We used to use an independent host (essentially self hosting) but they went under due to COVID. We moved nearly 1000 customers over to Azure and in the end we a

We used to use an independent host (essentially self hosting) but they went under due to COVID. We moved nearly 1000 customers over to Azure and in the end we are saving money due to simple things like reservations and being cost conscious. We also took over a company that used AWS and they were over spending on their hosting by almost 10-20x what they needed. Not because AWS is inherently expensive but because it was so mismanaged. I don't think self hosting is worth it, when I can freely scale up or down machines in seconds on Azure and my price goes down, we have no fixed costs or maintenance worries. I think it's a fair trade off.