Compare cloud compute FAQs

We leverage official developer APIs and pricing documents provided directly by the cloud infrastructure hosts. Our system queries these endpoints periodically to ensure our comparison tables match the actual current market rates.

The pricing displayed is for raw virtual compute instances (CPU and RAM). Outbound network data transfer (bandwidth), block storage volumes, and optional IP addresses are often billed separately by cloud providers. We encourage users to verify these auxiliary costs during planning.

Cloud providers face different operational costs in different geographic areas, including local electricity rates, real estate costs, regional taxes, and fiber-optic backhaul fees. For instance, hosting in Australia is often slightly more expensive than in the United States due to these local market variables.

Yes. Almost all major cloud providers offer massive discounts (often up to 70%) if you commit to a 1-year or 3-year contract, commonly known as Reserved Instances or Savings Plans. If you have significant workloads, we recommend reaching out to us for a custom consultation.

Shared vCPUs are hosted on "burstable" hypervisors where multiple virtual machines share the same physical processor core. This is highly cost-effective but can cause performance fluctuations. Dedicated vCPUs guarantee exclusive access to the underlying hardware thread, ideal for production databases and high-traffic applications.