Atlas Cloud
vs
AWS
What's good about each
- Fully sovereign infrastructure hosted in Iceland
- Free ingress and egress traffic
- Tier 3 data center, ISO 27001 certified
- Self-service provisioning via UI, CLI, API, Terraform, and Ansible
- 200+ managed services across compute, storage, databases and AI
- 30+ datacenter locations, including two GovCloud regions
- 100 GB of free egress each month
- Single-GPU T4 up to 8x H200 and B200 nodes
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Atlas Cloud | AWS | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $77.58 /mo 1 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB storage (a4) | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3a.micro) | 91% cheaper on AWS |
| Medium VM | $149.19 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM, 40 GiB storage (a5) | $110.16 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (c6a.xlarge) | 26% cheaper on AWS |
| Large VM | $298.38 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GiB RAM, 160 GiB storage (a7) | $220.32 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c6a.2xlarge) | 26% cheaper on AWS |
| Block storage | $11.60 /mo 100 GiB Block Storage | $8.00 /mo 100 GB | 31% cheaper on AWS |
| Object storage | $101.85 /mo 1 TiB stored, S3-compatible | $37.96 /mo 1 TB | 63% cheaper on AWS |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $57.59 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $19.58 /mo 2 vCPU, 1.37 GiB RAM (cache.t3.small, Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $22.34 /mo Network Load Balancer | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $36.25 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | Both ingress and egress are free. Unlimited free egress | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | Free Egress is always free | $90.00 /TB $0.09 / GB (North America) | Free on Atlas Cloud |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
AWS offers 18 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Atlas Cloud. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Atlas Cloud | AWS | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
6 configs
|
-- | $2.97 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | AWS only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $17.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | AWS only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $14.24 /GPU/hr On-demand | AWS only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
6 configs
|
-- | $3.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | AWS only |
|
H200
1 config
|
-- | $7.91 /GPU/hr On-demand | AWS only |
|
A100
6 configs
|
-- | $1.17 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | AWS only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- | $10.58 /GPU/hr Reserved | AWS only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | AWS only |
|
L40S
24 configs
|
-- | $0.80 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | AWS only |
|
L4
30 configs
|
-- | $0.37 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | AWS only |
AWS bills on-demand and reserved (12 or 36 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Atlas Cloud | AWS |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Level 1 |
| FedRAMP | -- | High, GovCloud; Moderate in US East-West |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Atlas Cloud | AWS |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2025 | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Iceland | USA |
| Locations | 1 | 36 |
| Example customers | -- | Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro |
| Website | www.atlascloud.is | aws.amazon.com |
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Our data for Atlas Cloud was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for AWS on Oct. 1, 2026.