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It's vendor lock in. "Hey should we build our company on cloudflare? Their egress cost is cheaper" "No, AWS has far more features and besides, we get enough b
by missedthecue 5y ago
It's vendor lock in.
"Hey should we build our company on cloudflare? Their egress cost is cheaper"
"No, AWS has far more features and besides, we get enough bandwidth for free because we're a small startup"
Fast forward 5 years, your company has grown and is buying a 10 terabytes a month of egress, but you can't switch platforms now, you're too far dug in and integrated with AWS.
- 999900000999 5y agoBy then you ether sold the company or your doing enough in revenue this is insignificant. Let's be clear, you can build a functional startup on AWS free of charge assuming you at least have a valid credit card. The .01% who eventually become enterprise clients aren't going to complain.
- rstupek 5y agoSo $800 a month would break the bank? I'm with you on wanting egress fees to be lower but 10TB isn't that much traffic
- missedthecue 5y agoNo but it's just an example. Say it's a petabyte monthly, whatever.
- philliphaydon 5y agoIf I’m 5 years in and doing 10TB and can’t afford it I would be very worried.