cloud price comparison - aws vs azure vs google

CLOUD PRICE COMPARISON: AWS VS AZURE VS GOOGLE CLOUD

• Kim Weins

• VP Marketing, RightScale

• Brian Adler

• Director, Enterprise Architecture, RightScale

Speakers

• Comparing Compute – typically 80% of your spend

• Comparing Storage

• Use Case Comparison

• Takeaways

Agenda

UNDERSTANDING CLOUD

DISCOUNT OPTIONS

AWS RIs Azure EA Google SUDs

Length of commitment 1 or 3 years 3 years (volume can

increase over time)

No commitment

Range of discount levels 1 yr 24-58%

3 yr 32-75%

15-45% Up to 30% total for running

100% of month

% of time instance must run

to save

Breakeven 25%-76% Depends 25% for first level of discount

Payment terms Choose mix of upfront and

monthly

Varying payment terms to

spread out, defer or ramp

payments

End of month

Other documented programs Volume RI discount starting

at $500K;

Can also consider Spot and

Defined Duration Spot;

Per minute billing; Open

Volume Licensing through

resellers

Sub-hour billing (minimum of

10 minutes)

Comparing Discount Options by Cloud

About AWS Reserved Instances (RI)

RI price points and discounts are

different for every region, instance type

and OS !

Types of Reserved

Instances No Upfront Partial Upfront All Upfront

Savings for 1-Year

Standard RIs (Linux)

$0.095

29% discount

$0.083

38% discount

$0.081

39% discount

Savings for 3-Year

Convertible RIs (Linux)

$0.086

35% discount

$0.075

44% discount

$0.073

45% discount

Savings for 3-Year

Standard RIs (Linux)

N/A $0.056

58% discount

$0.052

61% discount

Hours Billed

24 hrs a day 24 hrs a day 24 hrs a day

Based on m3.large with Linux in us-east

On-demand price is $0.133 per hour

• 3 year commitment

• Minimum 500 devices/users

• Discount varies (15-45%) with commitment tier

• Add Servers and Cloud Enrollment

• Commit to a tier of usage that drives the discount

• Ability to increase usage over time at same discount

• “True up” each year

About Azure Enterprise Agreements (EA)

About Google Sustained Use Discount (SUD)

• No commitment. The more you use an instance family during

the month, the higher the discount.

Usage Level % of Billing Cycle

Incremental Rate % of On-Demand Baseline

Sample Rate n1-standard-1

Total Cost

0-25% 100% $0.050 $9.00

25-50% 80% $0.040 $7.20

50-75% 60% $0.030 $5.40

75-100% 40% $0.020 $3.60

Monthly Cost at 100% usage

30% discount $25.20

Google SUD uses “Inferred Instances”

Source: Google

COMPUTE PRICING

Resource Type

(us-east, Linux)

AWS

Instance

AWS

Memory

AWS

Storage

Azure

Instance

Azure

Memory

Azure

Storage

Google

Instance

Google

Memory

Google

Storage

Standard 2 vCPU

w SSD m3.large 8 32 D2 v2 7 100 n1-standard-2 7.5 375

Standard 2 vCPU

no SSD m4.large 8 0 D2 v2 7 100 n1-standard-2 7.5 0

Highmem 2 vCPU

w SSD r3.large 15 32 D11 v2 14 100 n1-highmem-2 13 375

Highmem 2 vCPU

no SSD r3.large 15 32 D11 v2 14 100 n1-highmem-2 13 0

Highcpu 2 vCPU

w SSD c3.large 3.75 32 F2 4 32 n1-highcpu-2 1.8 375

Highcpu 2 vCPU

no SSD c4.large 3.75 0 F2 4 32 n1-highcpu-2 1.8 0

AWS vs. Azure vs. Google Instance Types

Source: RightScale As of Oct 25, 2016

Resource Type

(us-east, Linux)

AWS

Instance

AWS

Memory

AWS

Storage

Azure

Instance

Azure

Memory

Azure

Storage

Google

Instance

Google

Memory

Google

Storage

Standard 2 vCPU


Standard 2 vCPU


Highmem 2 vCPU


Highmem 2 vCPU


Highcpu 2 vCPU


Highcpu 2 vCPU




AWS has families with and

without SSD

Resource Type

(us-east, Linux)

AWS

Instance

AWS

Memory

AWS

Storage

Azure

Instance

Azure

Memory

Azure

Storage

Google

Instance

Google

Memory

Google

Storage

Standard 2 vCPU


Standard 2 vCPU


Highmem 2 vCPU


Highmem 2 vCPU


Highcpu 2 vCPU


Highcpu 2 vCPU




Azure always provides

local SSD

Resource Type

(us-east, Linux)

AWS

Instance

AWS

Memory

AWS

Storage

Azure

Instance

Azure

Memory

Azure

Storage

Google

Instance

Google

Memory

Google

Storage

Standard 2 vCPU


Standard 2 vCPU


Highmem 2 vCPU


Highmem 2 vCPU


Highcpu 2 vCPU


Highcpu 2 vCPU




Google lets you add on local

SSD but min is 375 GB

Resource Type

(us-east, Linux)

AWS

Instance

AWS

OD

Hourly

AWS

/GB

RAM

Azure

Instance

Azure

OD

Hourly

Azure

/GB

RAM

Google

Instance

Google

OD

Hourly

Google

/GB

RAM

Standard 2 vCPU

w SSD m3.large $0.133 $0.017 D2 v2 $0.114 $0.016 n1-standard-2 $0.212 $0.028

Standard 2 vCPU

no SSD m4.large $0.120 $0.015 D2 v2 $0.114 $0.016 n1-standard-2 $0.100 $0.013

Highmem 2 vCPU

w SSD r3.large $0.166 $0.011 D11 v2 $0.149 $0.011 n1-highmem-2 $0.238 $0.018

Highmem 2 vCPU

no SSD r3.large $0.166 $0.011 D11 v2 $0.149 $0.011 n1-highmem-2 $0.126 $0.010

Highcpu 2 vCPU

w SSD c3.large $0.105 $0.028 F2 $0.099 $0.025 n1-highcpu-2 $0.188 $0.104

Highcpu 2 vCPU

no SSD c4.large $0.105 $0.028 F2 $0.099 $0.025 n1-highcpu-2 $0.076 $0.042

AWS vs. Azure vs. Google On-Demand

Prices


Resource Type

(us-east, Linux)

AWS

Instance

AWS

OD

Hourly

AWS

/GB

RAM

Azure

Instance

Azure

OD

Hourly

Azure

/GB

RAM

Google

Instance

Google

OD

Hourly

Google

/GB

RAM

Standard 2 vCPU

w SSD m3.large $0.133 $0.017 D2 v2 $0.114 $0.016 n1-standard-2 $0.212 $0.028

Standard 2 vCPU


Highmem 2 vCPU

w SSD r3.large $0.166 $0.011 D11 v2 $0.149 $0.011 n1-highmem-2 $0.238 $0.018

Highmem 2 vCPU


Highcpu 2 vCPU

w SSD c3.large $0.105 $0.028 F2 $0.099 $0.025 n1-highcpu-2 $0.188 $0.104

Highcpu 2 vCPU


AWS vs. Azure vs. Google On-Demand

Prices


Lowest Highest

Resource Type

(us-east, Linux)

AWS

Instance

AWS 1Y RI

No Upfront

Annual

AWS

/GB

RAM

Azure

Instance

Azure EA

30%

Annual

Azure

/GB

RAM

Google

Instance

Google 100%

SUD

Annual

Google

/GB

RAM

Standard 2 vCPU

w SSD m3.large $832.20 $104.03 D2 v2 $699.05 $99.86 n1-standard-2 $1,594.20 $212.56

Standard 2 vCPU


Highmem 2 vCPU

w SSD r3.large $919.80 $61.32 D11 v2 $913.67 $65.26 n1-highmem-2 $1,753.63 $134.89

Highmem 2 vCPU


Highcpu 2 vCPU

w SSD c3.large $639.48 $170.53 F2 $607.07 $151.77 n1-highcpu-2 $1,447.03 $803.91

Highcpu 2 vCPU


AWS vs. Azure vs. Google Discounted / Year


Resource Type

(us-east, Linux)

AWS

Instance

AWS 1Y RI

No Upfront

Annual

AWS

/GB

RAM

Azure

Instance

Azure EA

30%

Annual

Azure

/GB

RAM

Google

Instance

Google 100%

SUD

Annual

Google

/GB

RAM

Standard 2 vCPU

w SSD m3.large $832.20 $104.03 D2 v2 $699.05 $99.86 n1-standard-2 $1,594.20 $212.56

Standard 2 vCPU


Highmem 2 vCPU

w SSD r3.large $919.80 $61.32 D11 v2 $913.67 $65.26 n1-highmem-2 $1,753.63 $134.89

Highmem 2 vCPU


Highcpu 2 vCPU

w SSD c3.large $639.48 $170.53 F2 $607.07 $151.77 n1-highcpu-2 $1,447.03 $803.91

Highcpu 2 vCPU


AWS vs. Azure vs. Google Discounted / Year


Lowest Highest

$-

$0.020

$0.040

$0.060

$0.080

$0.100

$0.120

$0.140

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AWS m4.large Azure D2 v2 GCE n1-standard-2

Impact of Per Minute Billing for <1hr workloads

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$1.50

$2.00

$2.50

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AWS m4.large Azure D2 v2 GCE n1-standard-2

>1hr: Hourly Rate Outweighs Per Minute

Costs by Region (no SSD)

Costs by Region (with SSD)

Similar Regions With Different Costs

Cloud

Provider Region Location Instance Size Cheaper Region

Cheaper

Location % savings

AWS us-west-1 NorCal m3.large us-west-2 Oregon 14%

AWS eu-central-1 Frankfurt m3.large eu-west-1 Ireland 8%

AWS ap-southeast-1 Singapore m3.large ap-southeast-2 Sydney 5%

AWS ap-northeast-1 Tokyo m4.large ap-northeast-2 Seoul 5%

Azure East US Virginia D1v2 East US 2 Virginia 12%

Azure N Central US Illinois D1v2 S or W Central US Texas 12%

Azure Central US Iowa D1v2 S or W Central US Texas 12%

Azure West US California D1v2 West US 2 12%

Azure Canada Central Toronto D1v2 Canada East Quebec City 9%

Azure West Europe Netherlands D1v2 North Europe Ireland 14%

Azure East Asia Hong Kong D1v2 Southeast Asia Singapore 15%

Azure Japan East Tokyo D1v2 Japan West Osaka 13%

Azure Australia East NSW D1v2 Australia Southeast Victoria 7%


Linux vs. Windows

STORAGE

AWS AWS Azure Google

Name of services EBS

General Purpose

EBS

PIOPS Page blobs Persistent Disk

SSD (per GB-month) $0.100 per GB-mo $.125 per GB-mo

P10: 128 GB $0.140

P20: 512 GB $0.130

P30: 1024 GB $0.120

$0.170 per GB-mo

PIOPS (per GB-month) Includes 3 IOPS/GB $0.065 Includes IOPS

500/2300/5000 Includes 30 IOPS/GB

Scenario:

500GB SSD per month

no IOPS requirement

$50.00

500 GB /1500 IOPs

Not needed

$66.56 (P20)

512 GB / 2300 IOPs

$85.00

500 GB / 15,000 IOPS

Scenario:

500GB SSD per month

2000 IOPS

$66.70

667 GB / 2001 IOPs

Not needed

$66.56 (P20)

512 GB / 2300 IOPs

$85.00

500 GB / 15,000 IOPS

Block Storage (SSD)


$50.00

$66.70 $66.56 $66.56

$85.00 $85.00

$-

$20.00

$40.00

$60.00

$80.00

$100.00

SSD (500GB) SSD (500GB, 2000 IOPs)

AWS EBS Azure Premium Storage Google Persistent Disk

Block Storage Comparison

AWS Azure Google

Name of services S3 Block Blob Storage Cloud Storage

Standard access

within region replication

1000 GB stored

$0.030 /GB-mo

$30.00 per month

$0.020 /GB-mo

$20.00 per month

$0.020 /GB-mo

$20.00 per month

Standard access

across region replication

1000 GB stored

1000 GB transferred

$0.06 /GB-mo

$0.010 /GB transferred

$70.00 per month

$0.050 /GB-mo


$70.00 per month

$0.026 /GB-mo


$36.00 per month

Infrequent access

within region replication

1000 GB stored

$0.0125 /GB-mo

$12.50 per month

$0.010 /GB-mo

$10.00 per month

$0.010 /GB-mo

$10.00 per month

Storage


$30.00

$70.00

$12.50

$20.00

$70.00

$10.00

$20.00

$36.00

$10.00

$-

$10.00

$20.00

$30.00

$40.00

$50.00

$60.00

$70.00

$80.00

Std access Std access multi-region Infrequent access

AWS S3 Azure Blob Storage Google Cloud Storage

Block Storage Comparison

USE CASE SCENARIO

AWS Azure Google

Load Balancers (2) m3.medium 1 vCPU / 3.75 RAM / 4 Disk

D1 v2 1 vCPU / 3.5 RAM / 50 Disk

n1-standard-1 1 vCPU / 3.75 RAM

Application Servers (3) m4.large 2 vCPU / 8 RAM

D2 v2 2 vCPU / 7 RAM / 100 Disk

n1-standard-2 2 vCPU / 7.5 RAM

DB Master + 2 Slaves (3) r3.xlarge 4 vCPU / 30.5 RAM / 80 Disk

D12 v2 4 vCPU / 28 RAM / 200 Disk

n1-highmem-4 4 vCPU / 26 RAM

Storage (500 GB SSD) EBS Page Blob Persistent Disk

Discount 1yr No Upfront RI 30% EA 100% SUD

Use Case: 3-Tier HA/DR Scenario


AWS Azure Google

Load Balancers (2) $98.10 $84.82 $73.00

Application Servers (3) $263.52 $254.45 $219.00

DB Master + 2 Slaves (3) $731.28 $667.37 $554.80

Storage (3*500 GB SSD) $150.00 $199.68 $256.16

Discount 1yr No Upfront RI 30% EA 100% SUD

Total Cost On-Demand $1242.90 $1206.31 $1102.96

Total Cost Discounted $859.56 $844.42 $845.72

Use Case: 3-Tier HA/DR Scenario


• Lowest cost depends on

• Your use case

• Amount and Type of RIs you are buying on AWS

• Your level of EA discount on Azure

• AWS often provides more flexible options

• Instances with or without local storage, storage with or without PIOPs

• Partial/All Upfront 1yr RIs or 3 yr RIs or can save more

• Azure IS generally matching or beating AWS On-Demand prices

• Your level of EA discount makes a big difference in your discounted costs

• Google makes it dead simple with SUDs

• Is often the lowest cost – 10% lower in our 3-tier use case

• Savings are greater if you are not using RIs or don’t have MSFT EA

Takeaways

Monthly Spend Savings Identified

Customer #1 $200,000 44%

Customer #2 $26,000 40%

Customer #3 $46,000 33%

Customer #4 $19,000 34%

Customer #5 $137,000 20%

Opportunity to Optimize May Be Even Larger

Typical Savings Opportunities = 30-45% of spend.

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