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One of the differences is how VPS and "cloud" is metered: typically monthly (may be prorated daily) for VPSs and hourly for cloud servers like EC2. You can spin
by alinspired 15y ago
One of the differences is how VPS and "cloud" is metered: typically monthly (may be prorated daily) for VPSs and hourly for cloud servers like EC2. You can spin multiple instances in both cases, the more differences come in play if you start using cloud-specific features like load balancer, cloud storage (ie S3), etc