Serverless vs VPS for lower traffic smaller application

Hello,

I am working with a development team to create a web app, that I am expecting to grow quite fast based on the market research conducted.

I am interested & wanting to know the best way to go for deployment, when considering serverless on AWS vs tradition hosting providers on a VPS.

Does using AWS serverless technology have a high setup cost vs a hosting providers VSP?

I'm trying to work out if I start out on a cheap hosting provider that will be suitable for the first 6-12 months of growth for the product, then when (& if) the product is exceeding the ability for the cheap VPS server to handle the load, to switch over to AWS serverless. Or alternatively, if now the technology is more mature, it is not cost prohibitive to move straight onto AWS serverless from the beginning?

Thanks in advance!

Sinnbeck

3 years ago

Best Answer

Level 102

I would go with something low cost to start out. You can always migrate if needed. The problem with AWS is that you pay for what you use, and it autoscales. So if a hacker/person with evil intent decides to attack your server with requests, you will be billed for that. You can set up limits on your usage, but when you hit that, your site will go dead.

I personally use ploi.io along with a server from Hetzner or DigitalOcean. Makes set up a breeze

johnDoe220

3 years ago

Level 8

I've programmed a fairly large business and I've used a simple vps with decent resources and I've made my firewall very secure for disruptions and attacks and there have been no issues and the site runs fine. You need to know that I have configured the server completely by myself and I was really surprised by the vps performance. My suggestion is vps

pungkifromindo

1 year ago

Level 1

@johnDoe220 May I know your system design like:

your site average traffic (just estimate),
dbms that you use,
front-end tech you use (is it blade with html,css,js or FE framework like react and vue)
your vps specs

sorry if it not convenience you, but i need suggestion on my client projects. they want to build site for around 1k - 3k users traffic daily like pinterest but only 100 picture without command section.. thank you for your suggestion.

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