AWS has captured an enormous market. As a user I'm surprised there are only few serious contenders (cloud provider with an API and global footprint). Digitalocean has managed to captured the low end of the spectrum for people looking to run a few servers. Any serious alternatives to AWS today? Google App engine is still closely tied to there way of doing things.
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#2The following are a few alternatives off the top of my head:
* Google Compute Engine
* Microsoft Azure
* Joyent
* IBM BlueMix
* Linode (like DigitalOcean more VPS than cloud provider)Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to AWS?
#3Maybe not what you wanted but hetzner?
Crazy cheap. Support is garbage.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to AWS?
#4You can just buy some cheap "dedicated slices" at BuyVM (buyvm.net). They're a great company.
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#5We use Azure. In some aspects they're playing catch up but if you're a startup and can get into their bizspark program, there are a lot of benefits. They are also making a significant effort to open their platform to Linux, Docker and other cloud technologies beyond Windows.
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#6Google has far more than App Engine today; they basically compete with AWS directly service by service.
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#7The following are a few alternatives off the top of my head: * Google Compute Engine * Microsoft Azure * Joyent * IBM BlueMix * Linode (like DigitalOcean more VPS than cloud provider)
I think that Joyent does not get the coverage it deserves.
SmartOS looks very very cool.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to AWS?
#8I have used Google Compute Engine, and we're quite happy. The I/O especially is quite good.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to AWS?
#9The following are a few alternatives off the top of my head: * Google Compute Engine * Microsoft Azure * Joyent * IBM BlueMix * Linode (like DigitalOcean more VPS than cloud provider)
Google is not as general as AWS and therefore has serious vendor lockin. Azure only recently has decided to support docker and is not rooted in opensource.
The big downside of AWS: to difficult to use for many. It seems to me a new entrant which combines easy of use, embraces opensource, would have a good chance in the market.
+ Rackspace. But like many these don't come from the cloud market and still think in terms of servers mostly.
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#10Maybe not what you wanted but hetzner? Crazy cheap. Support is garbage.
thanks, but I don't think hetzner is cloud based. most hosters still speak about servers as physical machines as in 2005.