Amazon EC2 vs Elastic Compute Service (ECS) vs Compute Engine vs Virtual Machines vs Compute
Compare Amazon EC2 vs Elastic Compute Service (ECS) vs Compute Engine vs Virtual Machines vs Compute — features, pricing, and free tier across 5 cloud providers.
Provider
AWS
Alibaba Cloud
Google Cloud Platform
Microsoft Azure
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Category
Compute
Compute
Compute
Compute
Compute
Pricing
See pricing page
Pay-as-you-go
Pay-as-you-go
Pay-as-you-go
Pay-as-you-go
Free Tier
Free Tier Details
Free trial available
N/A
N/A
N/A
Always Free tier available
Pricing
On-Demand
$0.0052
per hour
$0.00838
per hour
$0.0100
per OCPU/hour
$0.00752
per hour
Scoring
Overall Leader: Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2
Elastic Compute Service (ECS)
Compute Engine
Virtual Machines
Compute
Features
Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2 leads in features with a score of 60 vs 59
Pricing
Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2 leads in pricing with a score of 84 vs 80
Reliability
Tied
Compute and Virtual Machines are tied in reliability
Community
Tied
Compute and Virtual Machines are tied in community
Ecosystem
Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2 leads in ecosystem with a score of 93 vs 90
Amazon EC2 leads overall with a score of 70/100. It excels in features, pricing, and ecosystem.