It's actually often cheaper[1], assuming you need a relatively fixed amount of compute and have the capital for upfront costs. Cloud gives you a lot of flexibil

It's actually often cheaper[1], assuming you need a relatively fixed amount of compute and have the capital for upfront costs. Cloud gives you a lot of flexibility, but at a premium, and trades CAPEX for OPEX which is very appealing if you're a startup and don't know if you'll be around in a year. [1] https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Yearly-cost-difference-of-Cloud-versus-On-Premise_tbl2_327957126 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Yearly-cost-difference-o...