Architecting Cloud Computing Solutions

Comparing by price-to-performance

Infrastructure size has not provided any meaningful differentiation. Pricing has not shown any major benefit from one provider to the other. The performance looked to be significantly different, with AWS appearing more favorable. Another very helpful indicator when comparing potential cloud solutions is price-to-performance benchmarks. In many cases, the price may clearly indicate a provider or two are optimal with performance showing a different provider, or set of providers, as optimal. Price-to-performance benchmarks enable value-oriented comparisons that will clearly show which provider has the lowest cost for the highest level of performance. Of course, other factors may still influence final decisions, ...