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> Some European companies that use large American cloud providers say those services are more competitively priced than cloud services in Europe, WSJ Pro previo

by lnsp 7y ago

> Some European companies that use large American cloud providers say those services are more competitively priced than cloud services in Europe, WSJ Pro previously reported. Gaia-X could lower transaction costs by standardizing contracts and processes between cloud providers and customers, the German Economy Ministry said. I mean Hetzner for example is very competitive price-wise, but they are missing a lot of the platform functionality AWS and Azure provide.

rsynnott 7y ago
Hetzner isn't really a 'cloud' thing in the same way as AWS et al are, and doesn't really seem to have ambitions in that direction. Which is fine; there's definitely a market for what they do.
- krn 7y ago
  > Hetzner isn't really a 'cloud' thing in the same way as AWS et al are, and doesn't really seem to have ambitions in that direction. Hetzner Cloud is more about IaaS than PaaS, and competes directly with DigitalOcean after the introduction of dedicated vCPU, block storage, and private networks. It's still missing object storage, though. OVH Public Cloud, on the other hand, is trying to become the AWS / GCP / Azure of Europe – and with unmetered bandwidth is many times cheaper than they are – but at the moment it's still much better as IaaS rather than PaaS.
reacharavindh 7y ago
Came here to say just that. Hetzner is very much competitive with AWS, and GCP for IAAS - both technology and pricing wise. There are other European companies vying for a slice of the DigitalOcean like market here - I personally use upcloud fpr my personal hosting needs, and it’s been solid. Those complaining here that it is biased against USA and tariff free trade needs to comprehend the presence of US Cloud Act. If USA truly wants to compete fairly, it needs to obey the local laws and get that shit law out first.
ryuukk_ 7y ago
Check both Scaleway and OVH

by lnsp 7y ago

rsynnott 7y ago

Hetzner isn't really a 'cloud' thing in the same way as AWS et al are, and doesn't really seem to have ambitions in that direction. Which is fine; there's definitely a market for what they do.

krn 7y ago
> Hetzner isn't really a 'cloud' thing in the same way as AWS et al are, and doesn't really seem to have ambitions in that direction. Hetzner Cloud is more about IaaS than PaaS, and competes directly with DigitalOcean after the introduction of dedicated vCPU, block storage, and private networks. It's still missing object storage, though. OVH Public Cloud, on the other hand, is trying to become the AWS / GCP / Azure of Europe – and with unmetered bandwidth is many times cheaper than they are – but at the moment it's still much better as IaaS rather than PaaS.

reacharavindh 7y ago

Came here to say just that. Hetzner is very much competitive with AWS, and GCP for IAAS - both technology and pricing wise. There are other European companies vying for a slice of the DigitalOcean like market here - I personally use upcloud fpr my personal hosting needs, and it’s been solid. Those complaining here that it is biased against USA and tariff free trade needs to comprehend the presence of US Cloud Act. If USA truly wants to compete fairly, it needs to obey the local laws and get that shit law out first.

ryuukk_ 7y ago

Check both Scaleway and OVH