Self-funded startups need to be frugal. And self-funded startups serving the not-for-profit sector in Europe need to be extra frugal.

The hours they put into not wasting money on AWS today could pay off many times if it makes their SaaS economically viable for their target audience.

A quick background check on digitalsociety.coop reveals that 5000 US$/year was a significant sum for them in 2024 and that opportunity costs were probably negligible. Not everybody has money to burn.

> Saving $426/mo for a business seems like a waste of time and resources

How come? The baseline for that comparison will also stay static, regardless of how many TPS or whatever is going on, meanwhile the AWS price they're comparing to would only increase the more people use whatever they deploy.

As the business grows so will that inefficiency and migrating now is much less work than migrating later.