I’d like to thank the admins for being so open and direct about the issues that they’re facing.
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Even with ASGs, ec2 costs a bomb for performance.
And "serverless" functions are a trap.
If you're gonna commit to reserved instances, just buy hardware for goodness sake, its a 3 year commitment with a huge upfront spend.
How are serverless functions a trap? They seem like a great cheap option for simple CRUD / client > server > db apps (what most apps end up being).
Anything that is "cheap" to do on serverless is cheaper to do on a $5 droplet, especially once it starts to grow.
Serverless gets you to buy in to a vendors lock-in.
I'm not sure that that's an apples to apples comparison. A droplet looks more akin to Aws lightsail than lambda, and lambda certainly doesn't start at $5 a month.