The Cloud is Expensive

Just make sure you're aware of that

Ever since launching BareMetalSavings, I’ve been astonished by the mind-grab of the cloud.

The cloud has many advantages, but its cost is often vaguely buried at the back of CTOs’ minds in the form of efficient overhead. A premium finely refined through economies of scale, unbeatable by in-house bare metal.

While that is true for some of the cloud for some of its customers, it most definitely does not apply to all companies, for all of the cloud. The marketing causing some to dismiss the possibility of beating the cloud in-house is nothing less than astonishing.

I hope that a tool like BareMetalSavings, as young as it is, will help offset that and help people consider all the options for what they are. Sure, the cloud may still end up making the most sense, even with its considerable premium. That’s fine. Any decision is fine, as long as it is taken with all the relevant information in mind.