Implementing cloud solutions enable businesses to strengthen their IT infrastructure, streamline their inbound/outbound processes, and safeguard their mission-critical data. As the cloud application development services become mainstream, several leading cloud service providers have significantly reduced their prices. In addition, they have upgraded their cloud offerings and increased value proposition for improved customer support. However, several startups and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) face difficulties while choosing the right cloud service to achieve their business goals.
This blog post guides you in the right direction to choose a reliable and effective cloud service provider at the best price.
Also read Microsoft Azure Cloud For Beginners
Top Cloud Service Providers
When it comes to cloud services, tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft dominate the global market on a large scale. That being said, it has always been difficult to compare these three in terms of pricing as well as quality. Let’s compare the popular cloud services and their prices with respect to cloud storage.
Amazon S3
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is one of the most extensively used cloud services platforms that provides on-demand cloud services on a metered pay-as-you-go basis. Under AWS, Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is a popular cloud storage service that provides object storage through a dedicated interface. Amazon S3 enables enterprises to effortlessly manage their data with improved security at every level.
There are three main expenses related with Amazon S3:
Capacity cost (charged per GB/month) ~ $0.03/GB/month
It is charged on an hourly basis.
Programming interface cost for activity of documents ~ $0.005/10000
Information moved outside of AWS ~ $0.02/GB
Information moved to AWS ~$0.06/GB
Amazon EBS
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) provides a variety of storage options that are mainly divided into two broad categories i.e SSD-backed storage and disk-backed storage. The former is effective at handling transactional workloads while the latter is best suited for handling throughput-intensive workloads.
| General Purpose SSD (gp2) Volumes | $0.10 per GB/month of provisioned storage |
| Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) Volumes | $0.125 per GB/month |
| Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) Volumes | $0.045 per GB/month |
| Cold HDD (sc1) Volumes | $0.025 per GB-month |
Google Cloud Storage
Google is the second largest cloud service provider having a dedicated cloud platform under the name of Google Cloud Storage. The platform provides secure storage and seamless access to enterprise data on Google cloud infrastructure. It further improves data security and adds advanced sharing capabilities for a seamless access to enterprise data across devices.
| Multi-regional | $0.026 – 0.036 per GB/month |
| Regional | $0.02 – 0.035 per GB/month |
| Nearline | $0.01 – 0.02 per GB/month |
| Coldline | $0.004 – 0.014 per GB/month |
Azure Files
Azure Files is a cloud computing service from Microsoft that provides a fully managed data storage and file sharing platform. The file shares on Azure cloud are easily accessible across devices via Server Message Block, popularly known as the SMB protocol.
| Block Blobs | $0.002 per GB/month |
| Azure data Lake Storage | $0.001 per GB/month |
| Managed Disks | $1.54 per GB/month |
| Files | $0.06 per GB/month |
Conclusion
Although the price comparison between these cloud platforms have little significance, it can sometimes reveal major differences that might have gone unnoticed. It is, therefore advisable to consider pricing as value as the value offerings of different cloud platforms while finalizing your cloud service provider.
Why Choose Us For Cloud Application Development?
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