The following is a comparison of cloud-computing software and providers.
IaaS (Infrastructure as a service)
Providers
General
Provider | Launched | Block storage | Assignable IPs | SMTP support | IOPS Guaranteed minimum | Security | Locations | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Google Cloud Platform | 2013 | Yes | No | No1 | Yes | Yes2 | br, ca, cl, us, be, ch, de, es, fi, it, po, nl, uk, il, au, cn, in, jp, sg, id, tw3 | SMTP blocked.4 |
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | 2014 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes5 | us, ca, br, de, uk, nl, ch, in, aus, jp, kr, saud | |
Amazon Web Services | 2006 | Yes | Yes | Partial6 | Yes | Yes7 | us, ca, br, ie, de, uk, cn, sg, au, jp, kr, in, za, fr, se, bh, hk, it, id | List of bugs8 |
IBM Cloud | 2005 | Yes | Yes | No9 | Yes | Yes10 | us, gb, fr, de, nl, in, au, hk, kr, it, jp, no, sg | |
Microsoft Azure | 2010 | Yes | Yes | Yes11 | Yes | Yes12 | ca, us, br, ie, nl, de, uk, cn, au, jp, in, kr, sg, hk, za, id | List of bugs13 |
GoDaddy | 2016 | No | No | Yes14 | ||||
Rackspace | 1998 | Partial | No | Yes | No | Yes15 | us, au, hk | root volume is a fixed size |
OVH | 199916 | Yes | Yes17 | Yes18 | Yes | Yes19 | au, ca, de, fr, gb, pl, us, sg20 | |
Atlantic.Net | 2010 | No | Yes | No | Yes21 | us, uk, ca | ||
Scaleway | 2016 | Yes | Yes22 | Yes23 | Yes | Yes24 | fr, nl | |
Alibaba Cloud | 2009 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes25 | cn, hk, sg, au, my, id, in, jp, us, de, uk, ae | |
Hetzner Cloud | Yes | Yes26 | de, fi, us | |||||
Safe Swiss Cloud | 201327 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes28 | ch | ||
DigitalOcean | 201629 | Partial | Yes | Partial | Yes30 | sg, nl, uk, ca, de, in | SMTP for accounts older than 60 days31 but they use spam mandrillapp servers.32 root volume is a fixed size. |
SaaS (Software as a Service)
General
SaaS (Software as a Service) | Initial release date | License(s) | Written in | As a service | Local installations |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
fluid Operations eCloudManager | 2009-03-01 | Proprietary | Java, Groovy | No | Yes |
AppScale33 | 2009-03-07 | Apache License[1] | Python, Ruby, Go | Yes | Yes |
Cloud Foundry | 2011-04-12 | Apache License | Ruby, C, Java, Go | Yes | Yes |
Cloud.com / CloudStack34 | 2010-05-04 | Apache license | Java, C | Yes | Yes |
Eucalyptus35 | 2008-05-29 | Proprietary, GPL v3 | Java, C | Yes | Yes |
Nimbus | 2009-01-09 | Apache License | Java, Python | Yes | Yes |
OpenNebula36 | 2008-03-?? | Apache License | C++, C, Ruby, Java, Shell script, lex, yacc | Yes | Yes |
OpenQRM37 | 2008-03-?? | GPL License | C++, PHP, Shell script | Yes | Yes |
OpenShift38 | 2011-05-04 | Apache License | Go | Yes | Yes |
OpenStack39 | 2010-10-21 | Apache License | Python | Yes | Yes |
OnApp | 2010-07-01 | Proprietary | Java, Ruby, C++ | Yes | Yes |
oVirt | 2012-08-09 | Apache License | Java, Python | ? | Yes |
Jelastic | 2011-01-27 | GPL License, Apache License, BSD License | Java, JavaScript, Perl, Shell script | Yes | Yes |
Supported hosts
Software | Linux | FreeBSD | Windows | Bare Metal |
---|---|---|---|---|
AppScale | ? | ? | ? | |
Cloud Foundry | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Cloud.com / CloudStack | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Eucalyptus | Yes | No | No | Yes40 |
Nimbus | Yes | ? | No | No |
OpenNebula | Yes | No | ? | No |
OpenQRM | Yes | No | No | No |
OpenShift | Yes | No | No | Yes |
OpenStack | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
OnApp | Yes | No | No | Yes |
oVirt | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Supported guests
Software | Linux | Windows | VMware | Xen | KVM | VirtualBox | Docker | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
fluid Operations | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
AppScale | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
Cloud Foundry | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Cloud.com / CloudStack | Yes | Yes41 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
Eucalyptus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Any guest OS supported by Xen, KVM, or VMWare |
Nimbus | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | |
OpenNebula | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Any guest OS supported by Xen, KVM, or VMWare |
OpenQRM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
OpenShift | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
OpenStack | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
OnApp | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | JumpBox, FreeBSD |
oVirt | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ? | |
Jelastic | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Parallels Virtuozzo Containers |
PaaS (Platform as a service)
Providers
Provider | Launched | SaaS |
---|---|---|
Appian | 1999 | |
Cloud Foundry | 2011 | |
CloudBees | 2010 | Java, JRails and Grails, Jenkins |
Computer Sciences Corporation | ||
Engine Yard | 2006 | |
Heroku | 2008 | Ruby, Java, Node.js, Scala, Clojure, Python, PHP, and Go. |
Oracle Cloud Platform | 2014 | |
PythonAnywhere | 2012 | Python |
Salesforce App Cloud |
Providers on IaaS
PaaS providers which can run on IaaS providers ("itself" means the provider is both PaaS and IaaS):
Software | Amazon EC2 | Rackspace | GoGrid | Mail.Ru (MCS) | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AppScale | Yes | ? | ? | ? | |
Cloud Foundry | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | |
Cloud.com | ? | ? | ? | ? | itself |
Eucalyptus | ? | ? | ? | ? | itself |
fluid Operations | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Nimbus | ? | ? | ? | ? | itself |
OnApp | ? | ? | ? | ? | itself |
OpenNebula | ? | ? | ? | ? | itself |
OpenQRM | ? | ? | ? | ? | itself |
OpenShift | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Safe Swiss Cloud42 |
OpenStack | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Safe Swiss Cloud43 |
References
SMTP at Google compute https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/tutorials/sending-mail/ ↩
Security, Privacy, and Cloud Compliance | Google Cloud https://cloud.google.com/security ↩
Global Locations - Regions & Zones | Google Cloud https://cloud.google.com/about/locations ↩
"Sending email from an instance | Compute Engine Documentation". https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/tutorials/sending-mail/ ↩
Cloud Security Services https://www.oracle.com/security/cloud-security/ ↩
Restriction on port 25 at AWS https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/ec2-port-25-throttle/ ↩
AWS Cloud Security https://aws.amazon.com/security/ ↩
Amazon bugs at Ubuntu https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/+bugs ↩
SMTP at IBM https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/email-delivery?topic=email-delivery-email-delivery-faw ↩
Security for IBM Cloud https://www.ibm.com/cloud/security ↩
SMTP at Azure https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/troubleshoot-outbound-smtp-connectivity ↩
Introduction to Azure security at Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/overview ↩
Azure bugs at Ubuntu https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure/+bugs ↩
Website Security - Protect Your Site with GoDaddy https://www.godaddy.com/web-security/website-security ↩
Cloud Security & Cybersecurity Solution https://www.rackspace.com/security ↩
Clabaugh, Jeff (2016-10-06). "French firm to open 1st US data center in Fauquier Co". WTOP. Archived from the original on 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2019-10-16. https://wtop.com/business-finance/2016/10/french-firm-to-open-1st-us-data-center-in-fauquier-co/ ↩
"Failover IP - Networking & Security | OVHcloud". OVH. 2019-11-26. Archived from the original on 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2019-11-26. https://us.ovhcloud.com/products/networking/ip-failover ↩
"Getting started with an MX Plan solution | OVH Guides". OVH. 2019-11-26. Archived from the original on 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2019-11-26. https://docs.ovh.com/gb/en/emails/web_hosting_an_overview_of_ovh_email/ ↩
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"About OVH - Data Centers | OVHcloud". OVH. 2019-11-26. Archived from the original on 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2019-11-26. https://us.ovhcloud.com/about/company/data-centers ↩
PCI Security Services https://www.atlantic.net/pci-compliant-hosting/pci-security-services/ ↩
"How to deal with private and flexible IPs addresses". Scaleway. 2020-04-15. https://www.scaleway.com/en/docs/deal-with-private-flexible-ips/#-Flexible-IPs ↩
SMTP at Scaleway https://www.scaleway.com/en/faq/why-can-i-not-send-any-email/ ↩
Our certifications & security https://www.scaleway.com/en/security-and-resilience/ ↩
Cloud Security https://www.alibabacloud.com/solutions/security ↩
Security https://docs.hetzner.com/konsoleh/storage-share/faq/security/ ↩
safeswisscloud at Internet Archive https://web.archive.org/web/*/safeswisscloud ↩
IT Security https://safeswisscloud.com/en/blog/category/it-security/ ↩
DigitalOcean launches block storage and lets you store terabytes of data at techcrunch https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/13/digitalocean-launches-block-storage-and-lets-you-store-terabytes-of-data/ ↩
DigitalOcean's security pillars https://www.digitalocean.com/security ↩
SMTP policy at digitalocean https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/digital-ocean-firewall-blocking-sending-email?answer=40983 ↩
"Network Tools: DNS,IP,Email". https://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx?action=blacklist%3amail283.us4.mandrillapp.com ↩
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"Apache CloudStack Features - Wide Range Guest VM OS Support". Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-10-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20131005005604/http://cloudstack.apache.org/software/features.html ↩
Kubernetes Cloud at safeswisscloud.com https://safeswisscloud.com/en/products/kubernetes-docker-openshift-cloud/ ↩
Open Cloud at safeswisscloud.com https://safeswisscloud.com/en/products/open-cloud-openstack/ ↩