Cost model

Runtime cost model

Different workload profiles expose different cost models. The goal is not to prove that one platform is always cheaper. The goal is to understand which cost model matches the solution.

AWS-native
Usage-based / elastic / architecture-sensitive
Mendix
Platform-capacity-based / fast for process apps / licensing-sensitive
Hybrid
Separate UI/process cost model from event/backend cost model

Key question

The key question is not “which platform is cheaper?” The key question is “which cost model matches this workload?”