For startups planning to host their infrastructure on AWS, a better alternative might be to go with Google Cloud or other cheaper alternatives. This can significantly increase the startups runway, by lowering the operational costs. Google Cloud lacks some bells and whistles at this point but it shaves off 50% of your AWS bill.<p>Edit: Here is why Google Cloud can save 50% of your aws bill<p>&quot;1X&quot; is AWS<p>Compute:<p>VMs Price: 30% less + Per minute billing<p>Boot time: ¼ X<p>Network between VMs: Same region: 4X Across regions: 10X<p>BigQuery vs Redshift : ½ -20X<p>Big Data (Hadoop and Spark): 3X<p>Disks:<p>Read throughput: 1X Write throughput: 4X (Ephemeral); 2X (Persistent)<p>Local SSDs: Read throughput: 8X Writes throughput: 4X<p>Storage (S3): Throughput: 2X Latency: 3X (initial); ½ X (for subsequent reads)