FileMaker on a cloud Virtual MachineI've had a interest in FileMaker for decades. Nothing else seems to fit the custom software solution like FMP does.
So putting the FMP Server on a cloud VM was a information worth pursuing.
The costs from various places range like this (obscured to avoid any love letters):
| SOURCE | MONTHLY-COST | TOTAL COST |
| aws | 50 | 600 |
| lsn | 50 | 600 |
| host-1 | 71 | 852 |
| host-2 | 79 | 948 |
| host-3 | 99 | 1188 |
| host-4 | 100 | 1200 |
| host-5 | 130 | 1560 |
| host-6 | 130 | 1560 |
| host-7 | 140 | 1680 |
| host-8 | 150 | 1800 |
| host-9 | 150 | 1800 |
As outgoing Rackspace CEO recently referenced, it is hard to beat a disrupter like AWS. You're going to have to join them.
In the end, I decided to go with LSN. They have a CloudStack running and I can rely on their support if I'm ever in a jam.
NOTES:
http://www.soliantconsulting.com/blog/2016/01/filemaker-server-on-amazon-web-services