But there's no pricing! How will I know if this could potentially save me money compared to AWS if I cannot make a sensible comparison until I contact sales (or probably after I contact sales).
I just hate calling people to determine if we’re going to match, when they could have given me that information up front.
You're not buying a bag of peanuts and they will likely price it differently if you're buying 1x or 500x.
What is so different about CapEx and a bag of peanuts that defies even providing an approximate range? Number of zeroes, no?
I don’t like it, but it is the norm sadly. It’s just a signal for “it’s expensive and if you even care about the number we don’t want to talk with you”.
It is not, but when it's written publicly you cannot send different prices to different customers, depending on who the customer is
If you already get a 50% discount on your on-demand prices for AWS, does buying your own cloud make economical sense?