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Completely free egress is a loss leader, but the true cost is so little (at least 90x less than what AWS charges) that it pays for itself in the form of more Cl
by Nextgrid 3y ago
Completely free egress is a loss leader, but the true cost is so little (at least 90x less than what AWS charges) that it pays for itself in the form of more CloudFlare marketshare/mindshare.
- WJW 3y agoI know from personal experience that "big" customers can negotiate incredible discounts on egress bandwidth as well. 90-95% discount is not impossible, only "retail" customers pay the sticker price.
- martinald 3y agoThat's still a 3-10x markup though. And it's also very dependent on your relationship with AWS. What happens if they don't offer the discount on renewal?