I'm one of those expensive EKS Experts. I encourage many of my customers to go to other clouds that are cheaper, but there's a) a "Nobody got fired for buying IBM" thing that founders want, and b) Actual value in the AWS Ecosystem of managed products for all sorts of things.
If you're using Kubernetes, you want a managed cloud storage solution and you want a managed database solution, and AWS is among the best for those. (Though, personally - I prefer GKE). The smaller VPS providers have solutions for those. DynamoDB, though? Not so much.
If you're using Kubernetes, you want a managed cloud storage solution and you want a managed database solution, and AWS is among the best for those. (Though, personally - I prefer GKE). The smaller VPS providers have solutions for those. DynamoDB, though? Not so much.