Comparing cloud providers is difficult, as not all clouds are created equal … nor are they priced the same. Amazon, much like Rackspace and Terremark, leads with per-hour per-instance pricing. It isn’t until you get into configuration that you realize there is more to the pricing exercise than what’s shown on the leading page of their pricing sheets. The old adage of “The devil is in the details” applies here.

Comparing cloud providers’ pricing models to EC2 … “The devil is in the details”