alt Hacker News> small/medium size kubernetes deployment (think around 25 cores
That's ~1 machine. 1 SWE for a database isn't egregious, databases provide huge value, but for that little performance, that's crazy.
I can only assume as core count has blown up over the last 10 years, the pricing has somewhat diminished, but still, I'd be expecting a heck of a lot more capacity for 1 SWE.
I can tell you from quotes that I've seen, that compared to the 2018 prices listed on the page, end-of-2022 pricing was slightly up per core.
We were already well on our way of dumping Neo4J due to performance/operational/architectural reasons at the point, but seeing the quote solidified it.