My favorite use case for AWS is being able to spin up temporary resources for rendering, video transcoding, or lab testing, and then shut them back down after a

My favorite use case for AWS is being able to spin up temporary resources for rendering, video transcoding, or lab testing, and then shut them back down after a few hours. Likewise I can see a huge win for cyclical traffic loads in only paying for what you use, and in being able to scale up on a dime. Comparing it to a monthly $x/mo provider isn't a fair comparison.