Honestly when you’re a small company or starting up, when you’re unsure of how much, if any, usage your product will receive, it makes sense to start on the cloud.
And then as you grow, it makes sense to periodically check in as to whether the cloud vs on prem calculus still holds for you or not.
There is a huge place for the cloud in our eco-system. And the cloud companies have been an incredible enabler for startups especially.
The problem lies with the lie that has been peddled by the cloud companies and many others who know about little other than the cloud, that it’s always the best solution, when in reality there are many scenarios where it’s not the best solution even when you consider the cost of migrating from the cloud to on-prem.
TLDR: Whether you’re on prem, or in the cloud. Regularly assess whether your workflows will work better and/or cheaper in one or the other. With the cloud you do have the added caveat that costs have been raised significantly whereas on-prem costs have been fairly stable (and actually dropping) over time, but again, that can be a factor in your analysis.
And then as you grow, it makes sense to periodically check in as to whether the cloud vs on prem calculus still holds for you or not.
There is a huge place for the cloud in our eco-system. And the cloud companies have been an incredible enabler for startups especially.
The problem lies with the lie that has been peddled by the cloud companies and many others who know about little other than the cloud, that it’s always the best solution, when in reality there are many scenarios where it’s not the best solution even when you consider the cost of migrating from the cloud to on-prem.
TLDR: Whether you’re on prem, or in the cloud. Regularly assess whether your workflows will work better and/or cheaper in one or the other. With the cloud you do have the added caveat that costs have been raised significantly whereas on-prem costs have been fairly stable (and actually dropping) over time, but again, that can be a factor in your analysis.