Something is very off. The post claims an 8000% markup but others have pointed out that AWS is in line with other cloud providers and the same math shows cloudflare with a ~3800% markup. From u/andrewguenther:
AWS Egress - $0.09/GB
Azure Egress - $0.0875/GB
GCP Egress - $0.11/GB
Alibaba Egress - $0.123
Cloudflare - $0.09/GB pre-April 2021 $0.045 now
1. If AWS is charging me $6 per Mbps for something that costs them 8¢, why is Cloudflare charging me $3 for the same 8¢ good?
2. What is going on with the price of the underlying technologies that make up network capacity. Is it just fiber and switches? Are these costs going down?
AWS Egress - $0.09/GB
Azure Egress - $0.0875/GB
GCP Egress - $0.11/GB
Alibaba Egress - $0.123
Cloudflare - $0.09/GB pre-April 2021 $0.045 now
1. If AWS is charging me $6 per Mbps for something that costs them 8¢, why is Cloudflare charging me $3 for the same 8¢ good?
2. What is going on with the price of the underlying technologies that make up network capacity. Is it just fiber and switches? Are these costs going down?