a 100% markup = 2x cost, not 10x cost, right? But it's not necessarily about the hardware of a single server. I know nothing about Hetzner. I know that AWS put

a 100% markup = 2x cost, not 10x cost, right? But it's not necessarily about the hardware of a single server. I know nothing about Hetzner. I know that AWS puts a ton of thought and money into their networking and power infrastructure, but how trustworthy is {random competitor}'s infrastructure? Is there a catch with Hetzer, or how are they this cheap? I have a lot of experience with DigitalOcean's services. If they offered bare metal, that would be cool, as whitepoplar said. Packet is a bare-metal AWS competitor that I know a lot more about and trust quite a bit. None of this means you're going to trust my experiences.