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AWS vs. DigitalOcean – A Performance Comparison

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Post by sdomino » Wed, Apr 12, 2017, 3:14 PM UTC

AWS vs. DigitalOcean – A Performance Comparison
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Re: AWS vs. DigitalOcean – A Performance Comparison

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Post by technologyvault » Wed, Apr 12, 2017, 3:36 PM UTC

If those results are representative, it seems like AWS is the obvious choice.

What specific reasons are there for people to choose an alternative for hosting, particularly DigitalOcean?

Re: AWS vs. DigitalOcean – A Performance Comparison

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Post by sanderson1 » Wed, Apr 12, 2017, 3:46 PM UTC

technologyvault wrote: post #2

If those results are representative, it seems like AWS is the obvious choice. What specific reasons are there for people to choose an alternative for hosting, particularly DigitalOcean?

From personal experience:

- AWS seems to have more stability issues than Digital Ocean and their status page doesn't seem to reflect reality.

- AWS support is a total black hole. Digital Ocean is pretty responsive.

- Digital Ocean's UI is miles ahead of AWS's

- AWS Analysis Paralysis - too many options, hard to understand the differences.