In the same fashion as my Replit vs DigitalOcean and Replit vs GCP comparison, I will compare Replit with bare bones AWS.
I understand that the convenience of Replit is astounding, but when you’re paying for a VM you need to pick the right choices. What would it save to set a server up yourself?
I’ll use the highest end current deployment for this comparison:
US$211.20/month, dedicated 4vCPU, 16GiB RAM, 400GiB egress & always on.
Plugging this into Amazon Web Services… Beep boop… US$98.11/month! That’s US$133.09/month in savings from not using Replit!
Pros:
10 Gigabit connection
Sudo mode Linux
Cons:
Its AWS
No info on reserved IPs/disk space
Details:
1 instance, shared Ohio server with t4g.large configuration, Linux.
Join me again next time on Replit VS [Cloud Platform]!
@codingMASTER398 does Amazon Web Services have: 4vCPU, 16GiB RAM, 400GiB egress & always on, or better? The low end of Replit-Deployments (which most people would use since it is more convenient to setup / cheaper) is $146 (a year) and $12 (a month), assuming your per month is actually a year it only saves $47.89 from not using Replit, if it is per month you save $86.11 using Replit.
This is exactly that: The highest end Replit deployment replicated on AWS! Not only is it 4vCPU and 16GB RAM, it also has unmetered internet at up to 10 gigabits per second (assuming, not researched). Even on the lower tier deployments, using anything other than Deployments can save you a ton over the long term.
@codingMASTER398 you didn’t fully answer my question. Is it per month or year. If it is per month you are saving with Replit by a landslide. If it is per month $98.11 turn into… $1177.32 and you save, wait for it. You save $1165.32 using Replit.
@codingMASTER398 but nobody uses the highest one. They are more likely to do lower ones because A.) They are more convenient on a larger scale B.) It’s cheaper. Also does anybody know how to use the other things to deploy, for most people no. The lowest price is $76.80 a year (Replit deployments). That’s like over a $1000 cheaper than AWS (since AWS is $98.11 a month, 98.11 * 12 is $1177.32).
Comparing the lowest option that is available on both AWS and Replit is the 1vCPU and 4GB RAM servers. They’re $25/month on both platforms… Is what I would say if it wasn’t cheaper to add another vCPU on AWS!
For the same price on AWS, you can get another vCPU and 10Gigabit internet. Deal! It’s also like 80 cents cheaper
Again, that is with the lowest available option for both Replit and AWS. The 1vCPU and 4GB RAM option for AWS was actually more expensive than the better one, due to the odd configuration.
Replit is only “cheaper” because you’re using a VM that’s so low end that AWS doesn’t even support it. You can still get better deals on those with GCP and DO as well.
When you can compare prices & save up to 50%, I think that’s worth some discussion.
Blud I’ve been apart of the community for more than 2 years and also protested many other pricing changes along with many other members of the community.
When making an app that needs good deployment, it’s good to compare many prices & I’m going to provide an easy way to compare Replit against the leading cloud platforms. People want that.
Do they? I’ve been on for a few months and I hadn’t heard anything about that, read this Introducing Replit Deployments 🌐, most of everybody likes it. They are also adding free deployments soon,
Static sites are expected to be $0. GitHub already hosts them for free.
Serverless is also expected to be cheap, many services have already perfected that.
And how many times do I have to say that putting in a little bit of extra work can save you up to 50% on regular deployments? I know nobody competent who has legitimately used Deployments.
I do quite enjoy reading them, and I share them with AMC because I find them interesting. I like seeing how Replit compares to other web hosting services.
I’m not sure I reacted to many posts but I read/skim these and enjoy the comparisons and the courage of codingMASTER398 to tell Replit to its face that the prices are too high.
