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Looking for an AWS alternative? Need to scale but also want developer-friendly features and cloud portability? Our AWS vs. Upsun comparison will help you find the ideal PaaS with pricing perfectly crafted to suit your business needs.

Multi cloudAWS, Azure, OVH, GCP, IBMAWS only
New project creationMinutes and fully automatedHours/days
Environment cloningInstant byte-for-byte clones with dataManual setup without data
SustainabilityCarbon tracking + green hosting incentivesCarbon tracking; no green hosting incentives
Application Performance MonitoringReal-time APMCloudWatch monitoring (extra cost)
CI/CD PipelineIntegratedSilo AWS services
Security updatesAutomaticManual patching required
Regulatory complianceBuilt-in SOC 2, GDPR complianceManual configuration required
Developer experienceNoOps, Git workflowDevOps expertise required

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Why choose Upsun over AWS?

Eliminate complexity

Upsun provides all your infrastructure needs and easily works with all major cloud providers, including AWS. Your team can focus entirely on innovation and feature delivery while Upsun handles all underlying infrastructure complexity

Instant environments

Provision new projects and as many new environments as you need in minutes. Every Git branch creates a complete, production-like environment with all your data included, perfect for testing, previews, and collaboration

Green Hosting Incentive

Upsun makes sustainability profitable, not just trackable. When you choose a lower-carbon data center, you receive a 3% Greener Region Discount on your resource usage

Multi-cloud freedom

Enjoy multi-cloud freedom without vendor lock-in. For every project, you can choose your preferred cloud provider (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or OVH) with no extra configuration needed

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We understand that choosing a cloud provider is a big decision. Start with our free tier—spend 15 days exploring Upsun for free. You'll see why over 16,000 developers choose the transparency,

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Get a 3% discount when you deploy and manage applications at data centers in our incentive-eligible greener regions

Create byte-for-byte clones of your production environment in under 2 minutes, making updates simple, safe, and straightforward

One centralized PaaS handles ops, storage, security, previews, and more. Sign 1 contract, pay 1 bill, and let your developers focus on 1 thing: coding

Zero effort, 0 commitment required upfront. Get started with our $0 free tier and experience the difference for yourself

Upsun fits perfectly within FREITAG's strategy. We needed a platform that was as stable as it was flexible for quickly integrating new features into the live environment, for modifying, and testing... Upsun was the best option for achieving these goals

Tonio Zemp
Digital Expert and Product Owner, Liip

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