Cloud Cost Comparison : 1vm/mo

 In this post, we will explore and compare the cost of hosting a small VM for 1 month in different clouds. 

1. Serverspace

https://serverspace.us/services/cloud-servers/
Pricing Ref:         https://serverspace.us/pricing/
Configuration: Ubuntu 18.04, 1GB, 1core, 50Mbps, 25GB SSD
Cost/mo:         USD 4.55
Cost/hr:              USD 0.006

2. Kamatera Cloud

https://www.kamatera.com/express/compute/
Configuration: Ubuntu 18.04, 1GB, 1core, 50Mbps, 20GB SSD
Cost/mo:         USD 4.00
Cost/hr:                 USD 0.005
Pricing Ref:         https://www.kamatera.com/express/compute/?tcampaign=35187_368194&bta=35187&nci=5344

3. Linode

https://www.linode.com
Configuration: 1GB, 1core, 25GB SSD, 1TB, 40GB NW In, 1000Mbps NW Out
Cost/mo:         USD 5.00
Cost/mo:         USD 0.0075
Pricing Ref:         https://www.linode.com/pricing/

4. ScalaHosting

https://www.scalahosting.com/cloud-servers
Configuration: Ubuntu 20.04, 2GB, 1core, 50GB SSD, 3000GB bandwidth
Cost/mo:         USD 10.00
Cost/hr:                 USD 0.015
Pricing Ref:         https://my.scalahosting.com/order.php?a=configure&i=0

5. Cloudways

https://www.cloudways.com/
Using there interface you only can create VMs in other cloud provideres, such as DigitalOcean, Linode, VULTR, AWS, Google Cloud
Pricing Ref: https://www.cloudways.com/en/pricing.php

6. LiquidWeb

https://www.liquidweb.com/products/cloud-dedicated/
Configuration: Linux, 2GB, 2 vCPU, 40GB SSD, 10TB bandwidth
Cost/mo:             USD 15 (if you go for 24months plan)
Other Addon:        InterWorx, Plesk Web Pro, or cPanel Admin
Ref:                         https://www.liquidweb.com/products/vps/

7. SiteGround

https://www.siteground.com/cloud-hosting.htm
Configuration: 8GB, 4cores, 40GB SSD, 5TB data transfer
Cost/mo:         USD 80.00
Pricing Ref:         https://www.siteground.com/cloud-hosting.htm?afcode=b0dbbe40d137d9fab687993c2f1ce093&campaign=Cloud+Hosting

8. DigtialOcean

https://www.digitalocean.com/
Configuration: 1GB, 1CPU, 25GB SSD, 1TB data transfer
Cost/mo:         USD 5.00
Cost/hr:                 USD 0.00744
Pricing Ref:         https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/

9. Vultr

https://www.vultr.com/
Configuration: 512MB, 1CPU, 10GB SSD, 0.5TB data transfer
Cost/mo:         USD 3.5 (can be 2.5USD if you choose IPv6 version only )
Cost/hr:                 USD 0.005
Pricing Ref:         https://www.vultr.com/products/cloud-compute/#pricing

10. Amazon Web Services

https://aws.amazon.com/
Configuration: 1GB, 2vCPU, 10GB HDD, 0.5TB data transfer
Cost/mo:         USD 4.02 
Cost/hr:                 USD 0.005
Pricing Ref:         https://calculator.aws/#/createCalculator/EC2