Cloud Cost Calculator

Part of the template is showing - {{choiceCount}} server combinations

Edit: https://github.com/scalyr/cloud-costs/issues/1

Why didn't you include Azure in the comparison?

>"who has the best price per GB of RAM" ?

http://serverbear.com/

http://serverbear.com/compare?Sort=RAM&Order=desc&Monthly+Co...

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The tool doesn't include any of the c3 and i2 instance types yet.

Try http://www.cloudorado.com - it takes one and tree year reservations if you choose longer subscription durations (expandable panel).

We would love to collect data like this. It would be especially interesting to measure the variability of network performance over time. (We did some measurements of I/O performance over time a while back -- http://blog.scalyr.com/2012/10/16/a-systematic-look-at-ec2-i...)

I don't know exactly what form this effort might take, but if you're interested in discussing further, drop me a line -- steve@ our domain.

Yes, comparing "cores" across providers is an extremely sketchy proposition. Obviously not all CPU cores are created equal, the motherboard and RAM configuration has an impact, etc. Worse, there are a variety of different models out there - reserved cores, CPU prioritization, bursting, etc. -- which can't be summarized in a single number. Not to mention that performance may not be consistent over time or from machine to machine, and on at least some providers, supposedly-equivalent instances may be running on different hardware with different performance.

We're open to suggestions here. For now, we've noted this caveat in the blog post and in a couple of places on the page, and we deliberately didn't include any sample queries that sort by cores.

Good catch on the cc2.8xlarge disk -- thanks!

As for the GB/$: by default we display prices assuming you'll use the server 24 hours a day for one month. That means that if you take a reservation, you'll be reselling it a month later. It turns out that a 1-year light reservation is best here (assuming you can resell for the full pro-rated value): with a heavy reservation Amazon's 10% cut on the resale is too expensive, whereas with no reservation the hourly rate kills you.

We'd love to get more providers - would you be interested in adding some? Instructions are linked from the upper-right corner of the page.

You clicked on a link in the "one hour/day" section. If you use the server for one hour each day for a month, on Digital Ocean it will run you $7.247. In the Presets panel, there are other sections showing rates for 24 hours/day for three years, or 8 hours/day for three years. And of course you can put together any combination you like by editing the form.

We did struggle with how to present all these options clearly without creating a gigantic form. Suggestions welcomed!

I don't have any data on network throughput or any other performance points, but in terms of ease-of-use, it's incredibly straightforward to create and manage your "droplets" (their name for instances). Lots of up-to-date community articles and guides. Definitely recommended for a beginner.

Yes, that's the figure you'll get if you set the interest rate to 0 in the "Amortization period" section (and set the time period to 36 months).

By default, we assume a 10% cost-of-capital, which leads to the $706/month figure you see otherwise for cr1.8xlarge over 36 months. The difference reflects the fact that, all other things being equal, paying a lump sum up front is generally less desirable than month-to-month payments. You can adjust the interest rate parameter according to your situation.