Azure or AWS ?

[Mark Talluto]

Hi JBV,

We use Azure and Digital Ocean data centers.

As most of these services go, they charge by time. They will charge you as long as they are yours. That means you can turn them off and still be charged. You have to destroy your droplet or server to stop billing.

You can buy time from Azure for dormant servers (usually late at night or early morning). This may save you some money. It comes with added complexity as you cannot access them until Microsoft deems them ready for use.


Best regards,
Mark Talluto

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> On Jan 18, 2025, at 12:49 AM, jbv via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi list,
> 
> I have a small LC desktop app that sends requests via curl
> to ollama and some AI models. Everything runs fine on my Mac
> and now I would like to try to move it to the cloud, but I'm
> not sure which platform to choose.
> I have read a few blogs like this one :
> https://www.shiksha.com/online-courses/articles/aws-vs-azure/
> but still can't make my mind...
> Even in the cloud, the app will have very low trafic, the main
> reason behing moving to the cloud is that some models are too
> "big" to fit on my Mac.
> Furthermore, I am not sure of the way both platforms charge :
> one is per minute and the other per hour, but does it mean
> that they keep charging as long as an account exists, or only
> when some requests and computations take place ?
> 
> Does anyone have any experience on this matter ?
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> jbv
> 
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