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Tim Fischer

09/06/2022, 3:13 PM
Hey guys, what’s the cheaper alternative for AWS that would provide similar features? Our team finds it a bit pricey for now.
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Maciej Raszplewicz

09/06/2022, 3:15 PM
I know that it is not the answer but: What kind of AWS services do you use? Have you tried to optimize your costs?
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Tim Fischer

09/06/2022, 4:35 PM
Now we use storage and database services.
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Maciej Raszplewicz

09/06/2022, 4:51 PM
And what is the No 1 on your bill?
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Andrew Fong

09/06/2022, 5:53 PM
High is relative too, is it about margin or cash?
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Tim Fischer

09/06/2022, 6:34 PM
We look at other options for both storage and database with better margin solutions
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Prune

09/06/2022, 7:11 PM
digitalOcean 🙂
(you asked for a name, there you go. GCP is not a bad one too)
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Maciej Raszplewicz

09/06/2022, 7:39 PM
My friend is building this tool: https://cloudpouch.dev/ Maybe it can be useful for you. The recommendation part doesn't have a lot of features yet, but DynamoDB and RDS are there.
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Tim Fischer

09/07/2022, 7:04 AM
@Maciej Raszplewicz have you tried this yourself?
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Maciej Raszplewicz

09/07/2022, 8:08 AM
Yes. It didn't tell me anything I didn't already know but I have already audited AWS costs manually before using it.
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Jelmer Borst

09/07/2022, 3:52 PM
Firebase?
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Anjul Sahu

09/09/2022, 5:31 AM
Aiven has good offering on the database side.. What sort of storage and database are you running? There are a lot of options but without understanding your context, it is difficult to give a good advise.
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Tim Fischer

09/09/2022, 6:32 AM
@Maciej Raszplewicz thank you, we will check this one out @Jelmer Borst are you sure it could be a cheaper option? @Anjul Sahu Aiven is not an option for us for other reasons (can't really discuss this)
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Levente Orban

09/09/2022, 8:40 AM
I think DigitalOcean can be a cheaper solution instead of AWS. Or if you have resource to manage everything, try out Hetzner VPSs...
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