Microservice architecture is not the same thing as Cloud architecture. Plenty of companies run IaaS heavy applications in the cloud at scale, and do so cost-ef

Microservice architecture is not the same thing as Cloud architecture. Plenty of companies run IaaS heavy applications in the cloud at scale, and do so cost-effectively. There is some extra overhead in writing automation around it, and as well performing cost management (cloud finance roles are a new and weird job title, for example). For sure I've seen it done. It's not necessarily the easiest thing, but it's doable. Just like I've also seen Microservice architecture outside of the cloud. And monolith architecture inside the cloud.