Providers use egress fees as a form of "data gravity" to make it difficult for you to leave or adopt a multi-cloud strategy.
Set up strict auto-scaling policies and "kill switches" for dev/test environments. A managed database running 24/7 for a 9-to-5 project is a silent budget killer. 3 cloud architecture secrets your cloud provide...
Cloud providers design their default configurations for , not cost-efficiency or maximum security. Providers use egress fees as a form of
A managed service is often just a specific virtual machine with a markup. You are paying for the automation, but the provider won't automatically scale you down when traffic drops unless you configure it yourself. but they often mask underlying inefficiencies.
Managed services (like managed databases or Kubernetes) take away the headache of maintenance, but they often mask underlying inefficiencies.