Is Amazon Web Services Really Worth It? | AWS, GCP, Azure, Vultr, Digital Ocean, & Linode Compared

Is Amazon Web Services worth the cost? I'm comparing the top 6 cloud platforms to break down which one is right for you.

0:00 - Should you use cloud platforms?

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[opendebate]

If you see there's a certification for using the platform, you know that shit ain't easy.

[tehseenkhan]

thank you for taking the time to explain this to us.

[Chatsworth]

Big Azure fan here. I let my AWS certification lapse to spend time certifying for Azure. Worth it, love it! Nice vid. +1

[khalidelgazzar]

Thank you for the great video
I watched it like 2 years ago and I came again for a refresher

[ricko]

AWS is great but they just needed to hire some experts in UI and UX designers for their console/panel

[khalidelgazzar]

Great video and great comparison. Thanks!

[liquidmetalrob]

Thanks Craylor, this is really useful

[MediMizerSoftware]

Great presentation. Very clear speaker. AWS - We set up some free servers. One we were not using started billing us. Not much. We had enabled a feature for our test install. But it emphasizes the complexity of knowing what you would pay. After a year, we have no idea what it would cost if we fully hosted on AWS. Azure is interesting to us because our product uses SQL backend.

[ericjou]

I wish I had this informations years ago thank you.

[akin]

Great video! I'm starting with AWS, but I always lean to the path of least resistance. Therefore, I may need to try Microsoft Azure.

[relaxingsounds]

Thanks man .. which one is the best for gaming

[kaojaicam]

I would love a breakdown looking more in-depth at the major players. Something like AWS vs GCP and whether or not they can replace something like Bluehost for a small business

[bolow]

What I love about Linode is the reliability, banks here in Africa are not reliable and block the payments many times for no clear reason. Other VPS services cut my service and don't wait me to fix the payment immediately.
If Linode cuts my service it's because I'm already in the next month and was given enough time to either fix the issue or ask for extension after explaining why that happened.
That is the main reason I'll stick with them so my clients can have reliable service regardless of my bank issues.
Maybe this is because I've been using them for more than 6 years.
Also their customer care is the best in my experience, and their services add new features regularly.

[ludens]

You have upgrade tour background scene ...Nice!!

[appstuff]

Hey Craylor, thanks for making this. Is there an updated video related to this in 2024?

[KenSherman]

7:00 AS A COMPANY, #Linode (acquired by #AkamaiTechnologies just 5 months ago) is almost the oldest. Along with #Azure @13:31, they are #NetworkChuck Keith's favorite. Surprised it's yours 2.
And no I don't have a fave...yet.

Great review!

[Wanderer]

I feel like a cloud service isn’t worth using if it’s so complicated that you can devote your whole career to and still not understand it all, it shouldn’t be that complicated. For AWS, Amazon should split up the platform into 3 parts so each part can be a lot more simplified, instead of putting it all in one mountain and you have to sift your way through. That’s why I go with smaller more simplified platforms.

[sjatkins]

For the techies you could have talked about technical infrastructure bits offered. For instance the GC pub-sub is MUCH more useful and cost effective than anything similar on AWS imho.

[tegaogheneovo]

Porkbun just got me a cheaper deal on my domain.😁thanks.

[guanacodevs]

I like to use GCP because of my android apps, is easy once you get used to. Besides I like to have full control, I like the wordpress thingy, but sometimes, so many plugins that made my life easy, makes me lazy no to learn.
Is hard doing things from the ground up but the learning does not have price.
Not to mention that I'm paying little to no money for hosting.