Ask HN: Alternatives to AWS? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to AWS?

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Post by ceejayoz » Mon, Oct 03, 2016, 1:04 AM UTC

znpy wrote: post #7

jburwell wrote: post #2

The 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.

Joyent's made some bad PR moves. I was a Textdrive customer and the way they treated the lifetime hosting folks put a very sour taste in my mouth.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to AWS?

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Post by mrep » Mon, Oct 03, 2016, 1:10 AM UTC

tshtf wrote: post #6

Google has far more than App Engine today; they basically compete with AWS directly service by service.

I would love a direct service to service comparison between the major cloud providers.

Anyone know of a guide like that?

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to AWS?

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Post by kayman » Mon, Oct 03, 2016, 1:13 AM UTC

Digital Ocean is the most popular. But as others have mentioned, there is also Vultr. Vultr has locations in Sydney which was a big plus for me.

I personally can vouch for Vultr. Been running a freebsd system with them for over a year now.

When clients ask about AWS, I throw in Digital Ocean or Vultr so they can save a ton of money. Most of the the time, they go with AWS as it is the most popular but tends to be an overkill for most of the projects I'm dealing with.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to AWS?

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Post by Feld0 » Mon, Oct 03, 2016, 1:14 AM UTC

OVH specializes in dedicated servers (https://www.ovh.com/ca/en/dedicated-servers/) but they offer an API for ordering them and can deliver many of them within a couple of minutes. They have a number of "cloud"/managed offerings as well if you browse around their site. They have datacentres in France and Canada, and are currently bringing up new ones in the US, Australia, and Singapore that they hope to launch by the end of the year. I've been a customer for >3 years now and have been very pleased with their service and support.

OP mentioned a desire to work with bare metal/do IaaS their own way, and dedicated server providers are awesome for that. Conversations about infrastructure are often about "cloud vs. running our own datacentres!" and renting dedicated servers is an interesting middle ground - you get a ton of hardware and bandwidth for your dollar and maintaining the hardware isn't your problem. You give up per-hour billing but you could very well still save money - it's a serious alternative to VPS providers like DigitalOcean.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to AWS?

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Post by vgt » Mon, Oct 03, 2016, 1:15 AM UTC

mrep wrote: post #32

tshtf wrote: post #6

Google has far more than App Engine today; they basically compete with AWS directly service by service.

I would love a direct service to service comparison between the major cloud providers. Anyone know of a guide like that?

Aw well here ya go then!

https://cloud.google.com/docs/compare/aws/

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to AWS?

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Post by codingdave » Mon, Oct 03, 2016, 1:20 AM UTC

What are you trying to achieve? There are a plethora of choices and services out there, but without knowing what you want to do, all we can do is give you a list of company names.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to AWS?

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Post by gbrayut » Mon, Oct 03, 2016, 1:28 AM UTC

mrep wrote: post #32

tshtf wrote: post #6

Google has far more than App Engine today; they basically compete with AWS directly service by service.

I would love a direct service to service comparison between the major cloud providers. Anyone know of a guide like that?

You can run benchmarks using https://cloudharmony.com but it looks like there site is having issues right now.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to AWS?

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Post by candiodari » Mon, Oct 03, 2016, 1:33 AM UTC

Feld0 wrote: post #34

OVH specializes in dedicated servers ( https://www.ovh.com/ca/en/dedicated-servers/ ) but they offer an API for ordering them and can deliver many of them within a couple of minutes. They have a number of "cloud"/managed offerings as well if you browse around their site. They have datacentres in France and Canada, and are currently bringing up new ones in the US, Australia, and Singapore that they hope to launch by t…

They also have their cheaper branch www.kimsufi.com, lower specs, still dedicated.

And you still wouldn't believe the speed difference of a low atom with a VPS, even if the VPS is running on a xeon. Goes double for tail latency.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to AWS?

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Post by mrep » Mon, Oct 03, 2016, 1:34 AM UTC

vgt wrote: post #35

mrep wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would love a direct service to service comparison between the major cloud providers. Anyone know of a guide like that?

Aw well here ya go then! https://cloud.google.com/docs/compare/aws/

Wow, thank you. Albeit, that only shows google's matchings to AWS, but AWS has like 60 services.

I would also like to be able to breakdown the services to see comparisons in things like SLA's and pricing but this is a good start.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to AWS?

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Post by Rauchg » Mon, Oct 03, 2016, 1:39 AM UTC

If you want to focus on the code and not the servers, give a try to https://zeit.co/now

Disclosure: co-founder and CEO