Amazon EC2 vs Kamatera
We have tested 17 VPS plans from Amazon EC2 and Kamatera. This page is a summary and a comparison of all test results for those 2 providers.
Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2 was founded in 2006.
It is headquartered in the USA.
It offers VPS, Database, Storage and Networking hosting products.
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Kamatera
VPS Plans
| Plan Name | Monthly Price | CPU cores | Memory (GB) | Disk Space (GB) | Data Transfer (GB) | Latest trial | |
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Availability 1GB 1core | $4.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 20 | 5000 | Aug 05 2019 |
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t3.micro | $7.49 | 2 | 1.0 | 20 | 0 | Jun 03 2019 |
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General 1GB 1 core | $9.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 20 | 5000 | May 01 2020 |
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t3.small | $14.98 | 2 | 2.0 | 8 | 1000 | Apr 17 2020 |
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General 2GB 1 core | $15.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 20 | 5000 | Sep 21 2020 |
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Availability 4GB 2 cores | $19.00 | 2 | 4.0 | 40 | 5000 | Jun 22 2020 |
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Availability 4GB 4 cores | $24.00 | 4 | 4.0 | 20 | 5000 | Mar 17 2020 |
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t3a.medium | $27.07 | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | Nov 04 2019 |
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t4g.medium | $28.20 | 2 | 4.0 | 40 | 0 | Sep 15 2020 |
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t3-medium | $29.95 | 2 | 4.0 | 8 | 200 | Jan 04 2020 |
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General 4GB 2 cores | $39.00 | 2 | 4.0 | 20 | 5000 | Feb 03 2020 |
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c5a.large | $59.44 | 2 | 4.0 | 40 | Jun 05 2020 | |
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c5.large | $65.20 | 2 | 4.0 | 40 | 0 | Jul 26 2020 |
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m5a.large | $65.90 | 2 | 8.0 | 40 | 100 | May 21 2020 |
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m5.large | $73.12 | 2 | 8.0 | 40 | 200 | Feb 21 2020 |
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General 8GB 4 cores | $90.00 | 4 | 8.0 | 80 | 5000 | May 15 2020 |
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Availability 16GB 8 cores | $99.00 | 8 | 16.0 | 150 | 5000 | Aug 06 2020 |
Performance Grades
To summarize the performance of each VPS plan, we generated grades based on the various tests that were run: web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Each grade focuses on one aspect of the VPS speed or stability (cpu, disk IO, network IO...) and is made of one or more metrics measured during the tests.
Grades are evenly distributed between A and F. A is best, F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
Screen all VPS from Amazon EC2 and Kamatera| Plan Name | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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Availability 1GB 1core
$4.00 |
C | D | E | D | C |
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t3.micro
$7.49 |
C | D | E | E | B |
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General 1GB 1 core
$9.00 |
C | D | C | C | A |
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t3.small
$14.98 |
D | C | E | D | B |
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General 2GB 1 core
$15.00 |
C | D | D | B | A |
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Availability 4GB 2 cores
$19.00 |
B | B | D | B | A |
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Availability 4GB 4 cores
$24.00 |
A | A | D | B | A |
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t3a.medium
$27.07 |
F | E | F | D | C |
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t4g.medium
$28.20 |
B | D | C | E | B |
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t3-medium
$29.95 |
C | C | C | D | B |
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General 4GB 2 cores
$39.00 |
B | B | B | B | A |
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c5a.large
$59.44 |
D | B | C | D | A |
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c5.large
$65.20 |
B | B | C | E | D |
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m5a.large
$65.90 |
C | D | C | D | A |
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m5.large
$73.12 |
B | C | A | D | A |
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General 8GB 4 cores
$90.00 |
C | A | E | B | A |
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Availability 16GB 8 cores
$99.00 |
A | A | C | B | A |
VPS Instance Provisioning Time
This is the average time it took to create an instance for Amazon EC2 and Kamatera from instance order to instance accepting connections.
| Amazon EC2 | Kamatera | |
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| Number of instance creations in sample | 11 | 10 |
| Average provisioning time | 24s | 237s |
In Depth...
These are some of the test results that make up the grades above.
Web Response Times
We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from Amazon EC2 and Kamatera. This is the average response time measured locally on the VPS for each plan we tested.
Local Response Time per Plan
Lower is better
Maximum HTTP Load
We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from Amazon EC2 and Kamatera. This is the maximum rate of HTTP requests that each server handled without error.
Maximum HTTP request rate
Higher is better
During the Web Test, we collect response time metrics, rate metrics and CPU metrics. All of those are measured locally on the VPS running the web server. All metrics can be compared on the Web Performance Comparison page.
Sysbench CPU Performance
We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of Amazon EC2 and Kamatera. These are the Sysbench CPU test results:
Rate of operations
Higher is better
Sysbench Disk IO Performance
We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of Amazon EC2 and Kamatera. These are the Sysbench Disk IO Random Read test results:
Rate of operations
Higher is better
Sysbench test results are also available for random disk IO tests, sequential disk IO tests and memory tests.
Review and compare all Sysbench numbers on the Sysbench Comparison page for Amazon EC2 and Kamatera.
Network Transfers
We have performed large file transfers from the Amazon EC2 and Kamatera VPS and we measured the speed of downloads and uploads.
The transfers involve multiple files, 10 threads and last for at least 10 seconds at maximum speed. The transfers are repeated 3 times from different servers and only the fastest transfer is reported here.
Download Speed per Plan
Higher is better
Network Transfers measurements including download and upload speeds can be compared for Amazon EC2 and Kamatera on the Network Transfers Comparison page.
Sustained CPU Endurance Tests
We pushed the CPU of those VPS plans hard for 24 hours straight.
This test shows how fast the VPS can go for long periods of time, how stable the performance is and it also gives clues on how overallocated the VPSs may be.
Average number of operations per hour
Higher is better
Review and compare endurance test results for Amazon EC2 and Kamatera on the Sustained CPU Endurance Comparison page.
Features and Usability
Features not included in the VPS price of the plan will be marked as missing but they may be available for the fee.
| Amazon EC2 Review | Kamatera Review | |
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| Hourly Billing | Yes | Yes |
| DDOS Protection | No | No |
| Backups | No | No |
| Control Panel | Builtin | Custom |
| SSH Keys Setup | Yes | No |
| Total Number of Datacenters | 22 | 13 |
| Number of Datacenter Continents | 4 | 4 |
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