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People keep comparing EC2 and other hosting providers in terms of performance and pricing. However, the biggest value in my mind is related to the agility it pr
by ridruejo 14y ago
People keep comparing EC2 and other hosting providers in terms of performance and pricing. However, the biggest value in my mind is related to the agility it provides (you can basically model and control your infrastructure through a programming API) and the whole ecosystem around it (CloudFront, Route53, Beanstalk, S3). Some vendors, including Brightbox, have some of that functionality but it is a very small fraction of what is possible with AWS
- jeremyjarvis 14y agoYeah - that's fair comment, we don't have the same breadth of products as AWS for sure. I agree absolutely that agility is what it's all about though.
- zurn 14y agoThe EC2 cost premium over competitors is a factor, and so are the other AWS services. It's a meaningful comparison.