Amazon Web Services (AWS) vs Digital Ocean

Compared options	1.9 80 reviews Visit Amazon Web Services (AWS)	2.7 101 reviews Visit Digital Ocean
Pricing	3 hosting plans	13 hosting plans
Starting price	$5.83 / month	$5.00 / month
Free domain	No	No
Coupons	No	No
User Ratings	1.9	2.7
Reliability	2.0	2.5
Pricing	2.0	3.0
User Friendly	2.0	2.5
Support	2.0	2.5
Features	2.0	3.0
User Reviews	80 reviews	101 reviews
Latest positive review	AWS Customer Support Review By someone in this business for 17 years and owns 5 other accounts with Server providers Aziz Baroody, Aug. 23, 2018 10 If anyone ever wants to know the truth and facts about AWS Customer Supports Vs GoDaddy, Hostway, Hosting Source, Google, Apple READ THIS: 7 years now dealing with AWS I cannot explain how many times they have gone beyond wha... More t their rules and Regs and policies are to HELP, SUPPORT and maintain whatever it takes for AWS to serve and keep us as a client. They are the NUMBER 1 Company and they already WON Best Customer Support globally as far as I am concerned Less	Great Service John Howard, Jul. 11, 2021 8.8 Digital Ocean is a highly customisable cloud hosting service with reasonable rates. The only drawback for non-technical customers is you will need to configure your server VIA the command-line – the good thing is Digital Ocea... More n has easy to follow documentation that shows you how to do this among many other things. Less
Latest negative review	AWS Free Tier Scam - bekir cuneyt bayraktar, Sep. 3, 2022 2.0 AWS Free Tier Scam, No wonder how Jeff Bezos is getting richer and richer, by scamming people with AMAZON Web services. Actually not just AWS, I believe all amazon services are SCAM. First they are sending emails to "Try out ... More AWS with free tier" services. All was i did tried launching 2 instances via Terraform Cloud for my study. And next month i got charged 8.50 SGD to my account, (I didn't even use the instances after launch. But Don't worry Amazon, you can only fool people once. Less	terrible hosting! Omer Ilyasli, Jul. 27, 2022 2.0 I have used Digital Ocean for more than 2 years and I regret it. I started over the recommendation of our freelancer, but in 2 years, I always had a hard time, from setting up, to managing, to backup, and performance, everyt... More hing was very hard and confusing for me. And whenever I had a problem and opened a ticket, I only received automated responses and never heard from a real person answering my messages! In the end, one of my sites was hacked because of Digital Ocean and they didn't even bother to respond to me for anything at all! I finally pulled the plug and changed to another hosting provider which I am happy with! So, in short, if you are not a genius with IT, stay away from Digital Ocean. Or if you use, pray that you will not have any problems and will need technical support, because if you do, support will be nowhere to be found! Stay away at all costs! You will regret it! Less
Cloud Hosting	3 plans from $5.83 to $1,440.00	13 plans from $5.00 to $960.00
Under $4	No	No
Under $8	EC2 Spot Instances - m3.medium $5.83 / MO 1.6 9 reviews Space: Unlimited Bandwidth: Unlimited View EC2 Spot Instances - m3.medium plan	$5 $5.00 / MO 3.4 18 reviews Space: 25 GB Bandwidth: 1 TB View $5 plan
Over $10	EC2 Reserved instances - M3.Large $73.00 / MO 3.7 3 reviews Space: Unlimited Bandwidth: Unlimited View EC2 Reserved instances - M3.Large plan	$10 $10.00 / MO 3.7 8 reviews Space: 50 GB Bandwidth: 2 TB View $10 plan
Data Centers	5 of 6	3 of 6
North America	Yes	Yes
Europe	Yes	Yes
Asia	Yes	Yes
Oceânia	Yes	No
South America	Yes	No
Africa & Middle East	No	No
Support Services	3 of 6	5 of 6
Live Chat	No	Yes
Phone Support	No	No
Email Support	Yes	Yes
Forum Support	No	Yes
Video guides	Yes	Yes
Knowledgebase	Yes	Yes
CMS support	2 of 6	4 of 6
WordPress	Yes	Yes
Joomla	Yes	Yes
Drupal	No	Yes
Magento	No	Yes
Softaculous	No	No
PrestaShop	No	No
OS Support	2 of 2	1 of 2
Windows/ASP.NET	Yes	No
Linux	Yes	Yes
Language Support	1 of 8	2 of 8
PHP	Yes	Yes
Java	No	No
Python	No	No
Node.js	No	Yes
Django	No	No
Perl	No	No
Ruby on Rails	No	No
ASP.NET	No	No
Database Support	1 of 3	1 of 3
MongoDB	No	No
MySQL	Yes	Yes
PostgreSQL	No	No
Payment Types Support	2 of 6	2 of 6
PayPal	No	Yes
Credit Card	Yes	Yes
Moneybookers	No	No
Wire Transfer	Yes	No
Webmoney	No	No
Bitcoin	No	No
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) vs Digital Ocean

EC2 Spot Instances - m3.medium

$5

EC2 Reserved instances - M3.Large

$10

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