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Cloud Spectator is a cloud computing consulting firm based in Boston, MA. Since 2011, we have measured server performance and provided analyses into pricing and industry competition, helping enterprises make informed cloud purchase decisions. We currently focus on IaaS offerings.
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General Knowledge and Learning
Learning Center
The Learning Center is for basic education on the cloud. Concepts include a general definition of cloud computing, as well as a dive into the comparison and contrast of separate cloud computing concepts, including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and Cloud Storage as a Service.
The Technical Glossary has definitions of technical terms and acronyms that may be unfamiliar .
Industry Analysis Overviews
Pricing Overview
On a bi-monthly basis, Cloud Spectator analyzes the price of 20 different cloud providers. The calculations are based on selection of CPU cores, RAM, and hard disk, as well as a look into the data transfer costs. The pricing analysis takes into account purchases on an hourly, monthly, and yearly basis, and the discounts associated with each purchase duration. A summary of the results can be found here. For a full copy of the report, please visit our Industry Reports page.
Leveraging open-source benchmark tests, Cloud Spectator tests a variety of cloud providers 4 times a day, 365 days a week, to understand their true cloud IaaS performance over time. The tests compare and analyze various aspects of the server, from overall performance to a deep dive into CPU, RAM, Disk, and Internal Network performance. This ensures both a general idea of server performance and performance relative to specific applications run on the cloud. To view a summary of the findings, please click here. To view full details of our performance test findings, please view our benchmark page with the reports by clicking here.