Is Amazon Web Services Really Worth It? | AWS, GCP, Azure, Vultr, Digital Ocean, & Linode Compared
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.
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6:59 - Linode | https://craylor.co/linode
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8.61 -> of entrepreneurship hey guys my name is
10.98 -> Christian Taylor welcome back to crema
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15.509 -> entrepreneurship I've taken a look at
17.369 -> quite a few web hosting solutions on my
19.41 -> channel but many of you have asked about
21.3 -> the bigger cloud platforms when it comes
23.88 -> to platforms like Amazon Web Services
25.859 -> Google cloud platform and Microsoft
28.17 -> Azure should you use them for your
30.269 -> website if so which one is best
33.39 -> well before we get into the comparison
34.98 -> let's briefly answer the question of if
36.809 -> you should use a cloud platform to host
38.64 -> your website I think in 99% of the cases
42.12 -> the answer is no if you know you want to
45.42 -> use a cloud platform then you're likely
47.37 -> a tech savvy person and you're using it
49.77 -> for a specific reason or just because
52.53 -> you enjoy server administration and like
54.48 -> having a private server to yourself now
57.12 -> I want to be clear here and say that
58.44 -> this is not the most technical
59.579 -> comparison out there these cloud
61.71 -> platforms are particularly complex and
64.17 -> there's a lot of depth to them if I
66.33 -> compared every tiny detail we would
68.34 -> literally be here all day so I'm just
70.74 -> gonna give you my two cents on which
72.39 -> ones I tend to prefer and which ones I
74.97 -> personally use in why I consider the
77.43 -> companies in this comparison to fall
79.229 -> into one of two categories the first are
81.869 -> small independent companies with fewer
84.06 -> offerings but they focus on simplicity
86.28 -> and reliability while still giving you
89.25 -> this scalable platform these companies
91.799 -> include digitalocean vulture and Linode
94.71 -> the second category is what I call the
96.99 -> big three the three companies that
99.09 -> dominate the tech space and their
101.28 -> platforms are much more complex
103.649 -> these are Amazon Web Services Google
106.38 -> cloud platform and Microsoft Azure every
109.079 -> single company in this comparison offers
111.03 -> rock-solid reliability in my testing I
113.7 -> didn't experience any downtime on any of
116.49 -> my test instances and I have the utmost
118.649 -> confidence in each of these companies
120.719 -> when it comes to the reliability of the
123.24 -> hosting itself in addition all of these
125.729 -> companies offer hourly billing as an
127.59 -> option so there's zero risks or
129.869 -> commitment necessary to try it out
131.959 -> ultimately you may need or want to
134.329 -> tinker around with a few different
135.769 -> options before making a final decision
137.239 -> so with that said let's get right into
139.939 -> it with the three independent companies
142.25 -> kicking things off with digitalocean
144.439 -> they're a new york-based company founded
146.48 -> in 2011 with VPS services starting at $5
150.17 -> a month they offer a $100 credit to new
152.81 -> customers that you have 60 days to spend
155 -> so you can really get a feel for the
157.129 -> service with no money involved Digital
159.53 -> oceans core products include Virtual
161.299 -> Private servers
162.139 -> kubernetes s3 compatible storage buckets
165.5 -> database clusters and network management
168.019 -> including load balancers the management
170.54 -> panel is clean and simple and it's easy
172.849 -> to spin up servers and manage products
174.889 -> they did have the most complex setup for
177.68 -> a VPS pre-installed with WordPress as I
180.59 -> had to connect to the server via SSH to
182.93 -> finalize the WordPress installation but
185.389 -> as I said and as I'll keep saying these
187.76 -> platforms are for tech savvy people
190.31 -> people who want it all you want to be
192.799 -> able to configure all the firewalls all
194.81 -> the things all the software's you want
197.299 -> total control and with total control
199.94 -> comes total responsibility and that is
202.609 -> very much a double-edged sword
204.739 -> you can get automated weekly backups for
206.959 -> 20% of the cost of the droplet one thing
209.629 -> I wanted to mention is that using a
211.129 -> service like snap shooter you can set up
213.65 -> daily or even hourly backups with
216.019 -> digital ocean or Linode or other cloud
219.049 -> platforms and they make it pretty easy
221.12 -> and intuitive so don't let it intimidate
223.609 -> you that digital ocean does not natively
226.4 -> offer daily backups but it's just
228.799 -> something I wanted to mention if you use
230.93 -> a third-party service you'll have to pay
232.699 -> for their service plus whatever the
234.62 -> storage cost is and configure that all
236.9 -> yourself when it comes to customer
238.579 -> support
239.479 -> you'll receive limited free support
241.22 -> enhanced support if you spend more than
243.259 -> five hundred dollars a month or live
245.329 -> support with 30 minute response time for
247.699 -> an additional fee so who is digital
249.859 -> ocean well I'd say digital ocean is a
252.65 -> good fit for developers who want a
254.449 -> flexible and scalable hosting platform
257.06 -> that's separated from the big three
259.159 -> platforms digital ocean offers cost
261.59 -> savings over the big three and they have
263.63 -> the most services out of the end
265.669 -> and options so if your goal is to stay
268.28 -> away from AWS or GCP or azure for
271.099 -> whatever reason I feel like digitalocean
273.439 -> is gonna be the best option for you I
275.629 -> would not personally recommend
277.159 -> digitalocean for WordPress websites
279.02 -> because of the complex setup process and
281.479 -> lack of integrated daily backups but I
284.27 -> do use a digital ocean server for most
286.819 -> of my WordPress sites through cloud ways
289.279 -> so I can speak of the high reliability
291.62 -> and speed of digitalocean servers in
294.979 -> other words the hosting itself is very
296.99 -> high quality to use as the backbone for
300.169 -> your actual hosting and that's what
302.15 -> cloud weighs does they provide a
303.59 -> management panel around having your own
306.169 -> dedicated server to make things easier
308.21 -> but if you're just looking to get
310.129 -> digitalocean pure and raw by itself and
313.189 -> put a wordpress website on it unless
315.069 -> you're tech savvy I think you're just
317.659 -> going to be overwhelmed moving on to
319.58 -> vulture the experience is similar to
321.65 -> digitalocean founded in 2014
324.169 -> vulture is the newest kid on the block
326.15 -> offering VPS services starting at 2
328.879 -> dollars and 50 cents a month they offer
331.069 -> a $100 credit to new customers that you
333.62 -> have 30 days to spend and after that
335.87 -> services are billed hourly vultures core
338.629 -> products include Virtual Private servers
340.729 -> s3 compatible storage buckets and
342.949 -> network management including load
344.81 -> balancers the management panel is a joy
347.419 -> to use but similar to digitalocean I had
350.21 -> a complicated experience setting up
352.129 -> WordPress on my server and again it's
355.039 -> because it's for tech savvy people
357.11 -> vulture offers automatic backups for 20%
360.229 -> of the cost of the instance and they do
362.24 -> include daily backups as an option for
364.789 -> that cost they just offer one single
367.009 -> level of customer support to my
368.509 -> understanding so I wouldn't choose
370.43 -> vulture if you need urgent high-priority
372.83 -> support as an option I didn't have any
375.5 -> reliability issues with vulture and
377.419 -> everything works as expected when
379.52 -> putting it next to digitalocean things
381.649 -> feel pretty similar so which one is
383.839 -> right for you well if you don't need a
385.699 -> database cluster or the other exclusive
388.159 -> services digitalocean offers and you're
390.62 -> ok with one level of customer support I
393.199 -> lean towards vulture because of the
395.24 -> better value for the included backup
397.069 -> solution
397.86 -> it's the same Costas digitalocean but
400.409 -> its daily instead of weekly and it's
402.659 -> hard to argue with that hello
404.639 -> remember that vulture does not offer
406.409 -> high-priority support to my knowledge
408.36 -> and their offerings are less extensive I
411.24 -> think vulture is great for anyone just
413.52 -> getting into the server administration
415.08 -> world who's looking for a simple
416.9 -> scalable platform to help them get
419.069 -> started on to the final independent
421.08 -> platform let's take a look at Linode
423.36 -> Linode was founded in 2003 and is based
426.33 -> in philadelphia hosting services start
428.969 -> at $5 a month and you can find you guys
431.669 -> did a $100 credit to try it and look
434.61 -> around Linode offers virtual private
436.71 -> servers kubernetes s3 compatible storage
439.979 -> buckets and network management including
442.169 -> load balancers the experience out Linode
444.93 -> is pretty intuitive the management panel
447.12 -> isn't as sleek as digital ocean or
449.159 -> vulture but it is simple and easy to
451.409 -> understand the WordPress installation
453.08 -> script was much easier to use than other
455.909 -> platforms but that's about the only
457.919 -> benefit to Linode in my testing the
460.68 -> automatic backups are expensive that 25%
463.589 -> of the cost of the instance and they
465.389 -> only keep weekly backups they do take a
468.24 -> daily backup and keep the last days
470.37 -> backup available at all times but you're
472.77 -> just not getting a great value here
474.81 -> compared to vulture Linode offers one
477.24 -> level of standard support to my
478.889 -> knowledge and they were super helpful
480.87 -> and responsive to my questions but
483.15 -> politely reminded me that they don't
484.919 -> offer extensive technical support and I
487.439 -> should reach out to the forum's if I
489.12 -> need more help and I wanted to take a
491.159 -> minute to point out that this type of
492.81 -> support is standard in the cloud
494.699 -> platform industry none of these six
496.68 -> platforms offer tech support for free
498.719 -> and unless there's truly an issue with
501.33 -> the server that they are causing and
503.339 -> responsible for you're usually on your
505.529 -> own without paying for a premium support
507.509 -> plan if the issue is operator error or a
510.089 -> configuration error and 99% of the time
512.699 -> it is then that is on you and only you
515.519 -> to fix unless they offer a higher tier
518.25 -> of support that you're paying for Linode
520.5 -> has a long reputation since their 17
523.019 -> years old and maybe that's why they seem
524.88 -> to charge a bit more for their services
526.89 -> maybe it's just me but Linode seems
529.95 -> boring I know nothing about kubernetes
532.74 -> and have no experience with it
534.75 -> but unless you're using Linode because
536.67 -> of kubernetes there's just nothing
538.86 -> exciting there for me personally Linode
541.41 -> isn't bad by any means they offer
543.75 -> quality service and if you want to try
546.24 -> them out then you definitely should but
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627.15 -> take a look at the big 3 cloud platforms
629.52 -> jumping back into the video it's time to
631.71 -> take a look at the Giant in this space
633.5 -> Amazon Web Services AWS is its own tier
637.65 -> of cloud platform they offer literally
640.29 -> all the things like seriously from
643.05 -> machine learning to video encoding to a
645.06 -> content delivery network Amazon does it
647.64 -> all Amazon Web Services offers a free
650.07 -> tier where you can get a very basic
651.66 -> starter server free for 12 months
654.51 -> there's no catches either as long as
656.82 -> you're a new customer you can sign up
658.77 -> and take advantage of the free services
660.89 -> AWS is definitely a powerful
663.51 -> reliable quality cloud platform with a
666.03 -> phenomenal reputation that's the single
668.88 -> reason why it gets so much praise the
671.22 -> extensive and robust offerings and full
673.53 -> scalability are attractive to anyone
675.84 -> especially after they see Amazon's name
678.33 -> attached to it Amazon is a tech giant so
681.03 -> who wouldn't want their website hosted
683.13 -> by Amazon
683.91 -> well hosting your website through Amazon
686.58 -> seems like a great idea on paper but
689.19 -> when you see the complexity of the
690.63 -> management panel you might think twice I
693.48 -> personally used Amazon Web Services for
695.94 -> a little under two years to host all of
697.77 -> my websites I maintain my own virtual
700.62 -> private server that ran cPanel and let
703.38 -> me tell you it was a piece of work don't
706.08 -> get me wrong
706.59 -> AWS is amazing the pricing is a bit
709.65 -> expensive but Amazon has every right to
712.32 -> demand the pricing for its name and
714.15 -> reputation the reliability was great but
717.09 -> the management panel caused me a lot of
719.04 -> headaches it's not easy to understand at
721.92 -> all and there are entire companies
724.35 -> dedicated to AWS management that's right
727.38 -> you can hire out a third party company
729.6 -> to manage your AWS services for you
732.15 -> because it's that complex
734.25 -> I feel like AWS management needs to
736.62 -> become a college degree or something
738.78 -> but I'm not telling you to avoid AWS I
741.57 -> used it for quite a while and liked it
743.94 -> just realize what you're getting into I
746.46 -> know some of you are probably going to
747.93 -> ask about Amazon Lite sale this is
750.42 -> Amazon's answer to simpler services like
752.79 -> digital ocean and vulture light sale is
755.43 -> great for deploying servers but honestly
758.64 -> when it comes down to actually deploying
760.71 -> a server with WordPress pre-installed I
762.96 -> find that it's an identical confusing
765.66 -> experience that's the same as AWS ec2
768.71 -> instances and that's because light sail
771.3 -> is literally just a modern panel that
773.67 -> uses the AWS API and it also has a
776.31 -> simpler and easier to understand pricing
778.77 -> structure amazon offers something for
780.84 -> everyone with many levels of support at
783.09 -> different price points and you'll have
784.98 -> all the tools you need to build your
786.63 -> platform AWS is best for those who want
789.33 -> the wide variety of services Amazon
791.49 -> offers with Amazon's name to back it up
794.84 -> you don't mind paying up if you're okay
797.18 -> with these factors I can't argue with
799.4 -> AWS it truly was a pleasure to use and I
802.55 -> so much respect the infrastructure that
804.71 -> Amazon has spent years building out and
807.23 -> if you want that behind your software
809.03 -> project AWS is great there's a new kid
812.39 -> on the block though and that's Microsoft
814.52 -> Azure actually asher is only two years
817.73 -> newer than Amazon Web Services but dang
821.21 -> the experience is wildly different Asher
824.3 -> is a rising star they offer a lot of
826.76 -> services including the exotic ones like
829.28 -> machine learning but the difference is
831.23 -> that you don't need a college degree to
833.15 -> understand how the panel works you can
835.55 -> get started right away with the two
837.02 -> hundred dollar credit valid for 30 days
839 -> and there's also a free tier giving you
841.37 -> access to some services free for 12
843.92 -> months the Microsoft Azure panel is
846.26 -> truly something special it's laid out in
848.87 -> a way that's not overwhelming and easy
850.97 -> to learn I'm not gonna say it's super
852.86 -> easy to use but Microsoft has done a
855.05 -> killer job simplifying a complex cloud
857.75 -> platform into an intuitive panel Asher
860.63 -> is what my software as a service company
862.4 -> uses for our platform and I've had a
864.77 -> relatively easy time learning how
866.69 -> different features work and configuring
869.06 -> things to our needs
870.29 -> whereas ur really shines in my opinion
872.51 -> is what their app service as your app
875.3 -> service is a fully managed platform for
877.58 -> building deploying and scaling web apps
879.89 -> and it's the core hosting solution for
882.5 -> our company app service takes away the
884.78 -> stress of managing of VPS and dealing
887.09 -> with network configuration security
889.37 -> backups and more it's allowed us to put
892.01 -> more time into the development of our
893.72 -> platform and less time into the nitty
896.39 -> gritty server administration now app
898.82 -> service isn't an exclusive concept to
901.01 -> Azure you'll find alternatives like
903.02 -> elastic beanstalk at AWS an app engine
906.2 -> at Google cloud platform but app service
909.35 -> one combined with the simplicity of the
911.48 -> Azure panel is truly something special
913.73 -> if for whatever reason you're set on
916.22 -> hosting a WordPress website on a cloud
918.38 -> platform I would pick a sure and use an
920.96 -> app service setting up backups at a jury
923.45 -> is easy and simple for most any
925.64 -> service and they offer three tiers of
927.56 -> customer support I love that they only
929.99 -> have one price and one price only for
933.35 -> their support tiers
934.64 -> there's no mysterious hard to understand
937.37 -> variable pricing like AWS and the other
939.89 -> platforms so props to Microsoft for
942.35 -> having transparency on the pricing Azure
944.96 -> isn't all unicorns and rainbows though I
947 -> often find myself annoyed that task
949.07 -> execution works on island time seriously
952.28 -> anything from spinning up a server to
954.5 -> deleting a storage bucket takes forever
956.68 -> it's not really a huge deal but it's
959.66 -> something I wanted to mention overall
961.61 -> though I never expected to be saying
963.59 -> this but Microsoft Azure is my favorite
966.41 -> platform of the big three and I
968.39 -> personally prefer it over AWS for its
971.12 -> intuitive panel and innovative app
973.1 -> service platform I seriously don't like
975.56 -> Microsoft I've never really liked their
977.81 -> services but man ah sure is truly
980.69 -> something innovative and special alright
982.76 -> we're gonna close things out with Google
984.23 -> cloud platform GCP reminds me a lot of
987.11 -> Amazon Web Services but with the Google
989.72 -> name stamped on it you'll enjoy a three
991.76 -> hundred dollar credit to try out the
993.14 -> platform in just like other top
995.09 -> platforms Google cloud platform can do
997.64 -> all the things the management panel is
1000.16 -> as cluttered if not worse than Amazon
1002.56 -> Web Services and it feels like a typical
1004.89 -> cluttered Google UI to me to me
1007.78 -> personally the appeal to Google cloud
1009.61 -> platform is that well it's Google who
1013.18 -> doesn't want to host their stuff with
1014.86 -> Google the biggest search engine in the
1017.14 -> world and the owner of YouTube hosting
1019.63 -> your website that's pretty cool I know
1022.27 -> it seems like Amazon is the biggest
1024.01 -> platform as far as name and reputation
1025.69 -> here but I feel like if we're going for
1028.36 -> the cool factor Google beats it now look
1031.51 -> Google cloud platform is just plain
1033.339 -> boring to me there's no other way to
1035.53 -> spin it it's rock-solid reliable hosting
1037.93 -> that will work great for you and if you
1040.03 -> like it you like it it reminds me
1042.339 -> exactly of the experience at Google
1044.26 -> domains it's vanilla but it's fairly
1046.69 -> reasonable and high-quality my main beef
1049.24 -> with Google cloud platform is the
1050.98 -> insanely complicated process you have to
1053.2 -> go through to create automated backups
1055.18 -> it can be done but it
1057.28 -> a drawn-out process unlike AWS and Azure
1060.43 -> other than that though it feels very
1062.32 -> similar to Amazon Web Services as I
1065.17 -> mentioned at the beginning of this video
1066.52 -> this is not the most technical or
1068.68 -> detailed comparison but rather a brief
1071.17 -> overview of which platform you may want
1073.48 -> to use the great thing is every platform
1075.73 -> here offers a credit for new users and
1077.95 -> since everything is billed per hour you
1080.47 -> can try out each platform for yourself
1082.39 -> to help you make a decision on what's
1083.89 -> best for you as for me I use managed
1086.5 -> hosting solutions for my WordPress
1088.3 -> websites but I love using Azure for my
1091.06 -> software as a service company it works
1093.22 -> well for us and the unique app service
1095.32 -> feature combined with an easy-to-use
1096.85 -> panel makes it stand out from the rest
1099.4 -> so which cloud platform are you gonna
1101.38 -> use I'd love to know your thoughts in
1103.15 -> the comments down below and if you liked
1104.89 -> this video do be sure to hit that
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1110.32 -> with that said I will catch you guys
1112.66 -> next time
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