Azure Container Instances vs. GoDaddy Container-as-a-Service (ElasticHosts, Springs.io), discontinued

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Container Instances
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft's Azure Container Instances allows developers to focus on building apps without managing virtual machines or having to learn new tools—it's just the application, in a container, running in the cloud.
$0.01
Per GB Per Hour
GoDaddy Container-as-a-Service (ElasticHosts, Springs.io), discontinued
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
GoDaddy supported container management and container-as-a-service products, including (since 2016) ElasticHosts and Springs.io (e.g. Elastic Containers), are discontinued under those brands as of June 2020. However, GoDaddy development services, SDKs, and other projects are now hosted at GoDaddy Engineering and some are available open source.N/A
Pricing
Azure Container InstancesGoDaddy Container-as-a-Service (ElasticHosts, Springs.io), discontinued
Editions & Modules
Memory
$0.00533
Per GB Per Hour
vCPU
$0.04860
Per vCPU
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure Container InstancesGoDaddy Container-as-a-Service (ElasticHosts, Springs.io), discontinued
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsSprings.io is unlike other cloud hosting providers. Our reactive servers dynamically resize based on demand, and you only pay for your consumption, not your provisioning. This means you can save money and not sacrifice performance.
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Community Pulse
Azure Container InstancesGoDaddy Container-as-a-Service (ElasticHosts, Springs.io), discontinued
Top Pros
Top Cons

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User Ratings
Azure Container InstancesGoDaddy Container-as-a-Service (ElasticHosts, Springs.io), discontinued
Likelihood to Recommend
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(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure Container InstancesGoDaddy Container-as-a-Service (ElasticHosts, Springs.io), discontinued
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
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Discontinued Products
Unlike other providers, Springs doesn’t use a pre-built container solution, instead opting for their own software built from the ground up.
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Pros
Microsoft
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Discontinued Products
  • Container hosting, cloud virtualization
  • Elastic capacity scaling and pay-per-use billing
  • Linux kernel containerization technologies for container isolation and control
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Cons
Microsoft
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Discontinued Products
  • Provide more options at lower costs
  • It would be nice to see that expanded out to more distributions. What would be potentially even better though is templates. Some hosts can deploy ready-to-run WordPress/Drupal sites, LAMP instances, ownCloud instances, etc. at the drop of a hat. If Springs could replicate this with their container hosting they’d immediately appeal to a much, much wider audience;
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
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Discontinued Products
Springs is drastically cheaper than running 4 OVH servers, and a little cheaper than running nano instances on AWS.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
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Discontinued Products
  • In the beginning I wasn’t sure what I should set it to for my web server, so I left it. After a while the Average usage area begins showing how much resource the container is demanding and from that more adequate limits can be set.
  • Springs is drastically cheaper than running 4 OVH servers, and a little cheaper than running nano instances on AWS.
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ScreenShots

GoDaddy Container-as-a-Service (ElasticHosts, Springs.io), discontinued Screenshots

Screenshot of Springs are reactive servers which scale automatically to the load. That's why you don't need to pay for unused capacity at all.