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AWS vs Impossible Cloud

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What's good about...

Amazon Web Services logo AWS

  • Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
  • Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
  • 30+ datacenter locations around the world

Impossible Cloud logo Impossible Cloud

  • Flat per-TB storage pricing with no egress fees
  • European jurisdiction and data sovereignty, GDPR compliant
  • ISO 27001, SOC 2, and PCI DSS certified data centers
  • Bare metal NVIDIA DGX GPU servers

Price comparison

How do AWS's prices compare against Impossible Cloud?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro)
Impossible Cloud Impossible Cloud
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VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge)
Impossible Cloud Impossible Cloud
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VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Amazon Web Services AWS
$248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge)
Impossible Cloud Impossible Cloud
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Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$8.00 / mo 100 GB
Impossible Cloud Impossible Cloud
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Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.63 / mo 1 TB
Impossible Cloud Impossible Cloud
$7.99 / mo 1 TB stored

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer
Impossible Cloud Impossible Cloud
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Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium)
Impossible Cloud Impossible Cloud
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Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.82 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small)
Impossible Cloud Impossible Cloud
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Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$36.26 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Impossible Cloud Impossible Cloud
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Free egress allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
100 GB / mo
Impossible Cloud Impossible Cloud
No egress fees

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
$90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America)
Impossible Cloud Impossible Cloud
No egress or API request charges

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Amazon Web Services AWS
$0.19/hr
Impossible Cloud Impossible Cloud
$1.84/hr

Billing Options

Amazon Web Services AWS
On-DemandReserved (36mo)Reserved (12mo)
Impossible Cloud Impossible Cloud
On-DemandReserved (12mo)Reserved (1mo)Reserved (24mo)Reserved (36mo)

Available Models

AWS offers 15 GPU models, while Impossible Cloud offers 4.

Amazon Web Services AWS
H100(6) A100(6) H200(1) L40S(24) B200(1) RTX Pro 6000(6) V100(6) L4(24) B300(1) T4(21)
View all 15 GPUs
Impossible Cloud Impossible Cloud
H100(2) H200(1) B200(2) B300(3)

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that AWS and Impossible Cloud offer:

Service AWS Impossible Cloud
Analytics
App Testing
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Realtime Databases
Remote Config
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Amazon Web Services AWS
aws.amazon.com
Impossible Cloud Impossible Cloud
www.impossiblecloud.com
Headquarters
Amazon Web Services AWS
United States of America
Impossible Cloud Impossible Cloud
Germany
Founded
Amazon Web Services AWS
2006
Impossible Cloud Impossible Cloud
2021
Data Center Locations
Amazon Web Services AWS
31
Impossible Cloud Impossible Cloud
3
Example Customers
Amazon Web Services AWS
Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro
Impossible Cloud Impossible Cloud
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Alternatives to consider

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Our data for AWS was last updated on June 18, 2026, and for Impossible Cloud on June 18, 2026.

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Thunder Compute
Our sponsor
NVIDIA H100 from $1.38/hr, A100 80GB from $0.78/hr, RTX A6000 from $0.27/hr
No commitments, billed per minute, SOC 2 and GDPR compliant
Hot swappable hardware, templates for ComfyUI and Ollama
One-click connection to VS Code or Cursor, simple CLI to connect without SSH
Try now