And it can be far worse than that, too. Comparing to on-premise DB on real iron, that cost differential could easily be closer to 30x. that old saying "but it'

And it can be far worse than that, too. Comparing to on-premise DB on real iron, that cost differential could easily be closer to 30x. that old saying "but it's opex, not capex" will only take you so far -- especially if you see the pricing for amazing but ten-year-old hardware at your local dedicated server leasing and then you've still got opex instead of capex.