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AWS EC2 Pricing Comparisons

Comments primarily compare the costs of alternative servers, ARM instances, or hosting options to AWS EC2 instances, debating which provides better value for similar specs like CPU, RAM, and pricing models including spot and reserved instances.

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dwiel • Dec 16, 2013 • View on HN

Less than the cost of the ec2 instances, though that is still a wide window

atmanactive • May 27, 2025 • View on HN

Nowhere near as cheap as AWS EC2.

kristianp • Mar 1, 2025 • View on HN

AWS, dedicated EC2 instance. A few dollars an hour.

Hamuko • Nov 5, 2019 • View on HN

Is it just me or are those ARM instances rather expensive compared to other EC2 options?

yovagoyu • Dec 14, 2018 • View on HN

AWS has cheaper discounted instances though too.

obilgic • Jan 30, 2012 • View on HN

so his suggestions are cheaper than aws's spot instance(5$/mo 600mb)?

wolco • Jun 28, 2020 • View on HN

The price seems on par. Are there hidden costs on aws?

onfocusin • Feb 3, 2012 • View on HN

You can get the one with ECC (EX 6) it's just 10euro extra / per month... which is still away cheeper than AWS.

nickb • Mar 27, 2008 • View on HN

Not really. EC2's much more expensive.

molszanski • Jul 18, 2020 • View on HN

The cost of a similarly spec’d machine on AWS is 0.73 kidney/hr