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Totally disagree! :) My monthly costs are minuscule with a reserved with a t4g instance, Lambda, S3 and Cloudfront as my primary usage. Honestly, it beats out
by pnpnp 3y ago
Totally disagree! :)
My monthly costs are minuscule with a reserved with a t4g instance, Lambda, S3 and Cloudfront as my primary usage.
Honestly, it beats out the “budget” VPS providers I was previously using, and is a heck of a lot more powerful/reliable.
- Operyl 3y agoI knew I’d get the counter points here on HN, but I’d argue we’re probably the exception here. AWS can be really cheap, but it is easy for things to go wrong. Bandwidth, commonly unmetered at places like OVH or Hetzner, can cost a fortune at AWS if you get attacked. And while AWS will refund you once or twice, after that you’re either left scared or on the hook eventually.
- pnpnp 3y agoAbsolutely! It just happens to be a good fit for me :) I use very little bandwidth and processing with the vast majority of my projects. In the even that I do need heavy lifting for a couple hours, it still tends to be a pretty minimal cost. Now for sustained heavy loads/bandwidth… I definitely would look elsewhere for hobby projects. Edit: and I agree with your point about attacks. I have pretty aggressive monitoring set up around billing.