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AWS vs Hot Aisle

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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

Hot Aisle logo Hot Aisle

  • Simple, competitive pricing at $1.99/GPU/h
  • Self-serve platform with bare metal access
  • SOC2 Type 2 and HIPAA compliant
  • Hosted in a Tier 5 facility 100% powered by renewable energy

Price comparison

How do AWS's prices compare against Hot Aisle?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro)
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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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)
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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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)
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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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
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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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
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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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
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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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)
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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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)
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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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
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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Free egress allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
100 GB / mo
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
$90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America)
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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Hot Aisle logo Hot Aisle Pricing Details

Hot Aisle offers three tiers: Small (1x MI300X), Medium (2-4x MI300X), and Large (8x MI300X bare metal). All plans are priced at $1.99/GPU/hr, billed by the minute with no contracts.

CPU cores scale with GPU count:

  • Small (1x): 8 or 13 cores
  • Medium (2x): 26 cores
  • Medium (4x): 52 cores
  • Large (8x): 64 or 102 cores

The full specs are available here.

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Amazon Web Services AWS
$0.19/hr
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
$1.99/hr

Billing Options

Amazon Web Services AWS
On-DemandReserved (36mo)Reserved (12mo)
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
On-DemandCustomReserved (1mo)

Available Models

AWS offers 15 GPU models, while Hot Aisle offers 2.

Amazon Web Services AWS
H100(6) A100(6) H200(1) L40S(24) B200(1) RTX Pro 6000(6) V100(6) L4(24) B300(1) T4(21)
View all 15 GPUs
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
MI300X(6) MI355X(1)

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.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that AWS and Hot Aisle offer:

Service AWS Hot Aisle
Analytics
App Testing
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Realtime Databases
Remote Config
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Amazon Web Services AWS
aws.amazon.com
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
hotaisle.xyz
Headquarters
Amazon Web Services AWS
United States of America
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
United States of America
Founded
Amazon Web Services AWS
2006
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
2023
Data Center Locations
Amazon Web Services AWS
31
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
1
Example Customers
Amazon Web Services AWS
Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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Alternatives to consider

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Our data for AWS was last updated on June 23, 2026, and for Hot Aisle on March 26, 2026.

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Thunder Compute
Our sponsor
NVIDIA H100 from $1.38/hr, A100 80GB from $0.78/hr, RTX A6000 from $0.27/hr
No commitments, billed per minute, SOC 2 and GDPR compliant
Hot swappable hardware, templates for ComfyUI and Ollama
One-click connection to VS Code or Cursor, simple CLI to connect without SSH
Try now