I found this nice comparison of GoGrid vs. Amazon EC2 on the GoGrid Blog:
Feature Comparison Matrix
|
Feature |
GoGrid |
Amazon EC2 |
|
Instant server deployment
|
YES
|
YES
|
|
Instant server network scaling
|
YES
|
YES
|
|
Linux
|
YES
|
YES
|
|
Static IP address
|
YES
|
YES
|
|
Windows Server 2003
|
YES
|
NO
|
|
Microsoft SQL Server
|
YES
|
NO
|
|
FREE 24/7 phone support
|
YES
|
NO
|
|
FREE persistent storage
|
YES
|
NO
|
|
FREE inbound data transfer
|
YES
|
NO
|
|
FREE hardware f5 load balancing
|
YES
|
NO
|
|
FREE managed DNS
|
YES
|
NO
|
|
FREE DoS protection
|
YES
|
NO
|
|
Service Level Agreement
|
YES
|
NO
|
|
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
|
YES
|
NO
|
|
Hardware VLAN segmentation
|
YES
|
NO
|
|
Multiple IP addresses per server
|
YES
|
NO
|
|
Standard server images
|
YES
|
NO
|
|
Volume discounts
|
YES
|
NO
|
|
Private IP addresses on separate VLAN
|
YES
|
NO
|
There are more comparisons tables on the blog entry linked above.



July 30, 2008 at 8:09
Could you add a column for RightScale Dashboard on top of AWS for me. I will help you if you need more info.
With RightScale the field is more level for the two offers.
We add back lots of the features that are missing from AWS.
Ask me is you need help. The Web Site covers most of these questions.
Edward M. Goldberg
Ed@RightScale.com
July 30, 2008 at 15:24
Hi Ed,
thanks for the feedback. I agree with you, only with RightScale the EC2 service becomes a real option for most users.
See: http://hotware.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/a-short-cloud-hosting-link-list/
I don’t know enough about RightScale though to be able to fill out the additional column correctly though.
July 30, 2008 at 15:33
Ed, one more question: Do you see any chance of easily hosting Windows systems on EC2?