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24 alternatives to Scaleway: C2 cloud servers

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Scaleway: C2 cloud servers launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1G1
   Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing▲266

   2012 · gridspot.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Serverless Framework v1.0▲150

   Build auto-scaling, pay per execution apps on AWS Lambda

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   TinyStacks▲225

   Code to cloud in minutes

   2022 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Cloudways▲98

   A managed cloud hosting platform for developers & designers

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Ocean▲205

   Linux server you can fit in your pocket.

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6AP
   A partial HTTP server written in brainfuck extended with syscalls▲103

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7SL
   Servers.lol – Should Your EC2 Be a Lambda?▲150

   2017 · servers.lol · its alternatives →

8. 8GC
   GoScale Cloud Scaling in Milliseconds▲118

   2012 · goscale.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Microsoft Cloud Show #118 | SQL Server on Linux, Stretched Databases, Mulling an Slack bid and more Cloud News▲52

   SQL Server on Linux & Mulling a Slack bid

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Snapbase▲77

    Onlyfans but for databases

    2021 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Serverless Express▲114

    Easily host Express.js apps on AWS serverless infrastructure

    2020 · its alternatives →

12. 12AM
    A minimalistic cloud provider▲61

    2016 · datamantle.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Scale to Zero AWS▲80

    Deploy your app in minutes with serverless architecture

    2023 · its alternatives →

14. 14BL
    Bender – Let's Standardize Serverless ETL▲52

    2017 · engblog.nextdoor.com · its alternatives →

15. 15FC
    Free cloud server for life▲15

    2015 · cloudrino.net · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Request Server▲75

    The most minimalist cloud hosting service.

    2018 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Apex▲14

    Serverless architecture with AWS Lambda

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18MW
    Minimalistic web server & framework implemented in C▲10

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19IM
    I made a calculator to show cost savings of serverless GPUs vs. AWS▲25

    2022 · paylesstoaws.com · its alternatives →

20. 20TC
    Tiny C runtime Linux (rt0), HelloWorld 0.6k (i386), sbrk example added▲49

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21CC
    Cross Cloud Latency – A tool that measures latency from AWS to GCP▲46

    2017 · cclatency.com · its alternatives →

22. 22CE
    ClusterK – EC2 AWS spot orchestration service▲25

    Dear startups, We've recently launched our service that helps deploy capacity across AWS EC2 spot to provide high availability and up to 90% discount on compute. Magic happens by us predicting spot prices and distributing capacity across dozens of uncorrelated Spot auctions to limit exposure to possible price spikes. As serial entrepreneurs we know first hand how important it is to iterate quickly and reducing the compute cost is one of the ways to approach it. If your company's AWS bill is significant (>$10k/month) and you have an interesting use case that we can discuss - we'd be…

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23AS
    A Serverless Chess Engine running in 4 different clouds▲36

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Clever Cloud▲3

    The End of Server Management

    2016 · its alternatives →

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