Alternatives to Amazon AWS
These featured providers are the closest alternatives to Amazon AWS, selected using provider category, data-center locations, entry prices and comparable VPS plans.
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Price and performance at a glance
Performance is a price-weighted score (out of 100). Entry price is the lowest current monthly VPS price we track.
Price-weighted performance
The score averages the price-weighted scores of each provider's three most recent graded trials (or all available trials when fewer than three exist). A plan score combines web performance, raw CPU capacity, performance stability, disk I/O and network performance; lower plan prices improve the price-weighted score. 100 is best.
Entry monthly price
This is each provider's lowest current monthly VPS price, converted to USD. Bar lengths are relative to the highest entry price shown.
Comparable VPS plans
These plans are all in the same mid-price price band: each alternative plan must be within 30% below or 40% above the selected Amazon AWS plan price. Prices are converted to USD for an easier comparison.
| Provider | Plan | Monthly price | CPU | Memory | Disk | Data transfer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon AWS | c5.large | $65.200 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 40 GB | 0 |
| Vultr | VX1 GP 2C 8G 50S | $48.800 | 2 | 8.0 GB | 50 GB | 5000 |
| Amazon AWS | c5.large | $65.200 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 40 GB | 0 |
| OVHcloud | B3-8 | $47.719 | 2 | 8.0 GB | 50 GB | Unlimited |
| Amazon AWS | c5.large | $65.200 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 40 GB | 0 |
| UpCloud | Premium 4 cores 8 GB | $58.115 | 4 | 8.0 GB | 100 GB | 5000 |
| Amazon AWS | c5.large | $65.200 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 40 GB | 0 |
| OVHcloud US | B3-8 | $50.165 | 2 | 8.0 GB | 50 GB | Unlimited |
Storage prices
Object and block storage prices for Amazon AWS and its selected alternatives. Pricing details vary by product and region.
Object storage
| Provider | Product | Price / GB / month | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon AWS |
S3 Standard
S3 standard. |
$0.023 |
Egress: $0.090 / GB
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| OVHcloud |
—
S3 API. |
0.007€ ($0.008) |
Egress: 0.010€ ($0.011) / GB
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| OVHcloud US |
—
S3 API |
$0.008 |
Egress: $0.011 / GB
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| UpCloud |
—
Transfer cost included up to twice the size of paid storage. |
0.020€ ($0.022) |
Egress: 0.000€ ($0.000) / GB
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| Vultr | Performance | $0.050 |
Egress: $0.000 / GB
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| Vultr |
Standard
Includes 1TB of bandwidth. |
$0.018 |
Egress: $0.010 / GB
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Block storage
| Provider | Product | Price / GB / month | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon AWS |
gp2
gp2 is the default EBS volume type for Amazon EC2 instances (SSD). Baseline performance of 3 IOPS/GB (minimum 100 IOPS) to a maximum of 16,000 IOPS, and provide up to 250 MB/s of throughput per volume. |
$0.100 |
IOPS allowance:
Max IOPS Burst: 3000 Throughput price per MBps: Throughput allowance MBps: View provider pricing |
| Amazon AWS |
gp3
General purpose SSD (gp3). IOPS and throughput are charged extra. |
$0.080 |
IOPS price:
$0.005 IOPS allowance: 3000 Throughput price per MBps: $0.040 Throughput allowance MBps: 125 MBps View provider pricing |
| Amazon AWS |
io1
Amazon EBS io1 is a high-performance SSD volume designed for business-critical, I/O-intensive databases. It offers up to 64,000 provisioned IOPS, single-digit millisecond latency, and 99.9% durability. |
$0.125 |
IOPS price:
$0.065 IOPS allowance: 0 Throughput price per MBps: $0.000 Throughput allowance MBps: 0 MBps View provider pricing |
| Amazon AWS |
io2
Amazon EBS io2 is a next-generation provisioned IOPS SSD delivering sub-millisecond latency and 99.999% durability. It supports up to 256,000 IOPS, making it ideal for high-performance, mission-critical workloads. |
$0.125 |
IOPS price:
$0.065 IOPS allowance: 0 Max IOPS Burst: 0 Throughput price per MBps: $0.000 Throughput allowance MBps: 0 MBps View provider pricing |
| Amazon AWS |
st1
Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) Volumes. |
$0.045 |
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| OVHcloud |
Classic
Classic: 250 IOPS guaranteed, 4 TB max. |
0.042€ ($0.047) |
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| OVHcloud |
High Speed
High speed: Up to 3000 IOPS, 4 TB max. |
0.086€ ($0.096) |
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| OVHcloud |
High speed Gen2
High speed gen2: 30 IOPS/GB for up to 20000 IOPS per volume |
0.086€ ($0.096) |
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| OVHcloud |
Local Storage
Ephemeral Local Storage NVMe, Gen 3 (B3, C3, R3), 99.99% SLA. Listed sizes: 1, 50, 100, 200 and 400 GB. Monthly equivalent based on OVHcloud price list (~€0.106434/GB-month, excl. VAT). |
0.106€ ($0.119) |
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| OVHcloud US |
High speed Gen2
Triple replication. |
$0.096 |
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| OVHcloud US |
Local Storage
Ephemeral local storage, designed for hot, temporary data directly on your instances. Compatible with B3, C3 and R3 instances. |
$0.120 |
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| UpCloud |
Archive
Archive block storage: high capacity data storage. |
$0.056 |
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| UpCloud |
MaxIOPS
MaxIOPS storage. |
0.220€ ($0.246) |
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| UpCloud |
Standard
Standard storage: general purpose data storage. |
0.085€ ($0.095) |
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| Vultr |
—
Each volume is replicated 3 times across a highly available cluster. |
$0.100 |
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Features and locations
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| Feature | Amazon AWS | Vultr | OVHcloud | UpCloud | OVHcloud US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | USA | USA | France | Finland | United States |
| Locations | Africa: 1 Asia: 11 Europe: 9 North America: 2 South America: 1 Oceania: 1 | Africa: 1 Asia: 5 Europe: 6 North America: 3 South America: 2 Oceania: 1 | Africa: 1 Asia: 2 Europe: 14 North America: 1 Oceania: 1 | Asia: 1 Europe: 9 North America: 1 Oceania: 1 | North America: 1 |
| Backups | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Block storage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Object storage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Load balancer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DDoS protection | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hourly Billing | Yes | Yes | Mixed | Yes | Mixed |
| SSH Keys Setup | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Backups | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Firewall | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IPv6 support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Total number of data centers | 36 | 31 | 22 | 15 | 11 |
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Price and performance by plan
Each dot is a plan used in the price-weighted performance chart above. Its vertical position is the average PW score from its contributing recent trials.