[geezerjay]

> three yeh $5 sounds cheap but some people still can't afford that

I don't buy that excuse, as AWS requires a valid CC to gain access to their free tier, and no hypothetical user who can't afford €5/month will have CCs to pass off at will.

[DeonPenny]

I'm not sure about AWS but firebase and google cloud functions don't. My younger sister actually uses it for her backend. She's a college student and $5 a month if affordable but she doesn't want to pay it. I'd would also say I would in college maybe have 100-200 dollars to work with. Yeh I could pay it but I wouldn't want to.