After some tweaking, adding shows, working on a new website, etc. I am rethinking my choice for Amazon S3.

  1. The costs have been steadily rising (still very cheap compared to typical hosting).
  2. Setting up metrics are a bitch.


Granted they are two things that aren't that horrible; however, I have to setup almost everything manually each time. Libsyn, seems like it will be just as cheap (especially as more and more people listen or download the shows) and it seems like the metrics would be more reliable.

I know I have been a fervent supporter of S3 as it is kind of a Dumb Host where I can just host it and do what I want how I want, but sometimes as I am taking on more responsibility, it seems like it might be easier to let a host like Libsyn to the heavy lifting...What are your thoughts?