<story><title>New lower Azure pricing</title><url>https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-lower-azure-pricing/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>BonoboIO</author><text>Cloud Pricing is ridiculous ... made the comparison between a dedicated server and cloud offerings of microsoft, google, amazon ... rackspace (SO EXPENSIVE) and you pay 5 times in the cloud for the same.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>paulddraper</author><text>Restaurant prices are ridiculous ... made the comparison between groceries and menu offerings of McDonalds, Taco Bell, Burger King ... Olive Garden (SO EXPENSIVE) and you pay 5 times at a restaurant for the same.&lt;p&gt;---&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#x27;re not paying for hardware. You&amp;#x27;re paying for hardware, expertise, services, and convenience.&lt;p&gt;On-prem or colocation may be a good choice. But limiting your comparison to raw computing power mischaracterizes the decision.</text></comment>
<story><title>New lower Azure pricing</title><url>https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-lower-azure-pricing/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>BonoboIO</author><text>Cloud Pricing is ridiculous ... made the comparison between a dedicated server and cloud offerings of microsoft, google, amazon ... rackspace (SO EXPENSIVE) and you pay 5 times in the cloud for the same.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Scirra_Tom</author><text>We&amp;#x27;re moving to AWS for our next release, managed by Rackspace.  Had the same philosophy as you for years, and have saved a lot of money with DIY (maybe in the tens of thousands).&lt;p&gt;Turns out server admin is not my skillset, and it&amp;#x27;s caused problems, headaches and risks in the past.&lt;p&gt;I consider the additional cost going forwards in effect as our next hire and an important one.  For small startups looking to save money DIY can be a good option, but moving onto the cloud at a later date can be a big burden.</text></comment>