Comments on: Windows Azure vs. Amazon cloud pricing

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Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:06:10 +0000

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By: Mario

Mario — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:03:17 +0000

Windows Azure advantage:
Developers, developers, developers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE

By: Conscious Development » Azure is cheap, Google is cheaper – or is it?

Conscious Development » Azure is cheap, Google is cheaper – or is it? — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:51:20 +0000

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Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:19:11 +0000

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By: Conscious Development - Writings about making some sense to software development » Azure is cheap, Google is cheaper - or is it?

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:23:28 +0000

[...] cheap, Google is cheaper – or is it? By Sami Poimala These days the internet has bee flowing of comparisons between Azure and Amazon. Finally there's a comparison between Azure and Google's app [...]

By: Ram Bapu

Ram Bapu — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:45:58 +0000

Thanks for posting the comparisions – We are currently moving into EC2 for Ntroduction.com and have already paid quite a good amount during moving over+ development and testing of our Apps.
One difference I saw on Azure is (Not sure how MS would differentiate the development/testing from production) is their 'Compute hours will be charged only for when apps are deployed, not during development and testing.' This is something tempting for small/mid-size companies that would like to save as much until its placed on the counters.

By: John Mullinax

John Mullinax — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:20:47 +0000

Nice analysis. One thing I would add is that for compute pricing, Amazon EC2 provides a machine instance to manage, while Windows Azure lets you just manage the *application* instance. This is fundamentally the difference between Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service.

To elaborate, with EC2 you have to worry about load balancing, patching, and perhaps additional software licensing (depending on what you run in your machine instance). This can give you more flexibility, but it comes with a tangible cost – most of which is probably additional to your bill from Amazon.

With Azure, you can really focus on your code because the infrastructure and VM level systems management is automatically handled for you – and already included in your price/SLA.

By: Jemm

Jemm — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:43:01 +0000

The pricing sounds good for me and I'm already thinking of many ways how to utilize those services. :)

Some people in local MS-events rose a question about legal issues. Like could companies put data to other continents where local laws and policies don't apply etc. Maybe it is complicated for bigger companies in that respect.

By: Ana Rodriguez

Ana Rodriguez — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:26:06 +0000

Hi Jouni,

Wow I didn’t know the prices! Thanks for the data and comparison with Amazon. I think we are taking a step forward to a new era of technology; companies should start moving to cloud computing and develop their applications towards it. The real deal is will they know the true value of cloud computing?

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