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I checked them out after using GCP, AWS and its unbelievable how much slower their servers are. I some times wonder how anyone other than AWS/GCP/Azure even sur

I checked them out after using GCP, AWS and its unbelievable how much slower their servers are. I some times wonder how anyone other than AWS/GCP/Azure even survive in this competitive market.

ddorian43 8y ago
Many people think the same for GCP,AWS when you compare their VPS with dedicated hardware. Though the managed services are nice.
ViViDboarder 8y ago
I’m using it for personal hosting and it’s way cheaper than others. The speed isn’t a big deal for a Nextcloud or Gogs server since I am the only user. I wouldn’t use it for any large web service though.
dx034 8y ago
If you only want a server, OVH/Hetzner are much cheaper for the same performance. To me, AWS/GCP/Azure only really make sense if you start using the whole ecosystem. Otherwise you can get the same for half the price..
- shub 8y ago
  I've spent the last 3 years doing AWS stuff at work and agree 100%. If all you're using is EC2 then it's not a great value. Where it's worthwhile are the other services you can tie in to really easily. At work we're using: SQS SNS RDS S3 Athena/Glue EMR CloudWatch Lambda CloudWatch Events EC2 Autoscaling, ELB, ALB Elasticsearch Service Glacier ElastiCache Route 53 CloudFront Data Pipeline It's spendy, no question. None of this is stuff you can't do yourself on cheap instances. We'd just need an additional 2-3 FTEs to maintain the homegrown jungle of crap that would replace the managed services. Oops, there went my savings.
tgsovlerkhgsel 8y ago
Price - traffic is included (while GCP/AWS charge a lot for it, and a sudden surge in traffic could lead to an unexpected bill), and the server costs a fraction of what a small server would cost on GCP/AWS (except for the shared-CPU instances which I found to be slower than Scaleway once the throttling hit). If you want to run a business, Scaleway's lack of reliability (servers often sell out etc.) may be a problem. If you're a hobbyist, the potential bandwidth bill from GCP/AWS is a show-stopper, and the Scaleway servers are more than good enough for many applications. Regarding the slowness, are you talking about CPU speed, I/O, or network?

I checked them out after using GCP, AWS and its unbelievable how much slower their servers are. I some times wonder how anyone other than AWS/GCP/Azure even survive in this competitive market.

ddorian43 8y ago

Many people think the same for GCP,AWS when you compare their VPS with dedicated hardware. Though the managed services are nice.

ViViDboarder 8y ago

I’m using it for personal hosting and it’s way cheaper than others. The speed isn’t a big deal for a Nextcloud or Gogs server since I am the only user. I wouldn’t use it for any large web service though.

dx034 8y ago

If you only want a server, OVH/Hetzner are much cheaper for the same performance. To me, AWS/GCP/Azure only really make sense if you start using the whole ecosystem. Otherwise you can get the same for half the price..

shub 8y ago
I've spent the last 3 years doing AWS stuff at work and agree 100%. If all you're using is EC2 then it's not a great value. Where it's worthwhile are the other services you can tie in to really easily. At work we're using: SQS SNS RDS S3 Athena/Glue EMR CloudWatch Lambda CloudWatch Events EC2 Autoscaling, ELB, ALB Elasticsearch Service Glacier ElastiCache Route 53 CloudFront Data Pipeline It's spendy, no question. None of this is stuff you can't do yourself on cheap instances. We'd just need an additional 2-3 FTEs to maintain the homegrown jungle of crap that would replace the managed services. Oops, there went my savings.

tgsovlerkhgsel 8y ago

Price - traffic is included (while GCP/AWS charge a lot for it, and a sudden surge in traffic could lead to an unexpected bill), and the server costs a fraction of what a small server would cost on GCP/AWS (except for the shared-CPU instances which I found to be slower than Scaleway once the throttling hit). If you want to run a business, Scaleway's lack of reliability (servers often sell out etc.) may be a problem. If you're a hobbyist, the potential bandwidth bill from GCP/AWS is a show-stopper, and the Scaleway servers are more than good enough for many applications. Regarding the slowness, are you talking about CPU speed, I/O, or network?