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Compare Digital Ocean Cloud server vs ElasticHosts Cloud server vs Google Cloud Platform vs Rackspace Cloud server vs Scaleway C1 server
Compare Digital Ocean Cloud server vs ElasticHosts Cloud server vs Google Cloud Platform vs Rackspace Cloud server vs Scaleway C1 server
Link | Digital Ocean Cloud server | ElasticHosts Cloud server | Google Cloud Platform | Rackspace Cloud server | Scaleway C1 server | Scaleway C2s | WebhostUK LTD | Infrenion | Rshosting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Website | digitalocean.com | elastichosts.com | google.com/... | rackspace.com/... | scaleway.com | scaleway.com | webhostuk.co.uk | infrenion.com | Rshosting.com |
| IPv6 support | Yes | No under development | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Price | From $5 / per month digitalocean.com/... | elastichosts.com/... - Linux Containers are billed after actual usage, not the max spec! | google.com/... | $0.032 / per hour rackspace.com/... | 2.99€ / per month tax excluded 0,006 € / per hour tax excluded scaleway.com/... | 11,99 € / per month tax excluded 0,024 € / per hour tax excluded | starts from $14.99/ per year webhostuk.co.uk/... | FFMPEG hosting starting $5 per month | |
| CPU | 1 -20 Virtual cores | 500-20000 core-MHz | 1 - 32 Virtual CPU | 1 - 32 Virtual CPU | 4 dedicated cores ARM C1 | 4 dedicated cores x86 64bit | 1- 20 virtual cores | 1-20 Cores | |
| RAM | 512 MB - 64 GB | 256 MB - 32 GB | 600 MB - 208 GB | 1 GB - 240 GB | 2 GB | 8 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | |
| Hot Backup | Yes via API or control panel | Yes | No shutdown required | No shutdown required | Yes Weekly | ||||
| Bandwidth | 1Gbit/s | 200Mbit/s Unmetered | 300Mbit/s Unmetered | 1Gbit/s | 1GBit/sec | ||||
| Available OS | Pre-installed systems: CentOS Linux 6.5, CentOS Linux 7.0, Debian 8.2 (Jessie), Debian Linux 7.4 (Wheezy), Ubuntu Linux 12.04.1 LTS (Precise Pangolin), Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr), Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Ververt), Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily WereWolf), Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus), VNS3 Free Edition, VNS3 Full Edition, Windows Standard Server 2008 R2, Windows Standard 2008 R2 + SQL, Windows Standard 2008 R2 New, Windows Web Server 2008 R2, Windows Web Server 2008 R2 + SQL, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 + SQL, cPanel 11.52 Also available: - self-install/boot from CD - custom image upload | Debian, CentOS, Ubuntu With fees: Windows, RedHat, Suse | Ubuntu, CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Arch, CoreOS, Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD, Gentoo, openSUSE, Scientific Linux, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012 | Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Debian 7.8, Debian 8.1, Gentoo, Fedora... | Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Debian 7.8, Debian 8.1, Gentoo, Fedora... | CentOS / LInux/ Debian/Windows | CentOS / LInux/ Debian/Windows | ||
| Storage | 20 GB - 640 GB SSD | HDD: 1 GB - 2 TB, SSD: 1 GB - 1 TB | 50GB - 150 GB SSD | 50GB - 150 GB SSD | |||||
| Servers locations | USA (SF, NYC), Great Britain (London), Germany (Franckfurt), Singapore... | USA (San Jose, Dallas, Miami, San Antonio, and Los Angeles), Canada (Toronto), UK (Maidenhead and Portsmouth), Europe (Amsterdam), Hong Kong and Australia (Sydney) | USA, Europe, Asia | USA For some configurations: Great Britain (London), Australia (Sydney), Hong Kong | France | France | UK/ US/ Europe | US/UK | |
| Notes | |||||||||
| Pros | Flexible server sizing, custom OS image upload, instant VNC-access, 10 data locations, good performance, hot backup, very good control panel | Automatically grow or shrink | Good price Dedicated physical core (physicalization) | Good price Dedicated physical core (physicalization) | FFMPEG video Web hosting / Professional shared Hosting / Wordpress hosting | ||||
| Cons | No USA or Asian locations No hot backup | No USA or Asian locations No hot backup |
User reviews and comments
My vote is for DigitalOcean. It is economical and the value it provides is astounding. However, deploying and managing a server on DigitalOcean is complex and thus you should either have sound technical know-how or you should opt for Managed Cloud Hosting Providers. The latter choice is a wiser option as it lets you focus on the business aspect of your website, while the professionals can take care of deployment and management of the server. It is easy to set up a Wordpress website on DigitalOcean server using managed cloud hosting services like Cloudways. *Source: cloudways.com/...