Multi-cloud pricing calculator & architecture benchmark. Compare 43 providers across 9 categories.

Model your exact multi-cloud architecture requirements and scaling limits across live provider data. Calculate deterministic pricing before you decide.

43Cloud Providers
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906Plan Tiers
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FinOps Decisions
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Automated daily rate audits

We pull raw pricing tiers and rate limits directly from provider APIs and official docs every 24 hours. Every provider page shows its last sync date.

How we collect pricing data →

Normalized workload models

Egress, storage, IOPS, and RAM limits are calculated on identical baseline metrics for direct apples-to-apples comparison.

See the tracked metrics →

Zero sponsored bias

No paid rankings or hidden affiliate bumps. Some outbound links are affiliate links, but they never change the numbers: our deterministic engine computes raw baseline costs strictly from live snapshot data.

Who runs CloudCompare & our disclosure →

Interactive cost calculator

Filter by category to evaluate realistic monthly costs without mixing incompatible service types.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Why do network egress and overage fees cause unexpected cloud bill spikes?

While baseline vCPU and RAM have predictable monthly rates, outbound data transfer (egress) is metered. Across the 26 providers we track that bill egress overage, the rate ranges from $0.0012/GB (Hetzner) to $0.55/GB (Netlify), with a median of $0.05/GB. For data-intensive APIs or public media assets, egress penalties can quickly exceed core server costs, so check each provider's included quota before committing.

Sources: Hetzner pricing · Netlify pricing

How do managed database providers differ from general PaaS or VPS hosting in pricing?

Managed Postgres/DBaaS platforms (Supabase, Neon, AWS RDS) bundle automated failover, point-in-time recovery, and connection pooling into their baseline pricing, but impose usage charges on disk IOPS, RAM scaling, and project seats. In contrast, raw VPS or PaaS hosting (Vultr, DigitalOcean, Render) provides fixed compute instances at lower prices, but requires team overhead to manage database clusters.

Sources: Supabase pricing · Neon DB pricing · AWS pricing · Vultr pricing · DigitalOcean pricing · Render pricing

How does CloudCompare maintain accurate pricing across cloud platforms?

Our automated engine executes daily Playwright and API extraction flows across public pricing tables to provide a reliable architecture benchmark. Snapshot data is stored deterministically in PostgreSQL, ensuring every calculation reflects current rate limits without relying on static or AI-generated estimates.

Sources: Our data collection methodology

FinOps Alerts

Track multi-cloud price changes & limit updates

Get notified when cloud platforms adjust database compute rates, change free-tier egress quotas, or modify overage limits.