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Best Amazon Web Services Alternatives for Small Businesses

DigitalOcean Droplets

Score 9.7 out of 10

DigitalOcean's Droplets is designed to help the user spin up a virtual machine in just 55 seconds. Standard, General Purpose, CPU-Optimized, or Memory-Optimized configurations provide flexibility to build, test, and grow an app from startup to scale.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the DigitalOcean Droplets

Vultr

Score 8.9 out of 10

Vultr is an independent cloud computing platform on a mission to provide businesses and developers around the world with unrivaled ease of use, price-to-performance, and global reach.

Higher Rated Features

  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
  • Pre-configured templates
  • Operating system support

Google Compute Engine

Score 8.8 out of 10

Google Compute Engine is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) product from Google Cloud. It provides virtual machines with carbon-neutral infrastructure which run on the same data centers that Google itself uses.

Higher Rated Features

  • Pre-configured templates
  • Pre-defined machine images
  • Security controls

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Score 8.8 out of 10

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Users can launch instances with a variety of OSs, load them with custom application environments, manage network access permissions, and run images on multiple systems.

Higher Rated Features

  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
  • Pre-configured templates
  • Pre-defined machine images

Amazon S3

Score 8.9 out of 10

Amazon S3 is a cloud-based object storage service from Amazon Web Services. It's key features are storage management and monitoring, access management and security, data querying, and data transfer.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the Amazon S3

Microsoft Azure

Score 8.5 out of 10

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

Higher Rated Features

  • Operating system support
  • Pre-configured templates
  • Pre-defined machine images

DigitalOcean

Score 8.5 out of 10

DigitalOcean is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform from the company of the same name headquartered in New York. It is known for its support of managed Kubernetes clusters and “droplets” feature.

Higher Rated Features

  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
  • Pre-configured templates
  • Pre-defined machine images

OCI

Score 8.3 out of 10

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is Oracles's infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform which combines the utility of public cloud with the granular control, security, and predictability of on-premises infrastructure.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the OCI

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers

Score 8.7 out of 10

IBM Cloud bare metal servers are cloud servers configurable in hourly/monthly options, on-demand, from any location—with a selection of standard features and services for small businesses and enterprise demands. Users can customize RAM and SSDs with 11M+ configurations from which to choose.

Higher Rated Features

  • Pre-configured templates
  • Operating system support
  • Pre-defined machine images

Best Amazon Web Services Alternatives for Medium-sized Companies

SAP on IBM Cloud

Score 9.0 out of 10

SAP on IBM Cloud helps businesses maximize efficiency by running their SAP applications on IBM Cloud. Businesses can use SAP on IBM Cloud to move from on-premises solutions to cloud-based with higher availability, flexibility, and performance, as well as simpler disaster recovery processes.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the SAP on IBM Cloud

Google Cloud Platform

Score 9.0 out of 10

Google Cloud Platform is a suite of cloud computing services used to build apps or take advantage of cloud infrastructural services, achieve legacy infrastructure modernization, or manage enterprise data and analytic needs.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the Google Cloud Platform

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Score 8.8 out of 10

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Users can launch instances with a variety of OSs, load them with custom application environments, manage network access permissions, and run images on multiple systems.

Higher Rated Features

  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
  • Pre-configured templates
  • Pre-defined machine images

Google Compute Engine

Score 8.8 out of 10

Google Compute Engine is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) product from Google Cloud. It provides virtual machines with carbon-neutral infrastructure which run on the same data centers that Google itself uses.

Higher Rated Features

  • Pre-configured templates
  • Pre-defined machine images
  • Security controls

Amazon S3

Score 8.9 out of 10

Amazon S3 is a cloud-based object storage service from Amazon Web Services. It's key features are storage management and monitoring, access management and security, data querying, and data transfer.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the Amazon S3

Microsoft Azure

Score 8.5 out of 10

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

Higher Rated Features

  • Operating system support
  • Pre-configured templates
  • Pre-defined machine images

OCI

Score 8.3 out of 10

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is Oracles's infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform which combines the utility of public cloud with the granular control, security, and predictability of on-premises infrastructure.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the OCI

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers

Score 8.7 out of 10

IBM Cloud bare metal servers are cloud servers configurable in hourly/monthly options, on-demand, from any location—with a selection of standard features and services for small businesses and enterprise demands. Users can customize RAM and SSDs with 11M+ configurations from which to choose.

Higher Rated Features

  • Pre-configured templates
  • Operating system support
  • Pre-defined machine images

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions

Score 8.1 out of 10

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions is designed to make cloud adoption easier, allowing the user to optimize the value of existing on-premises infrastructure, while leveraging the same tools, technologies and skills in the cloud. The solution provides rapid scalability, deployment in 35+ global data centers and access to disaster recovery, backup, security and compliance solutions from an array of ecosystem partners. To address varying workload needs, IBM Cloud offers both client-managed and IBM…

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions

Best Amazon Web Services Alternatives for Enterprises

SAP on IBM Cloud

Score 9.0 out of 10

SAP on IBM Cloud helps businesses maximize efficiency by running their SAP applications on IBM Cloud. Businesses can use SAP on IBM Cloud to move from on-premises solutions to cloud-based with higher availability, flexibility, and performance, as well as simpler disaster recovery processes.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the SAP on IBM Cloud

Google Cloud Platform

Score 9.0 out of 10

Google Cloud Platform is a suite of cloud computing services used to build apps or take advantage of cloud infrastructural services, achieve legacy infrastructure modernization, or manage enterprise data and analytic needs.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the Google Cloud Platform

Google Compute Engine

Score 8.8 out of 10

Google Compute Engine is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) product from Google Cloud. It provides virtual machines with carbon-neutral infrastructure which run on the same data centers that Google itself uses.

Higher Rated Features

  • Pre-configured templates
  • Pre-defined machine images
  • Security controls

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Score 8.8 out of 10

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Users can launch instances with a variety of OSs, load them with custom application environments, manage network access permissions, and run images on multiple systems.

Higher Rated Features

  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
  • Pre-configured templates
  • Pre-defined machine images

Amazon S3

Score 8.9 out of 10

Amazon S3 is a cloud-based object storage service from Amazon Web Services. It's key features are storage management and monitoring, access management and security, data querying, and data transfer.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the Amazon S3

Microsoft Azure

Score 8.5 out of 10

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

Higher Rated Features

  • Operating system support
  • Pre-configured templates
  • Pre-defined machine images

OCI

Score 8.3 out of 10

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is Oracles's infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform which combines the utility of public cloud with the granular control, security, and predictability of on-premises infrastructure.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the OCI

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers

Score 8.7 out of 10

IBM Cloud bare metal servers are cloud servers configurable in hourly/monthly options, on-demand, from any location—with a selection of standard features and services for small businesses and enterprise demands. Users can customize RAM and SSDs with 11M+ configurations from which to choose.

Higher Rated Features

  • Pre-configured templates
  • Operating system support
  • Pre-defined machine images