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Just do it yourself. its pretty obvious Azure cost a lot more than both AWS or GCN.
by devsquid 11y ago
Just do it yourself. its pretty obvious Azure cost a lot more than both AWS or GCN.
- tyingq 11y agoIt is not obvious...really. Azure: 4 cores, 7GB RAM, 120GB Disk + 200GB xfer, Basic Tier: $156.84 AWS: C4.Xlarge, 7.5GB RAM, 80GB SSD, + 200GB xfer: $170.37 Can I make examples where Azure is more expensive...sure. But straight comparisons are hard to do. The product offerings don't line up well.
- devsquid 11y agoI'm referring to Linux instances. Also Azure charges you for both ingress and egress traffic. I've looked into it many times.
- tyingq 11y agoMy example above is Linux, and Azure is cheaper for that one specific example. Just making the point that it's not easy to compare. You mention one reason above. It's not as simple as "Azure charges for both ingress/egress." For example, Azure includes 5TB/month ingress/egress. AWS 1TB/egress, unlimited ingress. I imagine in some cases that 5TB in/out is better than 1TB/unlimited. There are many others, like the fact that the instances don't have many 1:1 matchups across providers. Add in things like load balancing, storage, etc, and it gets more complex. It does appear that Azure is usually more expensive, but it's not so easy to tell for sure.
- chgeuer 11y ago@devsquid: Azure for sure does not charge ingress traffic. Just google for "azure pricing ingress" and you find "Inbound data transfers (i.e. data going into Azure data centers): Free"