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Real Results: Switching to AWS Lightsail After 6 Months
Moved a side project off Hetzner to AWS Lightsail in October 2025. The pricing simplicity surprised me; the storage and networking gotchas caught me twice; the AWS migration path saved future work.
Real Results: Switching to DigitalOcean After 6 Months
Moved a small SaaS off AWS to DigitalOcean on October 6, 2025. Halved the bill, learned which DO managed services pay off, and the App Platform feature I would not use again.