[pwinnski]

That same logic works up and down the line. If what you need is disk storage, then you are limited to dedicated hosts that provide something akin to S3. There are some! But that's also true when you want a database that isn't sqlite. Now you need a dedicated host that provides something akin to DynamoDB, and will manage it for you. Then you decide you need queueing, and you can either install and manage that yourself or look for a dedicate host that provides something akin to SNS/SQS. And so on...