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Can anyone explain why cloud hosting is so expensive? I can get i7 quad core with 8 Gb RAM for $60/month from dedicated servers providers, but i can't find comp

Can anyone explain why cloud hosting is so expensive? I can get i7 quad core with 8 Gb RAM for $60/month from dedicated servers providers, but i can't find comparable price with cloud hosting.

SergeyHack 16y ago
Could you share where you get these prices?
- mike_esspe 16y ago
  Hetzner: http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produkte_rootserver/eq4 http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produkte_rootserver/eq4 (you should be outside of eurozone to get -19% VAT from the price) Server4you: http://server4you.net/root-server/ http://server4you.net/root-server/ (haven't tested them yet)
  - SergeyHack 16y ago
    Thanks. BTW, server4you have a lot of horrible stories. Hetzner reviews are better, but it's important to understand that this deal hardware is of "desktop quality" and not as reliable as "standard server" one. And it is in Germany.
    - mike_esspe 16y ago
      Brand servers won't get you reliability, only failover and replication will :) In US servers are a bit more expensive, but you can get similar configuration for around $100/month (e.g. burstnet)
      - SergeyHack 16y ago
        In fact I think so too. But I suppose there are some cases for some people when the brand hardware would be better.