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The likely explanation is that there hasn't been enough pressure put on them to improve these things. They care primarily about large customers, and they alread
by pradn 5y ago
The likely explanation is that there hasn't been enough pressure put on them to improve these things. They care primarily about large customers, and they already have plenty of ways to resolve cost issues, and usually sign custom contracts. If GCP or Azure has a significantly better answer to this problem, AWS might start caring, but I don't think they do. (I work at GCP.)
- ineedasername 5y agoI think that lines up nicely with my general point that AWS simply doesn't benefit much from putting resources into this area, although some C-level folks might be enticed by shiny marketing materials about "Best in Class Cost Controls & Monitoring" For other option, it does seem like GCP (I don't know much about Azure in this) is a little better in this area. Admittedly, I'm speaking from limited experience playing around with free tiers in both, along with the stream of stories that we hear about AWS. I think it's also fair to point out that cost controls may not have helped much in the example of this particular article: If your account gets hacked, presumably the hacker will also have some access to remove cost controls.
- pradn 5y agoRealistically, this wont be a priority until Gartner has a category for this and places all these cloud players on a ranking scale. That sort of thing seems to really move the needle for execs.
- ineedasername 5y agoAh, yes. I always give a little internal eye roll when a vendor highlights their placement in a magic quadrant.