Soft Layer seems to be as expensive as EC2, if not more expensive, especially when compared to reserved instances. The 244gb cr1.8xlarge (16 cpus, 240gb ssd) a

Soft Layer seems to be as expensive as EC2, if not more expensive, especially when compared to reserved instances. The 244gb cr1.8xlarge (16 cpus, 240gb ssd) amortized over 3 years costs $659 / month. Softlayer would charge quite a bit more for similar specs ( order of magnitude more).