Synick
Been thinking for a long time on the actual cost of running SaaS applications, both hosting and consuming. The amount of supporting apps to help track identities, access, and all the other security products around a cloud offering really makes you think if it is still worth it... this makes for a decent read: https://dev.37signals.com/our-cloud-spend-in-2022/
Our cloud spend in 2022

Since we published why we’re leaving the cloud, we’ve received a lot of questions about our actual spending. We’re happy to share, both where we currently are and where we’re going.

37signals Dev
Jan 17, 2023 at 2:31amWeb
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@Synick it's an interesting exercise hey. SaaS costs more than people think. Not just the software and hardware side, but the people, and governance side of things too.

iirc, there's an interesting thread about a month ago by @aurynn (i think) doing an amazing analysis and breakdown of the cost per toot.

Show threadAurynn ShawJan 17, 2023
@hoodiepony @Synick Cloud is more expensive than you think, but markedly cheaper than doing it all yourself