FireHost vs HP Cloud Compute: What are the differences?

Developers describe FireHost as "Secure cloud provider that reduces risk by putting security and compliance first". FireHost offers the most comprehensive fully managed cloud infrastructure-as-a-service available today, built specifically for the needs of companies governed by PCI and HIPAA compliance regulations. Some of the largest healthcare, payments and SaaS companies in the world subscribe to FireHost’s secure cloud to ensure their data is safe and always available. On the other hand, HP Cloud Compute is detailed as "Deploy Scalable Virtual Servers on Demand". Now backed by an industry-leading Service Level Agreement, HP Cloud Compute delivers reliable computing resources to handle your production workloads. Configure and scale your capacity in an open cloud environment. With HP Cloud Compute, you gain control over your workloads while only paying for the resources you actually use.

FireHost and HP Cloud Compute can be categorized as "Cloud Hosting" tools.

Some of the features offered by FireHost are:

• FireHost’s HealthData Repository is a secure cloud built for HIPAA compliance that provides a safe haven for electronic healthcare records (EHR), electronic protected healthcare information (ePHI), and other sensitive data.
• Payment Island is a secure, PCI-compliant cloud that isolates critical data from the rest of an IT infrastructure and applies FireHost’s unique multilayered security to prevent devastating data breaches.
• FireHost’s secure cloud reduces risk by helping you protect data and exceed compliance. It is backed by FireHost’s security specialists and compliance experts. No other cloud provider has a chief security officer, chief information security officer, and a full-fledged security operations team protecting its customers in a secure cloud environment.

On the other hand, HP Cloud Compute provides the following key features:

• Open. Avoid vendor lock-in by using open source-based architecture and standards-based APIs.
• Control. You have control of your instances and app development. Use root-level access to deploy applications, install required packages, and customize default security groups.
• Reliable. Performance and reliability are backed by HP’s Service Level Agreement with at least 99.95% monthly availability.