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COMPARE CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDERS

See why Host Color is a much better choice as a Cloud service provider for Small or Medium-sized businesses than Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure. The Cloud comparison table listed below is based on our entry-level CloudWeb 1 vs Amazon EC2 "a1.medium" vs Microsoft Azure "A1" service plans.
If you are surprised by the difference in the monthly service fees listed below, note that the main reason is that the so-called "Major Clouds" like overcharging their customers for data transfer, other computing resources, and technical support.
Service Plan
Cloud Data Center Location
Cloud Platfrom
Cloud Service
HIGH AVAILABILITY
FAILOVERC LOUD
CPU Cores (vCPU)
Memory (RAM)
STORAGE POLICY
Persistent and Temporary Storage to the Cloud service plan.
Data Storage Type
Included SSD Storage
& Pricing
DATA TRASNFER
Transfer Out
Transfer In)
IPv4 Addresses
IPv6 Subnet
Linux or Windows OS
Full Root Access
Uptime Monitoring
Connect to Clouds
VPN & Firewall
CPU, RAM, Storage Scale Up
Contract
Level of Support

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS features.
a1.medium
US East (Ohio)
Xen virtualization
Public Cloud
No / Not Specified
No / Not Specified
1 vCPU Core
2 GB RAM
No Persistent Storage
It is Charged Separately. The client must add Amazon EBS Volumes.
50 GB SSD Storage 1000 IOPS (io1)
OS Disk: Custom
Persistent Storage: Custom
2000 GB Data Transfer
1200 GB Data Transfer Out: $107.91/mo
800 GB Data Transfer In: $0.00/mo
1 Public IP address
No IPv6 addresses
Linux OS
Yes
Not Specified
Yes. Terms Apply
Add-On Service
Yes. Terms Apply
Pay as you go
BASIC SUPPORT (No support included)
Access to our Resource Center, Service Health Dashboard, Product FAQs, Discussion Forums, and Support for Health Checks at no charge. AWS Customers who "desire a deeper level of support" can subscribe to AWS Support at the Developer, Business, or Enterprise level.
$194.48/mo

Microsoft Azure Cloud infrastructure

Azure features.
A1 v2
North Central US
Azure hypervisor
Public Cloud
No / Not Specified
No / Not Specified
1 vCPU Core
2 GB RAM
No Persistent Storage
10 GB SATA Temporary Storage (deleted each 24 hours).
50 GB SSD Storage
30 GB OS Disk, 1000 Storage Transactions
20 GB SSD Persistent Storage
2000 GB Data Transfer
1200 GB Data Transfer Out: $106.38/mo
800 GB Data Transfer In: $0.00/mo
1 Public IP address
No IPv6 addresses
Linux OS
Yes
1 Connection Monitoring / 10 connections
Yes. Terms Apply
Add-On Service
Yes. Terms Apply
Pay as you go
Standard Tier / Support "Included"
24x7 access to billing and subscription support, online self-help, documentation, whitepapers, and support forums. Access to the full set of Azure Advisor recommendations. Access to personalized Service Health Dashboard & Health API.
$139.53/mo

HOSTCOLOR
Cloud IaaS

HC Cloud features.
CloudWeb 1
Midwest U.S.
VMware ESXi
Public Cloud
Yes! Add-On Service
Yes! Add-On Service
1 vCPU Core
2 GB vRAM
50 GB SSD Persistent Storage Included
FAULT-TOLERANCE & built-in data protection.
50 GB SSD Storage (10,000 IOPS)
OS Disk: Custom
Persistent Storage: 50 GB SSD
Unmetered Data Transfer
Data Transfer Out: Included
Data Transfer In: Included
1 Public IP address
/64 IPv6 block
Linux OS
Yes
Observium Monitoring (No restrictions)
Yes
Yes. 1 VPN (OpenVPN)
Yes. Monthly Term
Pay as you go
24/7/365 Technical Support
All Public, Private & Hybrid Clouds come with technical support. HostColor's infrastructure specialists respond to customers on Support Tickets, on LiveChat, and via Phone Support.
$48/mo
Get CloudWeb 1
The Cloud service comparison table has been created based on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure service calculators, publicly available on their websites on February 15, 2019. Their pricing may vary (increase or decrease). HostColor's pricing might have also changed since then.

What to Consider?

All VMware ESXi-based Public Cloud Servers can be scaled up in CPU, RAM, and Storage at any time. You can start with fewer computing resources and increase them on the go. Choose your server carefully by:
Virtual CPU

Virtual CPU (vCPU)

One virtual CPU (vCPU) is equivalent to 1 physical CPU core. As a user of HostColor's cloud infrastructure services, you can scale up and down the vCPU resources on your Public Cloud server based on your users' demands, something you cannot do on a Bare-Metal Dedicated server.
Storage Type

Storage Type

All HC's Public Clouds use reliable data storage. You can choose between two different types of data storage area networks (SAN) - our standard SAN and a Fault-Tolerant SAN. Both networks feature various data storage service options - SATA HDD, SAS, SSD, or NMVe-powered disk space. Choose a storage service based on the amount of work that needs to be done.
Bandwidth or Data Transfer

NetWork, Bandwidth & Data Transfer

Do you have experience with internet network management? It is important to understand how data transfer works and what is the difference between bandwidth and data transfer. HostColor allows you to monitor your network connection and the incoming and outgoing data transfer on your cloud server. When you customize your server, choose an "Internet Port" and "Data Transfer" quota.
Network Performance Analytics

Cloud Server GUI (Control panel)

Do you need to manage your server with a graphical user interface (GUI)? Consider using an open-source control panels like CentOS Web Panel (CWP), Vesta, Froxlor, aaPanel, Webmin, Virtualmin, Ajenti, Sentora, Blueonyx, Easy Hosting Control Panel (EHCP), i-MSCP, ApisCP, or ZesleCP. You can also choose cPanel or DirectAdmin.
IT Hosting Security

Cloud Access & Security

Consider using a custom-built, encrypted Virtual Private Network (VPN). HostColor will deploy a business-class VPN solution for you. We provide you with both server-side VPN security and a user-side desktop VPN client that allows you to define and apply your own custom security policy.
Managed Services

Unmanaged or Managed Cloud

All HC's Public Cloud Servers are "Self-managed" (Unmanaged) by default and do not feature management services. This means that you - as the owner of the cloud server - are responsible for the securing, maintenance, troubleshooting, and overall management of your server environment and all software applications installed on it.

Why Our Cloud Infrastructure?

3 important reasons to choose HC for a Cloud service provider instead of going with AWS or Microsoft Azure.
100% Storage Uptime

100% Storage Uptime

Your data is hosted on a fault-tolerant Storage Area Network (SAN) with built-in protection that safeguards the information under any circumstances without performance impact.
Highly Availability Cloud Hosting

Highly Availability Cloud

High Availability (HA) is not an average computing service. HA reduces IT service unavailability in an event of OS or physical host failure. 95% of the Cloud services you'd find don't support it. We do! It is a value added service to your Cloud servers.
Automated Fault-Tolerance

Fault-Tolerance (100% Uptime)

Automated Fault-Tolerance eliminates the risk of a service outage. It provides continuous availability (100% uptime) for your websites, apps and workloads in an event of an application unavailability, OS failure or physical host failure.