Bishma , 9 months ago

Sort of depends on what you want to host.

AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud are IaaS services. Using them for “web hosting” is probably not a good use of your time or money. AWS does have a number of managed, or semi-managed services but you tend to pay a premium for for them.

• I wouldn’t use AWS unless you’re building a full stack of resources and are willing to pay a premium for adaptability.
  • Source: I am an cloud systems engineer that specializes in AWS
• Azure is similar in scope and just a bit cheaper (sometimes), also has a steep learning curve (AKA terrible documentation) if you’re not already familiar with Microsoft’s ideas about system administration.
  • Source: I am an old bitter Linux user and the world of MS is strange and scary for me.
• Don’t use Google unless you really need inconsistency and services that will just get shut down or radically change price one day.
• Linode is a bit like AWS-lite and a bit cheaper, but its all Linux all the time
• Dreamhost can be good and cheap for simple stuff but most applications are moving to docker and they don’t have any kind of container service.