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As the author points out AWS can provide a few things that you wouldn’t want to try and replicate (like CloudFront) but for most other things you’re very much c
by JCM9 11mo ago
As the author points out AWS can provide a few things that you wouldn’t want to try and replicate (like CloudFront) but for most other things you’re very much correct. AWS is ultimately very expensive for what it is. The complicated billing that’s full of surprises also makes cost management a head-banging experience.
- tyingq 11mo agoFair, though using AWS solely for CloudFront would mean you should compare to Cloudflare, Akamai, Fastly, etc. I'm not sure if the value prop for it looks so great if you don't include the "integrated with your other AWS stuff" benefit.
- vidarh 11mo agoI mean, AWS egress is so expensive that I'd put something else in front of it for anyone who has any decent amount of traffic.
- JCM9 11mo agoAgree, CloudFront isn’t super competitive with CDN focused vendors. It’s basically the “well you’re already on AWS so may as well just use this” play.