You probably don’t need AWS and are better off without it

Re:You probably don’t need AWS and are better off without it by zarzavat on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @05:56PM (#31103571)

AWS prices are already high, the danger is not so much that they will raise prices but that if your business conditions change. Perhaps there’s a new competitor and you can’t afford to splurge on cloud costs anymore, or your business needs to cut costs and focus on profitability because of economic conditions - you are stuck with this albatross.

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Re:You probably don’t need AWS and are better off without it by oneplane on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @11:20PM (#31105733)

High compared to what? GCP? Azure? A raspberry pi in a closet with a cable modem?

You generally pay for what you need and for what you can afford. If you don't need AWS or you can't afford AWS, it wouldn't make sense to use AWS. That goes for in-house software development, infrastructure management and pretty much anything else too...

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Re:You probably don’t need AWS and are better off without it by invalidname on Thursday April 21, 2022 @01:08AM (#31106189)

I run a startup and work in another.

In my startup we use mostly linode and handle a lot of volume. I have a few VPSs and some dedicated hardware for specific tasks. Monthly bill roughly 200-250USD all included.

The other startup used the AWS free credits. Got extra credits and lived it up. Adopted Kubernetes and all the big AWS stuff. Brought in a few devops professionals. All super smart people.

Monthly spend 7kUSD on traffic/usage that's actually much smaller than the one I have with my startup. Availability is roughly the same (if anything, my startup has better uptime).

So yes, this is an Apples to Oranges comparison. I get that. They can better scale in theory etc. But if they pay 7k right now, I can't imagine how expensive it will be when they scale.

They started just using EC2 but slowly got roped into AWS services so now they have no vendor neutrality and no viable/easy way to reduce these costs.

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Re:You probably don’t need AWS and are better off without it by oneplane on Thursday April 21, 2022 @12:28PM (#31111572)

So none of your requirements match up with AWS services. Of course it's not going to be a great match in that case, right?

If you need 'some random compute and a bit of networking' then no, do not use AWS.

Vendor neutrality isn't worth match to a business unless you are the EFF or intend to move vendors all day long.

You don't need AWS or any other cloud for volume (traffic volume, that is), heck I'd say stay away from the clouds for volume since that is where the bulk of your money disappears anyway.

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Re:You probably don’t need AWS and are better off without it by happymellon on Thursday April 21, 2022 @11:16AM (#31110549)

But AWS spend a lot of time selling you lambda over any of these other solutions.

If you have less traffic then you should spend less.

This sounds like they don't have anyone who actually knows what they are doing, or did any form of cost/benefit analysis which will always mean you spend more than you should.

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Re:You probably don’t need AWS and are better off without it by kikimora on Friday April 22, 2022 @03:51PM (#31127162)

They likely overcomplicating things for no good reason. If you can handle their load on a $250 VPS what the heck the are doing with AWS?

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Re:You probably don’t need AWS and are better off without it by codyswann on Thursday April 21, 2022 @10:35AM (#31109984)

What type of usage volume are we talking about here?

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