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The cloud computing providers comparison delivers detailed information about each cloud computing company. It breaks down each cloud computing provider offer into 130+ distinct features that might be relevant to your cloud computing provider selection process (such as SLA, security, and certifications - SSAE 16, HIPPA, FISMA, and PCI). The cloud computing providers comparison gathers everything into a single resource.
Providers
 M5 Cloud Hosting Kamatera Exoscale Microsoft Azure e24cloud Cloudware Google Cloud Platform ZettaGrid AWS (Amazon Web Services)
Cloud Features & Management
Hourly Pay-As-You-Go
yes
yes
yes
per minute
yes
yes
no
yes
no
yes
Cloud Management Software
CloudStack
proprietary
CloudStack
proprietary
proprietary
OnApp
proprietary
VMware Cloud Director
proprietary
One Account For All Locations
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
one location only
yes
yes
yes
yes
Web Interface
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Mobile App
no
no
no
no
Dedicated app for iOS and Android
yes
no
no
no
yes
Languages
English, Japanese, Chinese (simplified), Russian, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Korean, Spanish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Arabic; support in English
English
English
English
English, Polish, German
English, Bulgarian
English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
English
English
Terminal access
yes
no
yes
no
yes
no
yes
yes
no
API
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
AWS-compatible API
Object storage compatible with AWS S3.
partial
no
no
no
yes
no
no
no
yes
OpenStack-compatible API
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
Command line
yes
no
yes
yes
With AWS command line tools
yes
no
yes
no
yes
Auto-scaling
yes
no
no
horizontal
yes
Vertical
yes
no
horizontal
yes
yes
horizontal
yes
Vertical scaling without reboot
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
Image from cloud server
yes
yes
in development
no
yes
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
Upload cloud server image
yes
no
in development
no
yes
no
no
yes
yes
VM Import/Export Tools
yes
Download cloud server image
yes
no
in development
no
yes
no
no
yes
yes
VM Import/Export Tools
yes
Mount CD/DVD ISO
yes
yes
no
no
yes
no
no
yes
no
Cloud Servers
Hypervisor
Xen
KVM
Hyper-V
KVM
KVM
KVM
VMware
Xen
RAM
2 GB - 120 GB
1 GB - 256 GB
512 MB - 225 GB
448 GB available only in G family instances, which are available only in few regions.
768 MB - 448 GB
512 MB - 32 GB
512 MB - 16 GB
0.6 GB - 3.75 TB
256 MB - 1500 GB
630 MB - 3904 GB
CPU cores
1 - 24
1 - 64
1 - 48
32 cores available only in G family instances, which are available only in West US region.
1 - 16
(32 in West US)
1 - 16
1 - 16
1 - 160
1 - 48
1 - 128
Storage
5 GB - 16 TB
20 GB - 20 TB
10 GB - 8000 GB
Maximum storage size depends on server type, in most cases 2 TB per CPU core.
1 GB - 32 TB
40 GB - 5 TB
10 GB - 500 GB
1 GB - 64 TB
500GB - 400TB
Instance: 160 GB - 48 TB
EBS: 1 GB - 20 TB
Persistent instance storage
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Unless using SSD local storage.
yes
yes
no
Custom RAM & CPU ratio
no
yes
no
no
yes
yes
no
yes
no
Independent storage size
yes
yes
UI provides typical disk sizes by default, but it can be customized in advanced settings or via API.
yes
Each instance type has preallocated storage, which can be then extended. Maximum storage reaches 2 TB per CPU core.
partial
yes
yes
yes
yes
Can be extended or replaced by EBS.
no
Burstable CPU
yes
yes
no
no
no
CPU can burst up to 4x if capacity is available.
yes
only f1-micro
no
no
With exception of t1 and t2 instance types
partial
GPU instances
no
no
yes
yes
no
no
yes
no
yes
SSD Storage Available
Hybrid
yes
yes
yes
D instance family only.
yes
no
yes
yes
IO based storage tiering
yes
yes
Resource usage monitoring (CPU, RAM, disc, network, ...)
yes
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
Including application metrics for typical open source software.
yes
Via VMware vSphere
yes
yes
Turned off Cost
storage and IP
storage and IP
storage
full
storage only
full
storage only
full
EBS storage if used, Elastic IP if used
Images & Licenses
Preinstalled cloud server images
14
44
10
102
24
20
Including "Click to Deploy software packages"
28
112
12000+
Windows license
Windows 2008 R2 Standard, Windows 2012 Standard
yes
7
8.1
10
Server 2008 R2 Web,Standard,Enterprise,Datacenter
2012 R2 Standard,Datacenter
2016 Standard,Datacenter
yes
2008 R2
2012
2012 R2
yes
Server 2008 R2 SP1
Server 2012 Datacenter
Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
Server Essentials Experience
HPC Pack 2012 R2
Server Technical Preview/br/>
yes
2008 R2 Standard, 2012
yes
2012 STD R2
yes
2008 R2
yes
2016, 2019, 2022
yes
yes
SQL Server license
SQL Server Standard, Web, Enterprise
yes
no
yes
SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 Std, Web, Enterprise
SQL Server 2008 R2 SP3 Std, Web, Enterprise
SQL Server 2012 SP1 Std, Web, Enterprise
SQL Server 2014 Std, Web, Enterprise
yes
no
on request
no
Standard, Enterprise, Web
yes
yes
RedHat Linux license
no
no
yes
yes
no
no
yes
yes
yes
Other licenses
cPanel
yes
no
no
MS Sharepoint, MS BizTalk Server, MS Team Foundation Server, MS Dynamics, Oracle, SUSE
yes
no
no
SUSE
yes
Citrix, Veeam, Zerto, Trend,
yes
Oracle, ...
Transfer MS License
no
no
no
When Windows is installed from ISO CD.
yes
no
yes
Microsoft License mobility supported.
yes
no
Transfer
Transfer or bandwidth
transfer
transfer
transfer
transfer
transfer
bandwidth
transfer
transfer
transfer
Free transfer in
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
10 Mbps
yes
yes
no
yes
Free transfer included
no
Only for monthly billing
5 TB per cloud server
1 TB per cloud server
5 GB
50 GB per account
10 Mbps
no
no
no
Pay-as-you-go
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
yes
no
yes
Transfer packages
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
No Transfer Limit
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
100 Mbps
yes
yes
no
yes
Transfer per server or account
account
account
per account
account
account
cloud server
account
server
account
Free private transfer
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
Within an availability zone.
yes
yes
Only within a zone.
yes
Free transfer to dedicated/collocation
yes
N/A
no
no
Hosted in beyond.pl
yes
no
yes
no
Networking
Free IP
no
no
yes
5 per account
1 per cloud server
yes
yes
1 IP per server while it is running
yes
yes
1 per cloud server, either dynamic or fixed but paid if cloud server is off.
yes
Mappable IP
yes
no
additional EIP addresses can be mapped to one or more servers
yes
yes
no
no
yes
yes
Elastic IP
yes
Multiple IP per cloud server
yes
yes
yes
no
yes
yes
Only private and public
no
Service request with justification
yes
yes
IP cost
$0.005 per hour
$1 per month
0.0128 EUR / hour
$0.004 per hour
€0.005 per hour
2.5 BGN / month
$0.01 per hour
5.50
One free per cloud server if running.
$0.005 / hour
IPv6
no
no
yes
no
no
no
no
yes
no
Private IP
yes
yes
no
yes
no
no
yes
yes
yes
Manage VLANs
Virtual Private Cloud
yes
yes
no
yes
yes
no
yes
yes
Virtual Private Cloud
yes
Load balancing service
yes
no
no
yes
yes
no
yes
Included with Basic and Advanced NSX firewalls
yes
yes
Load balancing type
software
no
DNS
software
software
software
yes
software
Security
Encrypted storage
no
no
no
no
no
no
All data written to disks is encrypted by default.
yes
yes
no
VLAN per customer
If in "Virtual Private Cloud" or "Isolated"
yes
yes
yes
Via support request
yes
yes
yes
If in Virtual Private Cloud
yes
Dedicated & cloud servers in single VLAN
May require setup cost
yes
N/A
Private networks available
yes
no
no
Via support request
yes
no
yes
no
VPN
via support
yes
no
yes
Only to created virtual networks.
yes
no
Via support request
yes
yes
yes
yes
Firewall
Virtual Private Cloud and Isolated networks only
yes
no
yes
yes
no
no
yes
Via Cloud Director
yes
$0.05 / hour
yes
ISO/IEC 27001
yes
no
yes
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
SSAE 16 (former SAS 70 Type II)
yes
no
yes
SOC 1, SOC 2 and SOC 3
yes
no
no
SOC2 and SOC3
yes
no
yes
HIPAA Compilant
yes
yes
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
FISMA Compilant
yes
no
yes
no
no
no
yes
PCI DSS
yes
no
yes
no
no
yes
yes
yes
Safe Harbor / EU Directive 95/46/EC
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
yes
Locations
North America
San Diego, CA, USA
yes
New York, USA
Santa Clara, USA
Texas, USA
yes
no
Central US, Iowa
East US, Virginia
North Central US, Illinois
South Central US, Texas
West US, California
Toronto, Canada
Quebec City, Canada
yes
no
no
Moncks Corner, South Carolina, USA (East)
Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA (Central)
The Dalles, Oregon, USA (West)
Ashburn, Nort Virginia, USA (East)
Montreal, Canada
yes
no
Northern Virginia, USA (East) Northern California, USA (West) Oregon, USA (West)
yes
South America
no
no
no
Brazil, Sao Paulo State
yes
no
no
São Paulo, Brasil
yes
no
São Paulo, Brazil
yes
Europe
no
Amsterdam, Netherlands
London, UK
yes
Switzerland, Austria, Germany
yes
Ireland
Netherlands
yes
Poznań & Warsaw Poland
yes
Sofia, Bulgaria
yes
St. Ghislain, Belgium, EU (West)
London, UK, EU (West)
Frankfurt, Germany, EU (West)
Eemshaven, Netherlands, EU (West)
yes
no
Ireland
yes
Asia
no
Hong Kong, China
Petach Tikva, Israel
Jerusalem, Israel
Rosh Haayin, Israel
Tel Aviv, Israel
yes
no
East Asia, Hong Kong
Southeast Asia, Singapore
Japan East, Saitama Prefecture
Japan West, Osaka Prefecture
yes
no
no
Mumbai, India (Asia South)
Changhua County, Taiwan (Asia East)
Tokyo, Japan (Asia North East)
Jurong West, Singapore (Asia South East)
yes
Singapore, Jakarta (Indonesia), Cibutung (Indonesia)
yes
Singapore Tokyo, Japan
yes
Australia
no
no
no
Australia East, New South Wales
Australia Southeast, Victoria
yes
no
no
Sydney, Australia
yes
Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane
yes
Sydney, Australia
yes
Africa
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
Reliability & Failover
SLA level
99.95%
99.9%
3% TCP/IP loss rate
30 ms latency
99.95%
For 2+ VMs running in the same "Availability Set".
99.95%
99.98%
99.9%
99.95%
99.999%
99.995%
SLA credit
5% for first 5 min. and every subsequent 30 min. Up to 100%.
99.95% - 98.3%: 50% monthly fee
< 98.3%: 100% monthly fee
<99.9% - 10%
<99% - 25%
200% of hourly service fee for each hour
10% - 50%
20-45% of monthly bill
10% of annual bill
SLA exceptions
scheduled maintenance
maitenance, customer generated failure, exploited server
planned maintenance
out of Microsoft control
planned maintenance
maitenance, periods < 5 min.
Scheduled Maintenance, Force Majure
5 min.
Multiple zones in region
yes
no
Geneva and Zurich
yes
Some geographic regions have multiple "regions" in Azure. There is also a concept of "fault domain", has separate power source and different network switch. Azure automatically allocates instances in the same role or "availability set" into different fault domains.
partial
yes
no
yes
yes
2 - 5 per region
yes
Tier 3+ DC
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Automatic failover to other server
yes
no
yes
Live migration allows moving running instances to another server without downtime - host maintenance doesn't affect cloud server availability.
yes
yes
yes
Live migration allows moving running instances to another server without downtime - host maintenance doesn't affect cloud server availability.
yes
With warm copy in different zone
yes
Auto Recovery service applies only to C3, C4, M3, R3, and T2 instance types running in the US East (Northern Virginia) region. The instances must be running within a VPC, must use EBS-backed storage, but cannot be Dedicated Instances.
partial
Storage attachment
network
local
network
no
server
network & local
network
Instance storage: server EBS: network
RAID level
ZFS pool of mirrors with ZIL and L2ARC
10
RAID 6
no
Backup - snapshot
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
t
yes
yes
yes
Backup - storage
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
S3 or Glacier
yes
Services
Cloud Files service
Compatible with AWS S3.
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
no
yes
yes
S3 (Simple Storage Service)
yes
CDN service
no
no
no
yes
no
no
In beta.
yes
no
Cloud Front
yes
DNS service
no
no
yes
yes
yes
no
yes
no
Route 53
yes
NoSQL service
no
no
no
yes
no
no
yes
no
DynamoDB, Redshift, SimpleDB
yes
SQL service
no
no
MySQL
yes
yes
no
no
yes
no
RDS (Simple Storage Service) - MySQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle
yes
Memcache service
no
no
no
yes
no
no
yes
no
ElastiCache
yes
Dedicated servers
yes
no
yes
no
In beyond.pl
yes
yes
no
no
no
Collocation
yes
no
yes
no
In beyond.pl
yes
yes
no
yes
no
Support
Response Time
In urgent cases, not guaranteed.
15 min.
15 min. incidents 1 hour standard requests
SLA:
Developer: 8h
Standard: 2h
Professional: 1h
Premier: 15 min
Extended 24/7: 30 min.
Standard 24/7: 1 hour
Extended 9/5: 1 hour
Standard 9/5: 2 hours
15 min. Platinum Plan
1 hour Gold Plan
4 hours Silver Plan
none for Bronze Plan
SLA:
- 60 minutes for severity 1 incidents
- 8 hours standard requests
Basic: free
Developer: $49/month
Business: tiered 10% - 3%, min. $100
Enterprise: tiered 10% - 3%, min. $15,00
Basic: -
Developer: 12 hours
Business: 1 hour
Enterprise: 15 min.
24x7
yes
yes
yes
all paid plans
yes
yes
With minimum Standard 24/7 support package.
yes
Platinum Plan - high priority issues
Gold Plan - Outages only
yes
yes
yes
Free
yes
yes
yes
included level covers only billing issues
no
yes
no
Bronze plan - billing issues only, otherwise community and knowledge center
yes
yes
Basic level does not include any contact possibilities
no
Phone
After ticket opened on-line
yes
yes
no
Standard (3 per month), Professional and Premier levels
yes
no
yes
Gold and Platinum plans
yes
yes
Business, Enterprise levels
yes
Chat
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
no
yes
Business, Enterprise levels
yes
Ticket system or email
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Paid plans only
yes
yes
Developer, Business, Enterprise levels
yes
Forum
no
no
no
yes
yes
no
yes
no
yes
Knowledge base
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
FAQ
yes
yes
yes
yes
Managed services
yes
yes
no
no
yes
no
no
no
Enterprise level
yes
Billing
Cloud server biling period
hourly
hour
minute
minute
yes
month
second (1 minute minimum)
month
second (1 minute minimum)
No monthly precharge
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
yes
no
yes
Billing per cloud server or account
account
cloud server
account
cloud server
cloud server
cloud server
see sustained usage discounts
account
yes
cloud server
License billing period
hour
hour
hour
minute
hour
month
second (1 minute minimum)
month
Eventhough VMs are billed to a second, licenses are billed per hour.
hour
Prepaid
no
no
also post-paid
yes
no
yes
yes
no
yes
no
Currency
USD
USD
USD, EUR, CHF
USD, EUR, CAD, GBP, DKK, NOK, SEK, CHF, JPY, AUD, NZD, KWR, RUB, ZAR, TRY, SAR, ARS, BRL, HKD, INR, MXN, IDR, TWD, MYR
USD, EUR, PLN
BGN
USD
AUD, SGD, IDR
USD
Credit card
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
PayPal
For dedicated servers only
partial
no
yes
no
yes
yes
no
yes
no
Wire transfer
Large payments only
yes
no
yes
no
yes
yes
no
yes
no
Resource plans
With Contract
yes
no
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
no
Longer subscription
With Contract
yes
no
no
no
no
yes
no
yes
no
Reservation
With Contract
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
Volume Discounts
With Contract or Reseller Agreement
yes
no
no
Enterprise Agreement
yes
Bonuses for larger prepaid charges - up to 100%
yes
no
no
yes
In reserved instances and transfer
yes
Trial & Specials
Free trial
no
30 day
yes
5 CHF, 4 EUR, 5 USD
yes
$200
yes
20 PLN (~ $5) for Cloudorado users
yes
7 days
yes
$300 for one year
yes
30 days
yes
no
Money back guarantee
no
no
yes
no
no
no
no
7 Days
yes
no
Free entry level service
no
no
no
MSDN subscribers get $50-$150 credits per month
yes
no
no
Always Free limited access to many common services.
yes
no
Free Tier for one year
yes
Third-Party Tools Support
Rightscale
yes
no
no
yes
no
no
yes
no
yes
Scalr
yes
no
no
yes
no
no
yes
no
yes
Provider Information
Name
M5 Hosting, Inc.
Kamatera Inc.
Exoscale
Microsoft
Beyond.pl Sp z o. o.
Cloudware.bg
Google Inc.
Zettagrid
Amazon
Address
10601 Tierrasanta Blvd. #G-135, San Diego, CA 92124
Route de Marcolet 39 CH - 1023 Crissier Switzerland
1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052, USA
ul. Palacza 113, 60-273 Poznań, Poland
1784 Sofia, Mladost 1
20A Andrey Saharov Blvd.
Googleplex, Mountain View, California, USA
Level 36 1 Farrer Place Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Year founded
2001
1995
2011
1975
Azure: 2010
2005
2013
1998
2010
1994
AWS: 2006
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