Compare compute providers
How Edge Compute stacks up
Feature comparison
Five clouds, one table
| AWS EC2 | DigitalOcean | Hetzner | Vultr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per resource | 750+ instance types | Fixed sizes | Fixed plans | Fixed plans |
| Custom vCPU, RAM and disk | |||||
| Egress | Free | $0.09/GB | Allowance, then per GB | Allowance, then per TB | Allowance, then per GB |
| Billing | Prepaid, hourly | Postpaid, per second | Postpaid, hourly | Postpaid, hourly | Postpaid, hourly |
| Surprise bills possible | |||||
| Sign up without a card | |||||
| DDoS protection | Included | Extra cost | Basic | Not compared | Extra cost |
| NVMe storage | EBS, billed separately | ||||
| GPU instances | Coming soon | ||||
| Decentralised infrastructure |
Based on each provider's public pricing and documentation at the time of writing. See each comparison for sources and detail.
Price comparison
Monthly list prices, like for like
| VM | Edge | Vultr | DigitalOcean | AWS EC2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 vCPU / 1 GB / 25 GB | $6.64 | $5 | $6 | ~$8.50 |
| 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 80 GB | $19.24 | $20 | $24 | ~$36 |
| 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 160 GB | $38.47 | $40 | $48 | ~$68 |
| 8 vCPU / 16 GB / 320 GB | $76.94 | $80 | $96 | ~$136 |
Edge calculated from published per-resource rates. Vultr Regular Cloud Compute and DigitalOcean Basic Droplets at list price; AWS estimated for t3-family on-demand in us-east-1 plus gp3 EBS. Hetzner prices in euros — see the Hetzner comparison.
Detailed comparisons
Pick your current provider
Edge vs AWS EC2
Full comparisonAWS EC2 is strong on
- Huge service ecosystem
- Enterprise tooling
- Every instance type imaginable
- GPU instances today
Edge is strong on
- $0 egress vs $0.09/GB
- Three rates, not a calculator
- Prepaid — no surprise bills
Edge vs DigitalOcean
Full comparisonDigitalOcean is strong on
- Mature managed products
- Great documentation
- Cheapest at 1 vCPU / 1 GB
Edge is strong on
- Size each resource
- No card to sign up
- No egress overage
Edge vs Hetzner Cloud
Full comparisonHetzner Cloud is strong on
- Very low plan prices
- Green data centres
- Strong EU performance
Edge is strong on
- 33 regions beyond Europe
- No card or ID checks
- Size each resource
Edge vs Vultr
Full comparisonVultr is strong on
- Many locations
- Bare metal available
- Cheapest entry plan
Edge is strong on
- DDoS protection included
- No card to sign up
- Size each resource
Switching
Moving over is mostly DNS
- 01
Map your servers
Note each server's cores, memory and the disk it really uses — not the size it came in. - 02
Recreate on Edge
Same OS image, same SSH keys, and a startup script to install your stack on first boot. - 03
Copy and test
Sync data while the old provider keeps serving. Transfer into Edge is free. - 04
Switch DNS
Point your records at Edge, watch traffic move, then turn the old servers off.
Compare the bill for yourself
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