Yes, but it's still pretty much a straight cost offset. If you hold your own metal, you have to do all of that and still administer the database. Sure, there co

Yes, but it's still pretty much a straight cost offset. If you hold your own metal, you have to do all of that and still administer the database. Sure, there could be a little overlap in storage design, nut most of the managed systems have typical operational concerns at a button click: backup, restore, HA... Unless your fleet is huge and your workload is special, you're going to win with managed services.