I think a big objection to moving off AWS is a result of enterprises locking in to AWS-specific technologies. AWS has a lot of neat, domain-specific products a

I think a big objection to moving off AWS is a result of enterprises locking in to AWS-specific technologies. AWS has a lot of neat, domain-specific products and managed services, but it's important to recognize those come with vendor lock-in and that's by design. If possible, build out your stack to avoid dependence on AWS-only stuff. It's worth it to ask "if I wanted to transition away from AWS in six months, is this addition going to help or hinder that goal?" It's a lot easier to migrate something that uses generic technologies like VM instances, vendor-neutral containerization, and managed databases versus something super specific. And AWS has a lot of super specific stuff, just look at their ever-expanding product list [1]. Once you get away from the specialized domain-specific products, you start to realize that AWS pricing is really nothing special, particularly for VM instances as you've noted. [1] https://aws.amazon.com/products/ https://aws.amazon.com/products/