can they? Does anyone know enough to do some back of envelope math?)