2) Pretty much. I never got into the serverless hype vs keeping some well-managed VMs running, but YMMV depending on your needs. Cloud SQL works quite well for

2) Pretty much. I never got into the serverless hype vs keeping some well-managed VMs running, but YMMV depending on your needs. Cloud SQL works quite well for us too. 3) Also yes. We tried to get on Scaleway’s Startup Program but were rejected. OVH took us in, but I had so, so many problems with different tools… Their customer support wasn’t helpful, so I felt this permanent anxiety about the next thing failing with our infra. GCP was the ‘least bad’ choice given our constraints are complexity and cost, while still keeping investors confident in the tech. I loathed my time on the other large providers, even if GCP feels like a 5/10 choice for a small company. I’d love to use Digital Ocean or Scaleway, as they seemed better suited to smaller companies; but sadly we couldn’t make the relationship work. If you don’t have to deal with compliance or record-keeping, why not pick one of the 2 providers I mention above? They’re much better for ‘hobbyists’, super usable. I just realized you were asking about larger companies, but I’ll still post the reply in case it helps.