The Top 5 Alternatives to AWS

Posted by thenewsgiraffe on July 28th, 2017

AWS stands for Amazon Web Services and refers to a cloud service Amazon provides that acts as a secure cloud services platform. It offers computation power, database storage, and content delivery. It also has other factors and functions that are made to help grow a business, but are there any alternatives to AWS and if so what are they?

RackSpace Cloud Hosting Solutions

Right next to Amazon EC2 and Microsoft Azure; RackSpace has to be one of the best web hosting companies in the world. They started off as a newbie but made an extremely wise business move when they combined with NASA to create OpenStack. RackSpace gives the user a variety of different options to choose from. With public/private clouds, hybrid clouds, databases, website management, etc; it is one of the most flexible hosting solutions out there.

SoftLayer Cloud Hosting Services

SoftLayer enables the user to build their own cloud hosting service from the ground up and they have several options to choose from in terms of RAM, CPU cores, and Disk Space. In 2013 SoftLayer was bought at by IPM and has since flourished under IBM management. The best thing about SoftLayer is the fact you know exactly what you're getting and that is not going to change significantly.

Clouder

Clouder are testing the thought that you can get faster provisioning and better elasticity by removing the middle layer in the form of a hypervisor. They expect that the user will receive a higher performance level from the service once the layer has been removed. This means it is slightly different from AWS but is still a good option for cloud hosting services.
Google Compute Engine

As probably expected, Google Compute Engine runs solely off Google's Data Centres and their worldwide fibre network. A good feature with this product is that you only pay for the time that you have been using the product for. You can expect the virtual machines to run smoothly and boot up quickly with no interference. Google is definitely always a safe bet, tried and tested by many.

Terremark / vCloud Express

Off the bat, one of the best things about Terremark is that it aims to work with any IT infrastructures that you may already have in place. It is compatible with the applications that you already have; making the whole response time and set up run a lot smoother, easier, and quicker. It is also a secure network enabling worldwide hosting - and multi user access. It is very smartly built and you can tell that from the get go.

There are many different options to using Amazon Web Service, all of which have their own perks - their own pros and cons. When deciding which will be the best for you, you really need to consider what each hosting program is offering and compare it to what it is you need from the service.