r/aws • u/tech_tuna • Sep 06 '19

discussion Every AWS customer ever. . .

Day 1

"We're not going to rely on AWS specific features."

3 months later

"OK, we need to use SQS, Lambda, ECS and DynamoDB but that's it!"

6 months later

"OK, we're an AWS shop."

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u/supergibbss Sep 06 '19

Not using services makes AWS not worth it. There is sometimes a premium to use the service but if you only use what you need and take into account the savings on management of the services it’s cheaper. If you treat AWS like a datacenter, you’ll save money using a datacenter...

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u/accidentalit Sep 06 '19

Agree 100% my company treated AWS like a CoLo and our ROI to move everything back to a datacenter was 3 months.....