/ compare — aws
All the power. None of the bureaucracy.
AWS is the most powerful cloud ever built — and the most complex. Avahana is opinionated where AWS is exhaustive. If you ship modern workloads (web apps, APIs, databases, AI), this is the trade you're making.
Side by side
Same workload, same audience. Where each platform wins.
| Feature | Avahana | AWS |
|---|---|---|
Time to first deploy AWS requires VPCs, IAM, security groups, ECR, ECS/EKS setup. | <5 min from signup | Hours to days |
Service breadth We don't compete on breadth; we compete on depth in the workloads we cover. | Focused | 200+ |
Pricing legibility AWS bills in 5-decimal-place units across dozens of dimensions. | ||
Egress pricing Egress is AWS's most-criticized lock-in mechanism. | Transparent, cost-plus | Marked-up significantly |
Per-minute metering UI | Cost Explorer (delayed) | |
Modern runtime (eBPF, microVMs) | Default | Available, optional |
GPU / AI workloads | Soon | |
Data sovereignty (DPDP, etc.) | Region selection only | |
BYOC (run on your AWS) | ||
Air-gapped option | AWS Outposts (heavy) | |
Free tier | Free during beta | 12-month limited |
Onboarding complexity | git push | AWS Console + Terraform |
When AWS is the right call
- You need a service AWS uniquely provides — Snowmobile, Ground Station, niche analytics, mature ML.
- You have an existing reserved-instance commitment or org-wide contract.
- You operate at hyperscaler-only scale and need 30+ regions today.
- Note: BYOC lets you keep AWS as the substrate while letting Avahana manage the workloads above it. You don't have to choose.
Migrate when you're ready.
Get on the waitlist. We'll publish a per-platform migration guide as we approach beta.