What's good about...

Amazon Web Services logo AWS

  • Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
  • Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
  • 30+ datacenter locations around the world

Canopy Wave logo Canopy Wave

  • Iceland data centers running on hydro and geothermal power
  • 2-8 TB of local NVMe included per node
  • GPU rental and open-model inference on one account

Price comparison

How do AWS's prices compare against Canopy Wave?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro)
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
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VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge)
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
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VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Amazon Web Services AWS
$248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge)
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
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Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$8.00 / mo 100 GB
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
$7.00 / mo 100 GB (Shared Storage)

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.63 / mo 1 TB
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
$40.00 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
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Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium)
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
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Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.82 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small)
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
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Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$36.26 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
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Free egress allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
100 GB / mo
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
--

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
$90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America)
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
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GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Amazon Web Services AWS
$0.19/hr
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
$3.25/hr

Billing Options

Amazon Web Services AWS
On-DemandReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)Reservation
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
On-DemandCustom

Available Models

AWS offers 18 GPU models, while Canopy Wave offers 5.

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Company details

Website
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
canopywave.com
Headquarters
Amazon Web Services AWS
United States of America
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
United States of America
Founded
Amazon Web Services AWS
2006
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
2024
Data Center Locations
Amazon Web Services AWS
31
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
2
Example Customers
Amazon Web Services AWS
Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
UC San Diego, Pax Historia, Foundry BioSciences

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Our data for AWS was last updated on Aug. 14, 2026, and for Canopy Wave on Aug. 14, 2026.