DigitalOcean Droplets is $26/mo cheaper.
That’s $312/year.
Amazon's cloud: virtual machines, object storage, Lambda, and managed databases.
Try itThere is a service for most infrastructure problems
A lot of docs, libraries, and job listings assume it
It can grow past a single app
The invoice is hard to predict
IAM permissions take real time to get right
Simple cloud VMs (Droplets) with predictable pricing from $4/mo.
Try itClear pricing compared with AWS/GCP
Fast to get a server online
Great docs for beginners and indies
App Platform if you don't want to manage VMs
Solid bandwidth allowances
Fewer regions and services than AWS/Azure
Not the cheapest at large scale
Less set-and-forget than pure PaaS like Vercel
Advanced networking/IAM is thinner than big clouds