9 AWS alternatives, ranked

The frontend cloud. Deploy instantly, scale automatically. The gold standard for Next.js and frontend deployments.

• Strong on: Instant deployments
• Addresses AWS's tradeoff: Overwhelmingly complex
• Also: Edge network globally

Workers, Pages, R2, D1 — an entire cloud platform at the edge. Incredibly fast and surprisingly affordable.

• Strong on: Edge-first architecture
• Addresses AWS's tradeoff: Overwhelmingly complex
• Also: Generous free tiers

Deploy anything in seconds. Postgres, Redis, cron jobs — all from a beautiful dashboard. The new Heroku.

• Strong on: Deploy anything
• Addresses AWS's tradeoff: Overwhelmingly complex
• Also: Beautiful dashboard

Cloud application platform. Auto-deploys from Git, free SSL, managed databases. Simple and reliable.

• Strong on: Simple Git-based deploys
• Addresses AWS's tradeoff: Overwhelmingly complex
• Also: Free SSL everywhere

Deploy apps close to users. Run full Linux VMs at the edge. Great for globally distributed applications.

• Strong on: Deploy close to users
• Addresses AWS's tradeoff: Overwhelmingly complex
• Also: Full VM flexibility

Simple cloud for developers. Droplets, App Platform, managed databases. The friendly cloud.

• Strong on: Simple and predictable pricing
• Addresses AWS's tradeoff: Overwhelmingly complex
• Also: Great documentation

The original JAMstack host. Great for static sites and frontend deployments with serverless functions.

• Strong on: Great for static/JAMstack
• Addresses AWS's tradeoff: Overwhelmingly complex
• Also: Instant rollbacks

European cloud with unbeatable pricing. Bare metal and cloud servers at a fraction of AWS costs.

• Strong on: Incredible price/performance
• Addresses AWS's tradeoff: Overwhelmingly complex
• Also: Bare metal options

Google's cloud platform. Strong in AI/ML, data analytics, and Kubernetes. GKE is best-in-class.

• Strong on: Best Kubernetes (GKE)
• Addresses AWS's tradeoff: Overwhelmingly complex
• Also: Strong AI/ML tools