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What Your Cloud Provider Doesn't Want You to Know About EGRESS COSTS?

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About this episode

This episode is about what egress costs really mean (in plain English). Murphy John, Chief Growth Officer at StorX explains it and how startups get trapped by "free" cloud credits.

Cloud storage looks cheap. Until one day, the bill arrives.

We break down: - Why cloud bills grow silently - What egress costs really mean (in plain English) - How startups get trapped by “free” cloud credits - Why distributed storage changes the economics - And the human side of long tech journeys — trust, loneliness, and clarity

This conversation is especially relevant if you’re a: - Founder - SaaS builder - CTO or tech decision-maker - Anyone using cloud storage at scale

Chapters: 💬 If you’ve ever wondered “why is my cloud bill so high?” — this episode will answer it.

📌 Drop your questions in the comments. Murphy and I will try to respond.

🎙 You were listening to Chaos to Clarity Hosted by Piyush Thacker

Chapters

  1. 00:56Why cloud bills suddenly stop making sense
  2. 02:00Murphy John’s early internet & dot-com journey
  3. 05:30Selling technology people didn’t understand
  4. 08:55Tech hype, scams & trust issues
  5. 11:30How banks adopt new technology safely
  6. 13:45Why small wins build long-term enterprise trust
  7. 16:05How StorX was born
  8. 19:10What a Chief Growth Officer actually does
  9. 22:10Blockchain storage explained simply
  10. 30:05Why hyperscaler bills are confusing by design
  11. 33:45The real culprit: egress costs
  12. 36:50Free cloud credits & startup traps
  13. 42:55Founder loneliness & invisible struggles
  14. 46:20What clarity really means after decades in tech