Yeah that. We moved to AWS using their best practices and enterprise cost estimation stuff and got a 6x cost increment on something that was supposed to be cheaper and now we’re fucked because we can’t get out.

It’s nearly impossible to tell what the hell is going where and we are mostly surviving on enterprise discounts from negotiations.

The worst thing is they worked out you can blend costs in using AWS marketplace without having to raise due diligence on a new vendor or PO. So up it goes even more.

Not my department or funeral fortunately. Our AWS account is about $15 a month.