Cloud-computing comparison explained

The following is a comparison of cloud-computing software and providers.

Providers

General

Provider LaunchedBlock storageAssignable IPsSMTP supportIOPS Guaranteed minimumSecurityLocationsNotes
2013[1] [2] br, ca, cl, us, be, ch, de, es, fi, it, po, nl, uk, il, au, cn, in, jp, sg, id, tw[3] SMTP blocked.[4]
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure2014[5] us, ca, br, de, uk, nl, ch, in, aus, jp, kr, saud
2006[6] [7] us, ca, br, ie, de, uk, cn, sg, au, jp, kr, in, za, fr, se, bh, hk, it, idList of bugs[8]
IBM Cloud2005[9] [10] us, gb, fr, de, nl, in, au, hk, kr, it, jp, no, sg
Microsoft Azure2010[11] [12] ca, us, br, ie, nl, de, uk, cn, au, jp, in, kr, sg, hk, za, idList of bugs[13]
GoDaddy2016[14]
1998[15] us, au, hkroot volume is a fixed size
1999[16] [17] [18] [19] au, ca, de, fr, gb, pl, us, sg[20]
2010[21] us, uk, ca
Scaleway2016[22] [23] [24] fr, nl
Alibaba Cloud2009[25] cn, hk, sg, au, my, id, in, jp, us, de, uk, ae
[26] de, fi, us
Safe Swiss Cloud2013[27] [28] ch
DigitalOcean2016[29] [30] sg, nl, uk, ca, de, inSMTP for accounts older than 60 days[31] 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 dateLicense(s)Written inAs a serviceLocal installations
fluid Operations eCloudManager2009-03-01ProprietaryJava, Groovy
AppScale[33] 2009-03-07Apache Licensehttps://github.com/AppScale/appscale/blob/master/LICENSEPython, Ruby, Go
Cloud Foundry2011-04-12Apache LicenseRuby, C, Java, Go
Cloud.com / CloudStack[34] 2010-05-04Apache licenseJava, C
Eucalyptus[35] 2008-05-29Proprietary, GPL v3Java, C
Flexiant Limited[36] 2007-01-15Proprietary softwareJava, C
Nimbus2009-01-09Apache LicenseJava, Python
OpenNebula[37] 2008-03-??Apache LicenseC++, C, Ruby, Java, Shell script, lex, yacc
OpenQRM[38] 2008-03-??GPL LicenseC++, PHP, Shell script
OpenShift[39] 2011-05-04Apache LicenseGo
OpenStack[40] 2010-10-21Apache LicensePython
OnApp2010-07-01ProprietaryJava, Ruby, C++
oVirt2012-08-09Apache LicenseJava, Python?
Jelastic2011-01-27GPL License, Apache License, BSD LicenseJava, JavaScript, Perl, Shell script

Supported hosts

SoftwareLinuxFreeBSDWindowsBare Metal
AppScale???
Cloud Foundry
Cloud.com / CloudStack
Eucalyptus[41]
Flexiant Limited
Nimbus?
OpenNebula?
OpenQRM
OpenShift
OpenStack
OnApp
oVirt

Supported guests

SoftwareLinuxWindowsVMwareXenKVMVirtualBoxDockerOther
fluid Operations?
AppScale???
Cloud FoundryYes
Cloud.com / CloudStack[42] ?
Eucalyptus??Any guest OS supported by Xen, KVM, or VMWare
Flexiant Limited?FreeBSD
Nimbus????
OpenNebula?Any guest OS supported by Xen, KVM, or VMWare
OpenQRM?
OpenShift?
OpenStack
OnApp?JumpBox, FreeBSD
oVirt?
Jelastic??????YesParallels Virtuozzo Containers

Providers

Provider LaunchedSaaS
Appian1999
Cloud Foundry2011
2010Java, JRails and Grails, Jenkins
2006
Heroku2008Ruby, Java, Node.js, Scala, Clojure, Python, PHP, and Go.
Oracle Cloud Platform2014
2012Python
Salesforce App Cloud

Providers on IaaS

PaaS providers which can run on IaaS providers ("itself" means the provider is both PaaS and IaaS):

SoftwareAmazon EC2RackspaceGoGridMail.Ru (MCS)Other
AppScale???
Cloud FoundryYes??
Cloud.com????itself
Eucalyptus????itself
Flexiant Limited????Itself
fluid Operations????
Nimbus????itself
OnApp????itself
OpenNebula????itself
OpenQRM????itself
OpenShift???Safe Swiss Cloud[43]
OpenStackSafe Swiss Cloud[44]

Notes and References

  1. https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/tutorials/sending-mail/ SMTP
  2. https://cloud.google.com/security Security, Privacy, and Cloud Compliance | Google Cloud
  3. https://cloud.google.com/about/locations Global Locations - Regions & Zones | Google Cloud
  4. Web site: Sending email from an instance | Compute Engine Documentation.
  5. https://www.oracle.com/security/cloud-security/ Cloud Security Services
  6. https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/ec2-port-25-throttle/ Restriction on port 25
  7. https://aws.amazon.com/security/ AWS Cloud Security
  8. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/+bugs Amazon bugs
  9. https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/email-delivery?topic=email-delivery-email-delivery-faw SMTP
  10. https://www.ibm.com/cloud/security Security for IBM Cloud
  11. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/troubleshoot-outbound-smtp-connectivity SMTP
  12. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/overview Introduction to Azure security
  13. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure/+bugs Azure bugs
  14. https://www.godaddy.com/web-security/website-security Website Security - Protect Your Site with GoDaddy
  15. https://www.rackspace.com/security Cloud Security & Cybersecurity Solution
  16. Web site: French firm to open 1st US data center in Fauquier Co.. Clabaugh. Jeff. 2016-10-06. WTOP. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191016043217/https://wtop.com/business-finance/2016/10/french-firm-to-open-1st-us-data-center-in-fauquier-co/. 2019-10-16. 2019-10-16.
  17. Web site: Failover IP - Networking & Security OVHcloud. 2019-11-26. OVH. live. https://archive.today/20191127003914/https://us.ovhcloud.com/products/networking/ip-failover. 2019-11-27. 2019-11-26.
  18. Web site: Getting started with an MX Plan solution OVH Guides. 2019-11-26. OVH. live. https://archive.today/20191127004657/https://docs.ovh.com/gb/en/emails/web_hosting_an_overview_of_ovh_email/. 2019-11-27. 2019-11-26.
  19. https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/security/ Network security and application protection | OVHcloud
  20. Web site: About OVH - Data Centers OVHcloud. 2019-11-26. OVH. live. https://archive.today/20191127002408/https://us.ovhcloud.com/about/company/data-centers. 2019-11-27. 2019-11-26.
  21. https://www.atlantic.net/pci-compliant-hosting/pci-security-services/ PCI Security Services
  22. Web site: How to deal with private and flexible IPs addresses. 2020-04-15. Scaleway.
  23. https://www.scaleway.com/en/faq/why-can-i-not-send-any-email/ SMTP
  24. https://www.scaleway.com/en/security-and-resilience/ Our certifications & security
  25. https://www.alibabacloud.com/solutions/security Cloud Security
  26. https://docs.hetzner.com/konsoleh/storage-share/faq/security/ Security
  27. https://web.archive.org/web/*/safeswisscloud safeswisscloud
  28. https://safeswisscloud.com/en/blog/category/it-security/ IT Security
  29. https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/13/digitalocean-launches-block-storage-and-lets-you-store-terabytes-of-data/ DigitalOcean launches block storage and lets you store terabytes of data
  30. https://www.digitalocean.com/security DigitalOcean's security pillars
  31. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/digital-ocean-firewall-blocking-sending-email?answer=40983 SMTP
  32. Web site: Network Tools: DNS,IP,Email.
  33. Urquhart, James (June 22, 2009). "The new generation of cloud-development platforms." CNET News. Accessed November 2011.
  34. Harris, Derrick Harris (October 22, 2010). "Microsoft Joins OpenStack to Add Hyper-V Support." Gigaom.com. Accessed November 2011.
  35. Prickett Timothy M. (May 10, 2011). "Ubuntu eats OpenStack for clouds - Eucalyptus leaves." The Register. Accessed November 2011.
  36. Web site: Info-Tech Research Group. October 24, 2012. Vendor Landscape: Cloud Management. July 25, 2017.
  37. European Commission Expert Group Report (January 26, 2010). "The Future of Cloud Computing"
  38. http://www.openqrm-enterprise.com/fileadmin/DATA/Whitepapers/openQRM-documentation-24022010.pdf" OpenQRM Enterprise Architecture (February 24, 2010)
  39. Book: Schabell, Eric . OpenShift Primer . Developer.Press. December 2012.
  40. Book: Pepple, Ken . Deploying OpenStack . . August 2011 . 978-1-4493-1105-6.
  41. Poul Weiss " Youtube.com install instruction for node cluster." Youtube Video. 12 October 2012.
  42. Web site: Apache CloudStack Features - Wide Range Guest VM OS Support. 2013-10-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20131005005604/http://cloudstack.apache.org/software/features.html. 2013-10-05. dead.
  43. https://safeswisscloud.com/en/products/kubernetes-docker-openshift-cloud/ Kubernetes Cloud
  44. https://safeswisscloud.com/en/products/open-cloud-openstack/ Open Cloud

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