From [1], the vast majority of the AWS cost was Storage ($9k in Oct 13), a large ECC instance from Feb-March 13 ($7k per month), and backups ($5k in Sept 13)
AWS costs seem reasonable to me and it is definitely the smart way to build a service like this. Saves a ton on time early and services like this can optimize later when they are much larger.
minimaxir|12 years ago
[1] https://github.com/everpix/Everpix-Intelligence/blob/master/...
pandemicsyn|12 years ago
swisspol|12 years ago
siverson|12 years ago