Azure vs AWS vs Fuga Cloud: Looking for the best cloud provider?

Comparison

Software developer We Make IT Work is looking for a cloud solution to host the applications they develop for their clients. A server with 2 cores, 4096 MB RAM and 50 GB SSD disk space will do for a start. In the overview below, two instances of AWS and Azure are compared to the c2.medium of Fuga Cloud.

AWS t2.medium
- Open source No
- CPU 2 cores
- RAM memory 4295 MB
- Diskspace 40 GB SSD
- Monthly costs € 32.13
- IOPS activities pay per use
Azure D1 v2
- Open source No
- CPU 2 cores
- RAM memory 3758 MB
- Diskspace 54 GB SSD
- Monthly costs € 34.08
- IOPS activities pay per use
Fuga Cloud c2.medium
- Open source Yes OpenStack
- CPU 2 cores
- RAM memory 3758 MB
- Diskspace 50 GB SSD
- Monthly costs € 24.38
- IOPS activities for free

Monthly costs are based on a period of 4 weeks / 720 hours. Latest update of this calculation is March 24, 2016. For this calculation, the Azure pricing calculator, AWS pricing calculator and the Fuga pricing have been used. For IOPS activities at Azure: only for premium storage costs aren’t calculated.

The pricing of the Azure VM above is based on a Standard Tier VM. Basic Tier VMs are an economical option for development workloads, test servers, and other applications that don’t require load balancing, auto-scaling, or memory-intensive virtual machines. Features that are automatically included at Fuga Cloud.

They also chose the cloud

With Fuga Cloud, we have 100% control over our platform. This is very important because we work with DigiD and personal data. Everything is redundant so that we can guarantee the optimal availability of our service and all related data and documents.

Michiel Ootjers — CTO, Zaaksysteem.nl

We build software for our customers and with Fuga Cloud we are able to launch a completely new customer environment within 10 minutes spread over multiple Availability Zones. I really appreciate the simplicity with which this can be done.

Bart Matthaei — Owner, Ambrero Software

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3 reasons for choosing Fuga Cloud

1. Hosted in The Netherlands

Unlike Azure and AWS, Fuga Cloud is 100% Dutch. We use Dutch data centers and your data is protected by Dutch and European privacy laws. Fuga Cloud customers aren’t affected by the Safe Harbor agreement or the new EU-US Privacy Shield, which hasn’t been ratified yet. With Fuga Cloud you comply with Dutch and European legislation and privacy policies on the protection of your own and your customers’ data.

2. No vendor lock-in

Azure and AWS have a self-built platform. Fuga Cloud is based on OpenStack, which is open source software. This allows you to easily migrate your data and applications to other OpenStack cloud providers should you want to do so. Choosing an open source solution prevents you from getting locked-in by the cloud platform you use, which is the case with Microsoft Azure and AWS. By using Fuga Cloud, you choose flexibility and freedom.

3. No additional costs

With Fuga Cloud, you can select the most suitable configuration for your needs and immediately know what it will cost. With Azure and AWS you pay for every IOPS (read and write) transaction; Fuga Cloud doesn’t charge for these unpredictable variables. The only thing you have to pay for, apart from your configuration, is traffic.

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Comparison

AWS t2.medium

Azure D1 v2

Fuga Cloud c2.medium