[showdeddd]

Cloud is not difficult, they just charge too much per API request.

[namaria]

Putting a network in the middle of your system, and making everything go through API requests (or RPC shudders) is almost never a good idea. If you have planet scale systems and the budget to hire enough bright engineers and still turn record breaking profits, sure. If not, you're just draining value from your bottom line to the vendor's