[tbatterii]

My employer was on ae before the "big" price hike and after, and even to this day it is cheaper than the alternatives.

sure there was a couple of months of it being pricier nowhere near 5000% though.

Like when we ported to 2.7 from 2.5. Which was the biggest win in regards to reduction in cost AND latency.

another win was moving to ndb

and another win was offloading a lot of work to backends once they were introduced.

also, support is better than other vendors I've dealt with throughout the years including microsoft. An answer < 24 hours from someone who acts like they know whats going on is always appreciated.