you will still have many of the same problems. You want to take advantage of the following: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): Provides the fundamental building blocks of computing, such as virtual servers, storage, and networking. You manage the operating system, middleware, and applications, while the provider manages the physical hardware. Platform as a Service (PaaS): Delivers a ready-to-use development environment. The provider manages the underlying infrastructure (OS, runtime, and databases), allowing developers to focus strictly on writing and deploying code. Software as a Service (SaaS): Delivers fully functional applications over the internet via a web browser. The provider manages the entire stack, including updates and maintenance. Function as a Service (FaaS): Also known as serverless computing, this allows you to execute individual pieces of code (functions) in response to specific events. The provider handles all scaling and resource management automatically, and you only pay for the exact time the code runs. The first two you are talking about. The biggest area it would help is with cheaply having test servers and roll backs. The thing is the programmers\infrastructure\network company would have to know Amazon Web Services to understand how to deploy the new code. Not a big mountain, but definitely no where near a trivial move. Yes, I think it could help, but may not be cost effective at this time or require years before a return on that investment. You make your big return when you really rewrite your software taking advantage of SaaS and in particular FaaS. Cloud Guru (AWS training platform) makes millions off of subscriptions by taking advantage of AWS. In 2020, they were a 100 million company with 2 million going to AWS. See link on how to reduce costs on AWS. This article from 2023. ** Edited by VaTechie at 3/28/2026, 12:25:04 AM ** Edited by VaTechie at 3/28/2026, 12:25:39 AM ** Edited by VaTechie at 3/28/2026, 12:27:14 AM