Amazon EC2 vs Google Cloud Platform vs WebFaction

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Amazon EC2

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Google Cloud Platform

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WebFaction

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Pros of Amazon EC2
Pros of Google Cloud Platform
Pros of WebFaction
  • 647
    Quick and reliable cloud servers
  • 515
    Scalability
  • 393
    Easy management
  • 277
    Low cost
  • 271
    Auto-scaling
  • 89
    Market leader
  • 80
    Backed by amazon
  • 79
    Reliable
  • 67
    Free tier
  • 58
    Easy management, scalability
  • 13
    Flexible
  • 10
    Easy to Start
  • 9
    Widely used
  • 9
    Web-scale
  • 9
    Elastic
  • 7
    Node.js API
  • 5
    Industry Standard
  • 4
    Lots of configuration options
  • 2
    GPU instances
  • 1
    Simpler to understand and learn
  • 1
    Extremely simple to use
  • 1
    Amazing for individuals
  • 1
    All the Open Source CLI tools you could want.
  • 5
    Good app Marketplace for Beginner and Advanced User
  • 4
    1 year free trial credit USD300
  • 3
    Premium tier IP address
  • 3
    Live chat support
  • 3
    Cheap
  • 3
    Cost effective
  • 3
    Great customer support
  • 3
    Servers administered for you
  • 2
    Comes with Rails installed automatically
  • 1
    Great documentation
  • 1
    SSH access
  • 1
    Best price
  • 1
    SSD
  • 1
    Many pre-installed apps
  • 1
    Having the least amount of new "fancy" terminologies
  • 1
    No needs configuration

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Cons of Amazon EC2
Cons of Google Cloud Platform
Cons of WebFaction
  • 14
    Ui could use a lot of work
  • 6
    High learning curve when compared to PaaS
  • 3
    Extremely poor CPU performance
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      What is Amazon EC2?

      It is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.

      What is Google Cloud Platform?

      It helps you build what's next with secure infrastructure, developer tools, APIs, data analytics and machine learning. It is a suite of cloud computing services that runs on the same infrastructure that Google uses internally for its end-user products, such as Google Search and YouTube.

      What is WebFaction?

      No need to spend hours installing and configuring the software, database and other tools. We have over 50 one-click installers in our control panel.

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        What are some alternatives to Amazon EC2, Google Cloud Platform, and WebFaction?
        Amazon LightSail
        Everything you need to jumpstart your project on AWS—compute, storage, and networking—for a low, predictable price. Launch a virtual private server with just a few clicks.
        Amazon S3
        Amazon Simple Storage Service provides a fully redundant data storage infrastructure for storing and retrieving any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web
        Amazon EC2 Container Service
        Amazon EC2 Container Service lets you launch and stop container-enabled applications with simple API calls, allows you to query the state of your cluster from a centralized service, and gives you access to many familiar Amazon EC2 features like security groups, EBS volumes and IAM roles.
        Beanstalk
        A single process to commit code, review with the team, and deploy the final result to your customers.
        NGINX
        nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server, written by Igor Sysoev. According to Netcraft nginx served or proxied 30.46% of the top million busiest sites in Jan 2018.
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