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A comment on Show HN: We moved from AWS to Hetzner, saved 90%, kept ISO 27001 with Ansible.

Re:Show HN: We moved from AWS to Hetzner, saved 90%, kept IS... by znpy on Saturday June 21, 2025 @05:49PM (#44340980)
So op is now spending 10% of their "$24,000 annual bill" which would be 2400 $/year. Which in turn would be $200/month on infrastructure.

If the whole company can run on 200$/month in VPSes, they probably went on AWS too early.

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Re:Show HN: We moved from AWS to Hetzner, saved 90%, kept IS... by sksjvsla on Sunday June 22, 2025 @12:15PM (#44348090)
As I wrote elsewhere in this thread:

Being able to stay compliant and protect revenue is worth far more than quibbling over which cloud costs a little less.

The real ratio to look at is cloud spend vs. the revenue.

For me, switching from AWS to European providers wasn’t just about saving on cloud bills (though that was a nice bonus). It was about reducing risk and enabling revenue. Relying on U.S. hyperscalers in Europe is becoming too risky — what happens if Safe Harbor doesn’t get renewed? Or if Schrems III (or whatever comes next) finally forces regulators to act?

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