AWS vs OVH

OVHcloud offers competitive pricing and European datacenters, while AWS provides the broadest range of services with global presence.

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

OVHcloud logo OVH

  • Wide range of managed services and VPS configurations
  • Competitive prices, unlimited free egress
  • 10+ data center locations
  • European-based, may ease GDPR compliance requirements

Price comparison

How do AWS's prices compare against OVH?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro)
OVHcloud OVH
$5.85 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (VPS-1)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge)
OVHcloud OVH
$10.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VPS-2)

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)
OVHcloud OVH
$27.50 / mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (VPS-4)

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
OVHcloud OVH
$9.50 / mo 100 GB (3000 IOPS)

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
OVHcloud OVH
$10.75 / mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB read

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
OVHcloud OVH
$45.58 / mo Large 2 Gbps

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)
OVHcloud OVH
$51.26 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Essential DB1-4)

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)
OVHcloud OVH
$44.57 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Essential DB1-4)

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
OVHcloud OVH
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Free egress allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
100 GB / mo
OVHcloud OVH
--

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
$90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America)
OVHcloud OVH
Free and unlimited Reduced bandwidth may apply

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Amazon Web Services AWS
$0.19/hr
OVHcloud OVH
$0.60/hr

Billing Options

Amazon Web Services AWS
On-DemandReserved (36mo)Reserved (12mo)
OVHcloud OVH
On-Demand

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

Headquarters
Amazon Web Services AWS
United States of America
OVHcloud OVH
France
Founded
Amazon Web Services AWS
2006
OVHcloud OVH
1999
Data Center Locations
Amazon Web Services AWS
31
OVHcloud OVH
19
Example Customers
Amazon Web Services AWS
Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro
OVHcloud OVH
Société Générale, Louis Vuitton, Capgemini, Tenesys

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Our data for AWS was last updated on June 12, 2026, and for OVH on June 11, 2026.