The minimum DigitalOcean VPS is $5 a month for 1cpu, 1gb RAM, and 25gb SSD. I can easily scrape better than that out of a dumpster for free. Its basically the consistent high-speed network connection that's what's needed. But ISPs suck shit.
It's not really any better over the network, and in most cases the tools aren't used, but part of it is brand recognition, another part is to say that you have experience in AWS, and sometimes it is indeed the tools - though you should never use them.
The minimum DigitalOcean VPS is $5 a month for 1cpu, 1gb RAM, and 25gb SSD. I can easily scrape better than that out of a dumpster for free. Its basically the consistent high-speed network connection that's what's needed. But ISPs suck shit.
How much is AWS default?
Around 11$ for the same on AWS.
If you go for bare metal servers, AWS is actually over four times as expensive because they sell hyperthreads and not actual cores.
Do people buy that because they perform better over the network or is because they include all sorts of tools?
It's not really any better over the network, and in most cases the tools aren't used, but part of it is brand recognition, another part is to say that you have experience in AWS, and sometimes it is indeed the tools - though you should never use them.
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