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What are some alternatives to Microsoft Azure?
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, DigitalOcean, OneDrive, and Hadoop are the most popular alternatives and competitors to Microsoft Azure.
Amazon Web Services
The world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 165 fully featured services
Why people like Amazon Web Services:
Google Cloud Platform
A suite of cloud computing services
DigitalOcean
Deploy an SSD cloud server in less than 55 seconds with a dedicated IP and root access.
Why people like DigitalOcean:
- Great value for money
- Simple dashboard
- Good pricing
- Ssds
OneDrive
Save your files and photos to OneDrive and get them from any device, anywhere
Hadoop
Open-source software for reliable, scalable, distributed computing
Why people like Hadoop:
- Great ecosystem
- One stack to rule them all
- Great load balancer
Amazon EC2
Scalable, pay-as-you-go compute capacity in the cloud
Why people like Amazon EC2:
- Quick and reliable cloud servers
- Scalability
- Easy management
- Low cost
Google Compute Engine
Run large-scale workloads on virtual machines hosted on Google's infrastructure.
Why people like Google Compute Engine:
- Backed by google
- Easy to scale
- High-performance virtual machines
- Performance
Linode
Deploy and Manage Linux Virtual Servers in the Linode Cloud.
Why people like Linode:
- Extremely reliable
- Good value
- Easy to configure
- Great customer support
Rackspace Cloud Servers
Powerful Linux and Windows servers in minutes
Why people like Rackspace Cloud Servers:
- Quick and reliable cloud servers
- Great customer support
- SSDs
- Uses OpenStack
Scaleway
BareMetal SSD cloud servers
Why people like Scaleway:
- Scalable
- Dedicated
- Cost effective
- Bare-metal
Amazon LightSail
Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS
Why people like Amazon LightSail:
- Simple Deployment
- Low cost
Gandi
Simple cloud hosting and VPS
Why people like Gandi:
- Powerful, flexible
- No bullshit
- SSH root access
- Own network
WebFaction
Hosting for developers: full shell access to fast servers with all your favorite tools pre-installed and maintained for you.
Why people like WebFaction:
- Great customer support
- Cost effective
- Comes with Rails installed automatically
- Servers administered for you
Packet
The Leading Bare Metal Cloud for Developers
Why people like Packet:
- No multi tenancy
- Great performance
- Fantastic customer support
Joyent Cloud
Cloud Infrastructure for Real-time Web and Mobile Applications.
Why people like Joyent Cloud:
- High-performance
- Secure Zones and Data Centers
- Performance analysis tools
- Self-service provisioning
RamNode
High Performance SSD and SSD-Cached VPSs
Why people like RamNode:
- Fast & reliable customer support
- Great uptime
- Cost effective
HP Cloud Compute
Deploy Scalable Virtual Servers on Demand
Cloud hosting that's easy to use when you need scalable, flexible VPS capacity on demand
Why people like ElasticHosts Cloud Servers:
SiteGround
A shared hosting provider that offers its users multiple different hosting options
DreamHost
The best open source cloud hosting platform for individuals, small businesses, and developers
Conoha
A hosting service that continues to evolve
UpCloud
A control panel and API lets you spend more time coding and less time managing your cloud infrastructure
FireHost
Secure cloud provider that reduces risk by putting security and compliance first
Why people like FireHost:
KubeSail
Cloud hosting as easy as Heroku, as powerful as AWS
Kinsta
A WordPress hosting company offering cloud-based hosting