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I don't have any numbers so this is a genuine question: Is a big chunk of AWS revenue from startups? My intuition says most startups have small cloud footprints

I don't have any numbers so this is a genuine question: Is a big chunk of AWS revenue from startups? My intuition says most startups have small cloud footprints unless they're dealing with massive scale.

luckylion 7y ago
I'd assume they have small footprints as well, but there's a lot of them. A lot of tiny feet will still make an impact.
- filoleg 7y ago
  Even a lot of large tech companies with insanely complex infrastructure run on AWS. Just talking about EC2 alone, you can see that Netflix, Twitch, LinkedIn, and Facebook run AWS [0]. I am aware that the info is from last year and is a tiny bit outdated (LinkedIn is migrating to Azure; FB doesn't use AWS for everything they do; etc.), but the general sentiment still shows that even tech giants tend to resort to using outside cloud providers. 0. https://www.quora.com/Who-are-the-top-10-Amazon-AWS-customers/answer/Michael-Pollack-13 https://www.quora.com/Who-are-the-top-10-Amazon-AWS-customer...
  - luckylion 7y ago
    Sure, I wasn't arguing that they don't, I was just saying that even though startups tend to have small footprints, the sheer amount of them makes them a large segment. Similarly to how no consumer has as close to as many cars UPS does but the whole delivery industry is dwarfed by the amount of cars consumers in total have.
mktmkr 7y ago
Look at Lyft's S-1. They're spending $100 million per year on AWS.