I went into OVH and AWS rabbit hole. I think person needs to understand the concept of alternative cost when approaching such problem. Sure, you will save money

I went into OVH and AWS rabbit hole. I think person needs to understand the concept of alternative cost when approaching such problem. Sure, you will save money on the server itself, but you don't get all other things that AWS is adding and you would have to one way or another do them by yourself. Even if your time is extremely cheap, I don't think one is able to beat their price as much to justify doing all this work. They've been at it for years and their solution is battle tested and you may be adding issues you won't be aware of that will bite you once you get growing.