At my current role we looked to moving from Rackspace to AWS or self hosted. The cost difference between AWS and Self Hosted was easily 2x as much for the forme

At my current role we looked to moving from Rackspace to AWS or self hosted. The cost difference between AWS and Self Hosted was easily 2x as much for the former. And Self Hosted was faster! Plus you get better control. Sure there are challenges, but when there are issues, we can figure it out. We don't have to wait for support.