Cost optimisation

Cheaper Alternatives to AWS in 2026: What Each One Cuts

Pratik Kulkarni
Cloud Architecture , Cost Optimisation
21 Aug, 2026

There is no single cheapest alternative to AWS, because AWS bills are not shaped the same way. A bill dominated by EC2 has a different answer from one dominated by egress, RDS or GPU-hours. And severa

Hetzner vs AWS: The Real Cost Difference in 2026

Pratik Kulkarni
Cloud Architecture , Cost Optimisation
21 Aug, 2026

For a standing 8-vCPU, 16 GB server, AWS charges about $212 per month on demand and Hetzner charges €20.99, or roughly $25. That is a factor of nine, and it is not a rounding error. The gap is also no