I personally prefer to think of the 1 to 1.75 cents per core-hour as being competitive with &quot;roll your own&quot;: if you&#x27;re thinking about building out more servers or using preemptible, I think preemptible comes out ahead a lot.<p>The distinction though is that these are from our spare capacity, so it&#x27;s not a replacement for a 24x7 anything (whether that&#x27;s our regular VMs or a DO droplet).  But if you&#x27;re prepared for disruptions, come and play!