[mi100hael]

I remember seeing your comment on that previous post. I enjoy seeing those sorts of "behind the curtain" details that break down stack & cost of applicaitons.

I'm curious if you've tested what it would cost to just host on EC2 (or something potentially even cheaper in AWS like ECS Fargate) with a savings plan. At a glance, it looks like AWS would be cheaper than DO if you can commit to 1-yr reserved instances.

That would seem like an easier (and possibly more effective) way to get around costly AWS outbound data costs compared to running a separate cache and sending data across the internet between cloud providers just to save $200/mo.

[welder]

Back in the day I did use EC2, but to get the same performance (especially SSD IOPs) it cost a lot more than DigitalOcean. Back then, the monthly bill for EC2 was over $3,000/mo. Switching to DigitalOcean we got better performance for under $1k/mo.