AWS vs Azure vs GCP: Cost Comparison for Startups 2026
Real-world cost comparison of AWS, Azure, and GCP for typical startup workloads. Which cloud is cheapest?
Cloud costs can make or break a startup. We analyzed pricing for typical workloads: web app hosting, database, storage, and CDN.
Typical Startup Workload
2 web servers (t3.medium equivalent), PostgreSQL database (db.t3.medium), 100GB storage, 1TB CDN bandwidth, 1M API requests/month.
AWS: $287/month
EC2: $120, RDS: $85, S3: $3, CloudFront: $79. Pros: Most mature, best documentation. Cons: Complex pricing, easy to overspend.
Azure: $312/month
VMs: $135, SQL Database: $95, Blob Storage: $3, CDN: $79. Pros: Best for Microsoft shops, good enterprise support. Cons: 8% more expensive than AWS.
GCP: $265/month
Compute Engine: $105, Cloud SQL: $78, Cloud Storage: $3, Cloud CDN: $79. Pros: 8% cheaper than AWS, simpler pricing. Cons: Smaller ecosystem, fewer regions.
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