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(Render CEO) We're going to be hybrid and multi-cloud for the foreseeable future. We're reducing our reliance on GCP for some things, but I don't expect us to ever be AWS-only.

Hey Anurag! Thanks for answering our questions here. Just curious, why do most of the new PaaSs (including Render apparently) go for GCP and AWS, instead of a cheaper option like Hetzner? It seems everyday I read another blog post of how switching away from the Big 3 Clouds (or DO) results in massive savings for some company.

Larger platforms have more underlying primitives platforms like Render can use (instances types, networking options, data storage options, regions, etc).

A PaaS (depending on scope) can easily be the most complicated thing to build in the cloud, so the more building blocks you have, the better.

Hard to blame them. Google shutting down Domains, instead of rolling it into Cloud Domains, seems like a harbinger of what they’re planning for Cloud. Why offload it when they have a natural product to put it under, unless they’re also planning to shut down that product?

We left AWS for a similar reason and more. The grass always looks greener on the other side, especially when you are mad.