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[kellyterryjones]

rackspacecloud.com offers cloud computing for as low as 1.5c/hour.

Is there anyone cheaper?

[Matt - Kerplunc]

As far as i know they are the cheapest option currently

[avi7]

You can try Google cloud hosting now...

They are the cheapest now...

[dediserve]

You'll find lots of options around the same price point.

[license]

Have you gone trough Windows Azure hosting, Not sure about their pricing structure. but might be interested.

[towervpn]

I personally use Digitalocean for webhosting, they're offering 512MB instances for 0.7c per hour ($5 a month)
What I love about them is, automated backups are free. Most other providers charge extra for this.

Although I haven't been with them long - only 2-3 months, still - no issues so far.

[FHDave]

Cloud is more than just memory. It involves CPU, disk space, and bandwidth. So at 1.5c/hour or even 0.7c/hour how much other resources, aside from the 512 MB memory, is allocated?

In addition, not all cloud engines are the same. Some offers dedicated non-oversold CPU, memory, disk space, etc in which you are guaranteed what you pay for. Some others (e.g. Virtuozzo, OpenVZ, Xen, XenServer, KVM, etc) allows the host to oversell other, if not all, resources. So you may not even able to get the full resources you think you paid.

So know what you are buying and don't compare apple to ~apple.

[EricBrown]

Originally Posted by FHDave

Cloud is more than just memory. It involves CPU, disk space, and bandwidth. So at 1.5c/hour or even 0.7c/hour how much other resources, aside from the 512 MB memory, is allocated?

In addition, not all cloud engines are the same. Some offers dedicated non-oversold CPU, memory, disk space, etc in which you are guaranteed what you pay for. Some others (e.g. Virtuozzo, OpenVZ, Xen, XenServer, KVM, etc) allows the host to oversell other, if not all, resources. So you may not even able to get the full resources you think you paid.

So know what you are buying and don't compare apple to ~apple.

Would agree to this. You should know what the price is for. What will be the resources that you get at that price and probably then compare. Most cloud provider's charge for usage and not by the hour. So when you are not consuming bandwidth you need not pay. Whereas, by the hour you have to pay whether you use or no.

[flam316]

Originally Posted by towervpn

I personally use Digitalocean for webhosting, they're offering 512MB instances for 0.7c per hour ($5 a month)
What I love about them is, automated backups are free. Most other providers charge extra for this.

Although I haven't been with them long - only 2-3 months, still - no issues so far.

This is the cheapest out there right now. For an SSD host, disk speed isn't the best. But it's not a terrible option.

[ComputeNext]

Some of the people we speak to, customers as well as even systems integrators always come back with a major issue - unpredictable costs and, sticker shock - We're seeing cloud providers charge very differently for services - and that first bill is going to be a big surprise for most people. To see more on variance google Richard Talaber or just check out some of his findings from a posting on Linkedin IaaS group:

"What does a 2 VCPU x 2GB RAM IaaS Server cost?
Of the 7000 server sample set which contains real configurations and utilization information from 10 different companies, 15% of those servers were 2x2 configurations. When I ran their usage data against 50 Cloud Providers I was able to automatically select the best fit, cheapest cost package from each of them. Here are how the big boys came out for total year one cost:

HP $814
Rackspace $1187
Verizon $1490
AT&T $1549
AWS $1571"

So when you're looking for the 'cheapest' make sure you factor in the variables and see if you can benchmark the various prices. Also try Cloudorado.com to help compare.

[Master Bo]

Perhaps the best cost-performance instead of lowest price be the parameter to look for.

There are too many variables involved - different tasks require different types of resources that cost differently.

I use cloud services of Amazon (AWS), CloudSigma, DigitalOcean, rarely -ElasticHosts, from time to time - RackSpaceCloud. They all have advantages in certain areas, so I choose a host most suitable for a given task.

[rosstaylor2440]

It extremely depends on what reasonably operations you're trying to perform on a cloud. If you're looking for an specific cloud platform so Google App Engine is good.

[Manov]

Google App Engine is free up to 5M pageviews

[Fines]

They have reasonable prices.
Use them.

[pedrojose]

look at lunacloud.com

they have very interesting cloud prices but their datacenter is in Europe