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It’s actually the opposite. AWS will run on top of other hosting providers for some services and regions.

That’s why you’re paying so much for AWS.

This could not be more incorrect. Stop spread BS and read up some before commenting thinks you obviously have no idea about.

I pay far less for AWS than I ever did for the providers in this article. Clearly YMMV depending on your workload and also how well you optimise for a cloud providers strengths. Hence making broad statements is unhelpful. There's a place for AWS/GC/Azure, and also for the likes of Vultr/Do and also for rolling your own. It all depends on what you need to achieve. There's no one size fits all.

There is also a large number of providers well below the prices of DO and Vultr as well. That are just as big, more profitable, and provide you with a better product and service.

Its crazy to me how many smart people don't realize they are only looking at the most expensive options out there.

It's like thinking the Ferraris and Porsches are your only two options for getting from point a to b

No. You're paying so much because (a) they make a lot of money ($20bn yearly profit) and (b) they have an extremely large headcount which are building the large number of services they provide.

Never heard of them running on other providers though.

Surely that would a problem for all of the compliance e.g. HIPAA, FIPS ?

Both A and B are true. But that doesn't preclude them from still charging a heavy premium over other providers in the market. Which is exactly what is happening, the raw COGS of operating a provider are dramatically lower than the prices they charge.

this is not correct in the slightest

Doesn't AWS have its own infrastructure? Why would they run on top of other hosting providers?

Yes, of course they have their own infra. But there are also reasons to partner. Not having a presence in a region. Not wanting to do the initial capital outlay. Offloading risk. etc.

I've seen many other services do this type of partnering and sometimes expect them to depending on the size, but this is definitely new information to me about Amazon doing this. Thanks.

Could you elaborate further on what you're saying about running on top of other providers?

wait, what?

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