> almost by definition, it costs more to run workloads on cloud machines than on your own hardware.
Why should that be so? I'd expect the all-in cost of a cloud machine to be less than my own hardware, for the same reason that buying electricity from the grid is usually cheaper than generating it on-prem.
> You can't address that problem by moving from EKS back to ECS, like one commenter suggested.
If EKS is more expensive (because it's something they see as a value-add) whereas ECS is a commodity service at commodity prices, then moving there could well solve the cost issue.
Why should that be so? I'd expect the all-in cost of a cloud machine to be less than my own hardware, for the same reason that buying electricity from the grid is usually cheaper than generating it on-prem.
> You can't address that problem by moving from EKS back to ECS, like one commenter suggested.
If EKS is more expensive (because it's something they see as a value-add) whereas ECS is a commodity service at commodity prices, then moving there could well solve the cost issue.