Cloud Provider reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 287 Reddit reviews across 40 subreddits and 57 posts to rank the best Cloud Provider brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/kubernetes, r/selfhosted, r/devops, r/startups, r/synology. Top-rated brands include DigitalOcean (4.3/5), Google Cloud Platform (4.5/5), Amazon Web Services (3.7/5).
Stats
Reviews287
Subreddits40
Posts57
Brands88
Products14
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#1
DigitalOcean
4.3
(31)
"Will be moving forward with digital ocean."
"Digital Ocean. Been using their stuff for 6 years and never had an issue."
"Digital Ocean or aws lightsail work the best."
"DigitalOcean is great."
"Yeah we went with Digitalocean and Hetzner."
"I’m not sure why people don’t recommend r/digitalocean more."
"I set up a whole pipeline to install and configure Pritunl VPN on DigitalOcean and it only costs me like $60/month for a managed 3 node cluster."
"Digital Ocean cost me next to nothing to spin up a decent sized cluster for testing."
"I picked DigitalOcean because I used Linode in the past."
"DigitalOcean probably is the most user friendly and cheap provider"
#2
Google Cloud Platform
4.5
(26)
"GKE. For a few reasons: It comes in 2 flavours (Autopilot and Standard); each has pros and cons and requires different levels of management."
"Gke is by far the smoothest. Azure comes close with AWS."
"Of the major cloud provides, GKE is by far the best."
"By far I agree GKE is the best experience IMO"
"Unpopular opinion, but for me it's GKE > AKS > OKE > EKS"
"GKE is my number one pick and what I have most experience with."
"I suggest beginning with GCP. They provide a free tier that could be plenty for your first release."
"GCP definitely moves the needle."
"The environment swapping from dev to staging is a dream."
"I like GCP best. They did a good job being compatible with open projects."
#3
Amazon Web Services
3.7
(27)
"AWS definitely. Depending on your architecture, AWS offer plenty of deployment options: EC2, fully containerized managed serverless clusters on Fargate, and even novice-friendly offerings like Elastic Beanstalk or LightSail."
"AWS offers the best support for large-scale GPU training with pre-installed TensorFlow and PyTorch."
"I created https://github.com/rohits-dev/dev-lab-aws lab for myself, it creates a vpc, eks and VPN on Aws."
"If you haven't used AWS yet, they offer free tiers on most their services."
"All will cost and in th3 longer run if you need scaling etc aws is better with more services."
"The big 3 (AWS, Azure, GCP) are cheap to start"
"AWS is solid for AI workloads but check Oracle’s pricing models."
"Choosing the right cloud provider is crucial for your AI app's success."
"I use AWS for my apps assets"
"EKS works great for me"
#4
Hetzner
4.2
(18)
"Works like a charm via rsync"
"Hetzner with coolify"
"Hetzner all the way. They are reliable and cheap."
"Hetzner should be your first stop."
"Hetzner"
"DO for managed dbs and Hetzner for everything else."
"If you just need a VPS, Hetzner or BuyVM."
"Many people like https://www.hetzner.com/ for dedicated machines."
"Way cheaper than Digital Ocean."
"Hetzner or backblaze"
#5
Linode
4.3
(14)
"2. **Linode** – $5/month for a basic VM with predictable pricing."
"Linode, Digital Ocean — but I only use the VPSes."
"Linode has always been fantastic."
"We use Linode 5USD a month VPS."
"Only ever tried linode (Akamai). It's fine. there were a few bugs in the platform but they seem to be fixed. pretty easy to get support if there is an actual problem with their stuff."
"I've only had experience with Linode/Akamai and Azure, and so far, Linode has been very straightforward."
"Akamai has been a nice experience, API is easy to use so is digital ocean."
"Simplest linode for 5$ per month can do most of the simplest tasks it also has a free firewall."
"I used Linode (Akamia) for my servers for years. They are perfect for startups."
"I host a ton with Linode."
#6
Microsoft Azure
3.5
(12)
"Azure for Windows Server seems to be a really the best choice due to integrated features."
"I’ve been using AKS for 2+ years and don’t have anything bad to say about it so far."
"The easiest to get a cluster running was azure."
"I find AKS to be really good."
"If you sign up for an Azure subscription you can use the free tier and also have $200 Azure credits for the first 12 months."
"Azure has a pretty decent free credit model for services that don't exceed a certain threshold."
"Another alternative is a free access/trial of azure"
"I am thinking azure since it might have better tools for windows vm/instances."
"Azure is great choice but honestly they are bit expensive."
"Azure I just don't really do Microsoft."
#7
AWS
4.4
(9)
"Is it a serious cloud provider? Absolutely, not a question about it."
"I would strongly suggest sticking with AWS or Azure."
"I haven't run into any hidden costs on AWS, I actually just wrote an internal white paper at to why use AWS."
"For larger applications I find AWS as a really good option."
"Start with AWS credits."
"Aws free tier."
"If you want to get rid of that, I suggest using AWS, for several reasons."
"It's absolutely a serious provider... but I think in this case, market share reflects the overall product."
"You could also look at (AWS) WorkMail for a more standard offering."
#8
Azure
3.8
(6)
"I would prefer use Azure than others."
"I chose Azure for my latest product because I managed to get some credits for it."
"There are super small SQL PaaS options in Azure."
"If you are looking for long-term archival, then Azure Archive or AWS Glacier/Deep Archive tiers."
"M60s in azure and AWS instances should work no prob."
"A decent Azure pc with GPU will go for about the price of a laptop per month."
#9
Vultr
3.5
(6)
"Https://www.vultr.com is good if you want on-demand billing or need a lot of spec/lo"
"3. **Vultr** – Starts at $5/month, with Windows VMs starting around $20/month."
"Vultr is another good one."
"Vultr"
"Have a look into Vultr, they are known to be very lenient towards security researcher, so long as you're not doing anything illegal."
"Don't use Vultr. They steal your code and aren't ashamed of it."
#10
Heroku
4.2
(5)
"I'd recommend Heroku, they handle a lot of stuff."
"Heroku, netlify, digital ocean, even cloudare is capable I believe these days."
"I would say that for smaller applications, Heroku is the way to go."
"Heroku actually runs on top of aws."
"Probably Heroku for ease of use."
#11
Backblaze B2
4.2
(5)
"B2 (Backblaze) with Restic or Kopia, very inexpensive."
"Backblaze B2 or AWS are going to cost you pennies per month, and neither has minimum charges."
"Backblaze B2 is **$0.005**/GB per month for data storage and **$0.01**/GB"
"In this comparison B2 looks to be the best in terms of pricing."
"Out of those only I'd only be really confident in Backblaze (B2) to still be around in 5 years."
#12
Wasabi
4.3
(4)
"Wasabi is. 5.99$ and no egress fees"
"I use Wasabi in a handful of production projects. No issues here."
"However, there is Wasabi which (as already mentioned) doesn't charge for egress."
"Wasabi (s3-compatible)?"
#13
Backblaze
4.0
(4)
"For Backblaze, it's pretty simple."
"Backblaze"
"Backblaze"
"Backblaze Personal, unlimited data, one PC, $110 for two years."
#14
Amazon Glacier
4.0
(4)
"In our small company, we are utilizing Glacier to offload Starwinds virtual tapes to fit the 3-2-1 backup rule."
"Amazon Glacier backup since it's long term cold storage."
"Amazon Glacier"
"Amazon Glacier."
#15
iDrive
3.8
(4)
"I found iDrive was pretty cheap if you want to look into them."
"IDrive. You even have a package available."
"I would give a look at IDrive, they can give you 5TB for only $79.50/year."
"Idrive works with Synology. Its a little slow in my opinion, but its okay once it is backed up."
#16
Civo
3.8
(4)
"Civo is one that comes to mind, which has really straightforward pricing as well."
"For just myself learning or building demos, I use Digital Ocean or Civo."
"Civo"
"Civo, but don’t take my word for it, check it out."
#17
Nextcloud
4.7
(3)
"Frankly I think you should give Nextcloud a shot."
"Nextcloud is one of the best."
"Pick which country whose privacy laws you like the most, rent a server and self host a Nextcloud instance."
#18
Vercel
4.7
(3)
"Vercel, one click hosting."
"The one that gets you to launch the fastest. For most, this ends up being Vercel because of their great DX."
"Use a managed provider like vercel, fly, render, or heroku"
#19
Supabase
4.3
(3)
"Consider Supabase - it's Postgres but with an API built on top."
"If you want to go server less, supabase looks promising."
"Check out Supabase."
#20
GCP
4.3
(3)
"I have several major systems on GCP."
"I like GCP app engine."
"Many governments and big corporations run on GCP, they have all the customizability you need."
#21
Contabo
4.0
(3)
"By far the best price for this. \~$17.50/month."
"I can recommend Contabo, Hetzner and NetCup."
"I've been using contabo for a while, because they are by far the best deal you're gonna get for a vps in Seattle."
#22
Scaleway
4.0
(3)
"Scaleway is great. As far as I’m aware they are the only cloud provider other than the “big three” which offer multi AZ kubernetes clusters, their pricing and feature sets are great, and as a pro to me personally, they are EU based (French)."
"Scaleway"
"Scaleway maybe"
#23
Oracle
4.0
(3)
"Oracle 100%"
"Check Oracle’s pricing models."
"Oracle free tier tho ask around to see which sites have free instances available."
#24
Cloudflare
4.0
(3)
"Cloudflare R2 is very generous"
"Cloudflare would be the place to start for an evolving full-featured alt-stack."
"Cloudflare"
#25
OVH
3.7
(3)
"OVH is the best choice since it's completely free. Our cloud gaming infrastructure is built on top of it and it works pretty decent."
"We use OVH - very good and not too expensive hosting."
"OVH"
#26
iLand
5.0
(2)
"Were using iLand as our Cloud Connect partner."
"ILand all day, every day!"
#27
rsync.net
5.0
(2)
"I use rsync.net with client side encryption via borg."
"I am personally using rsync.net and it checks all the (very few) boxes I needed to."
#28
Oracle Cloud
3.3
(3)
"I'd look at the free tier of Oracle Cloud. Along with the free VM I believe you get 200GB of block storage?"
"The experience was actually better than EKS."
"Oracle has an indefinite free tier."
#29
Digital Ocean
4.5
(2)
"Digital Ocean(DO) App Platform is really good. DO manages the server for you, updates and everything."
"Digital ocean is cheap enough so just keep using that."
#30
Cloudways
4.5
(2)
"I recommend these cloud providers: 1. **Cloudways** – Affordable, easy-to-use managed hosting starting at $11/month."
"Consider providers like Cloudways, which lets you choose from various cloud platforms such as DigitalOcean and Vultr with a pay-as-you-go model."
#31
Proton
4.5
(2)
"Proton is what you're looking for. They recently converted to nonprofit, too."
"Proton is definitely a good choice for privacy."
#32
RackNerd
4.5
(2)
"Racknerd 30$ a year !!!"
"Racknerd is solid and hetzner as mentioned."
#33
Ubicloud
4.0
(2)
"I believe our offering is quite attractive if you're looking for VMs with dedicated CPUs."
"Ubicloud is much cheaper than aws but won't provide ~~VPS~~ shared CPUs."
#34
AWS Lambda
4.0
(2)
"Lambda, Vast or Runpod. I use Lambda."
"Personally, I would take a strong look at using AWS Lambda."
#35
Runpod
4.0
(2)
"You could rent GPU on the spot at runpod at 0.46 /hr."
"Runpod has been pretty good for me."
#36
Hetzner Storage Box
4.0
(2)
"Hetzner Storage Box with Restic works well for me"
"Hetzner Storage Box"
#37
Scala Hosting
4.0
(2)
"Scala hosting provides cloud hosting and I think they're cheapest one's."
"I think Scala hosting will be suitable for your needs."
#38
IBM Cloud
4.0
(2)
"IBM Cloud has a free tier and you can get a Kubernetes cluster for 30 days."
"IBM Cloud has a free tier and you can get a Kubernetes cluster for 30 days."
#39
Storj
4.0
(2)
"I tryed STORJ a few months ago and it works great to backup my 2TB data."
"I use storj. Not sure on prices but it’s a fraction of the price of Backblaze."
#40
Vast AI
4.0
(2)
"Vast is the cheapest cloud I know."
"I use Vast AI, I usually wait for the price to go down. I use their "NVIDIA CUDA" image, which already has everything needed, so you don't have to spend time."
#41
Amazon
3.0
(2)
"I think you'd be best served by looking at enterprise/business level plans with Amazon or Google."
"And yes, Amazon has lots of 'hidden costs'."
#42
Microsoft
3.0
(2)
"Try Azure AI foundry"
"Azure cognitive services"
#43
Fly.io
5.0
(1)
"If you want to deploy something quickly, Fly.io is a great platform."
#44
BuyVM
5.0
(1)
"Buyvm.net is my favorite and they also let you run exit nodes."
#45
Hivelocity
5.0
(1)
"I do recommend the service so far."
#46
ServerCloud
5.0
(1)
"They offer the first gigabit for free."
#47
Rclone
5.0
(1)
"Rclone is the GOAT for cloud backups, and it supports Proton."
#48
5.0
(1)
"GOOGLE COLAB. PERIOD."
#49
Asphostportal
4.0
(1)
"They have VPS that are more affordable than Azure."
#50
Nerdrack
4.0
(1)
"They frequently have good sales, support is decent and the vps is on spec."
#51
IONOS Cloud
4.0
(1)
"Very simple GUI (point, Click, Drag & Drop) with a powerful API engine."
#52
Wholesale Internet
4.0
(1)
"Some of the cheaper providers I've used before are Wholesale Internet / Dacentec / Nocix."
#53
Veeam Cloud Service
4.0
(1)
"Veeam backup and replication is the software piece that manages all your backups."
#54
Veeam Cloud Connect
4.0
(1)
"My company is a Veeam Cloud Connect partner."
#55
Mega
4.0
(1)
"Mega. Nz Contact with customer support and ask for 10tb."
#56
Greennode
4.0
(1)
"Prices seem good, support on WhatsApp"
#57
Packet
4.0
(1)
"Tested two bare metal cloud offer with success. * Packet * Scaleway (cheapest)"
#58
Synology C2
4.0
(1)
"Synology C2. There's cloud storage and then there's backup."
#59
AWS S3
4.0
(1)
"You could try using AWS S3 and change the lifecycle of your files to transition to glacier IA which is very cheap."
#60
pCloud
4.0
(1)
"PCloud, I bought their "lifetime" plan a few years ago and it paid off since."
#61
Local Provider
4.0
(1)
"I found a similarly priced local provider."
#62
Ori
4.0
(1)
"We have found Ori to be pretty reliable with great support."
#63
IntechDC
4.0
(1)
"IntechDC is an India-based cloud-hosting company."
#64
Dropbox
4.0
(1)
"Any cloud platform will work, but I prefer Dropbox."
#65
Jelastic
4.0
(1)
"Jelastic cloud runs apps in containers with no need to buy full VM."
#66
Vast.ai
4.0
(1)
"I've had decent luck with Vast.ai. It’s a marketplace, so you can find various GPUs at competitive prices."
#67
Cudo Compute
4.0
(1)
"Cudo Compute currently have H100s available on demand at good pricing."
#68
Amazon S3
4.0
(1)
"I would use one of the basic low-level cloud storage solutions like Amazon S3 or Google GCS."
#69
New Cloud Networks
4.0
(1)
"I use new cloud networks. $500 for the year for 1 terabyte."
#70
Aruba Cloud
4.0
(1)
"Aruba cloud is 1 euro a month for 1gb ram of vmware instance."
#71
Sync.com
4.0
(1)
"We use sync.com. Meets your requirements. But it’s based in Canada."
#72
RamNode
4.0
(1)
"RamNode is also great."
#73
EngineYard
4.0
(1)
"Although running on AWS, engineyard is a good option."
#74
Cloudinary
4.0
(1)
"Cloudinary offers a generous free tier."
#75
Stim.io
4.0
(1)
"Try stim.io, they have servers in India and Singapore. Limitations include 1 tb bandwidth and 150gb of storage. It's a good option and has a strong GPU."
#76
Serverica
4.0
(1)
"Serverica. Technically, it’s large storage VPS. I use it as storage box. Pay 5USD for 2TB"
#77
IDrive e2
4.0
(1)
"IDrive e2"
#78
Storj.io
4.0
(1)
"Storj.io it is a decentralized storage platform."
#79
Hyperstack.cloud
4.0
(1)
"Hyperstack.cloud is the cheapest right now"
#80
SSD Nodes
4.0
(1)
"For high RAM requirements I go with https://www.ssdnodes.com"
#81
Hivenet
4.0
(1)
"Compute with Hivenet is a solid alternative—on-demand RTX 4090s, no random shutdowns, and way cheaper than hyperscalers."
#82
Shadow
3.0
(1)
"Shadow is about the only I know where your not paying per hour or by bandwidth used. But it's bloody expensive."
#83
Together AI
3.0
(1)
"Together.ai"
#84
Aptly Technology
3.0
(1)
"Aptly Technology is one of the best cloud provider for startups."
#85
Morpheus Labs
3.0
(1)
"I heard from a guy at (https://morpheuslabs.io) that they’re running a big cloud hosting discount soon."
#86
Arweave
3.0
(1)
"Forget cloud, go for Arweave"
#87
Huggingface
3.0
(1)
"Huggingface."
#88
CoreWeave
3.0
(1)
"CoreWeave"
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