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		Ahrefs Saved $400M in 3 Years by Not Going to the Cloud (ahrefs.com)
		3 points by yarapavan on July 13, 2023 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

yarapavan on July 13, 2023 [–]

> Ahrefs’ total revenue for the last three years was ~USD 257 million. But we also calculated that the AWS costs would be ~USD 448 million for such a data center replacement. Thus, the company revenue wouldn’t even be close to covering the 2½-year AWS usage costs.

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