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renting small servers...much more sense even for small companies No. At one time over 10 years ago, I had a dedicated server with one of the hosting companies.
by watsocd 6y ago
renting small servers...much more sense even for small companies
No. At one time over 10 years ago, I had a dedicated server with one of the hosting companies. They charged me $225/month.
I moved to AWS and my cost dropped to ~$30/month. Even now, 10 years later, my total AWS bill for primarily EC2 and RDS services that runs an application that pays my bills is ~$75 per month.
If my company suddenly went viral and had a bunch of new customers, I could scale up instantly.
- eloff 6y agoI'm not talking about hobby projects, which also aren't a great fit for AWS. Use digital ocean, vultr, or linode. I'm talking about startups with over $10k/year in spend.
- dragonwriter 6y agoAWS (and ditto with the other major public clouds) can be a great fit for hobby projects because they can often fit in the free tier.
- beatrobot 6y agoIf you don't use any outgoing data transfer or just a little, it could make sense for smb.