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'Nimble Studio' definitely is aimed at production houses, less so solo artists, so I guess that's where I'm going wrong as I wouldn't require the same level of control over permissions and access to services. All I want is a single virtual workstation with a bit of storage attached at first, with the ability to use their 'usage base licencing' and then the ability to render on a bunch of spot instances later down the line.
Agree, we're rarely running out of machines in London DC, but it's mainly because we are very specific about instance types and London DC is not that big.
@Polygon, that's quite steep for what it is. Active Directory? Document DB for $200?
You could try speaking to these guys - https://sherpa.escape-technology.com. We considered them at some point. They are nice people but the price may be as steep as AWS.