Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud vs Rackspace
A side-by-side look at Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and Rackspace. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Amazon EC2 is a cloud computing service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It allows users to launch virtual server instances that run on Amazon's infrastructure. EC2 enables scalable deployment of applications by providing a web service through which a user can boot an Amazon Machine Image to configure a virtual machine.
Rackspace
Rackspace is a cloud computing and web hosting company that provides infrastructure as a service, cloud storage, managed hosting, and other computing services. Its platform allows customers to deploy and scale cloud services including websites, hybrid clouds, SaaS apps, IoT apps, and more.