Iotamine vs AWS EC2
AWS Alternative.
Everything on one hourly rate.
On AWS, EC2 compute, EBS storage, a public IPv4 address and data transfer out are each priced and billed separately. On Iotamine, one hourly rate covers all of it.
- No EBS bill
- No IPv4 surcharge
Same server, two bills
2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 40 GB (t3.medium)
AWS EC2
- EC2 compute
- EBS storage
- Public IPv4
- Data transfer out
4 separate line items₹3,261
Iotamine
- One hourly rate: compute, storage, IP and 4 TB bandwidth per vCPU
1 line item₹1,015
Monthly, New Delhi vs Mumbai. Figures from the comparison below.
See the mathsWhat goes into an AWS bill
The four charges on a typical EC2 bill
Even a plain compute instance on AWS usually shows up as four separate charges on the invoice.
EC2 compute
The hourly instance rate. It's the price most people quote, but it is only one part of the bill.
EBS storage
Boot and data disks are billed separately from compute. gp3 costs $0.08/GB-month on top of the instance rate.
Public IPv4
Since February 2024, AWS charges $0.005/hour for every public IPv4 address, attached or idle. That comes to about $3.65/month per address.
Data transfer out
The first 100 GB/month is free, then $0.09/GB up to 10 TB. Outbound data is metered and billed on its own.
Sourced from AWS's own EC2, EBS, and VPC pricing pages, and AWS's Feb 2024 public-IPv4 pricing announcement.
AWS T3 prices, added up
EC2 and Iotamine at four sizes
We took AWS's T3 family and added up compute, EBS storage and a public IPv4 address at each size. AWS charges more in Mumbai than in us-east-1, so the India numbers are not a straight currency conversion.
| Tier | Spec | AWS (monthly / hourly) | Iotamine (monthly / hourly) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest | t3.small — 2 vCPU / 2 GB / 20 GB | ₹1,781₹2.44/hr | ₹918₹1.28/hr |
| Mid | t3.medium — 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 40 GB | ₹3,261₹4.47/hr | ₹1,015₹1.41/hr |
| Avg (popular) | t3.large — 2 vCPU / 8 GB / 80 GB | ₹6,222₹8.52/hr | ₹1,211₹1.68/hr |
| High | t3.xlarge — 4 vCPU / 16 GB / 160 GB | ₹12,143₹16.63/hr | ₹2,321₹3.22/hr |
AWS on-demand rates, ap-south-1 (Mumbai): compute (T3 family, priced ~7.7% above us-east-1) + $0.08/GB-mo gp3 EBS + $0.005/hr public IPv4, converted at ₹83.5/$1. Hourly figures above are the monthly total ÷ 730 (AWS's own standard hours-per-month basis) — a blended rate. Iotamine: live calculator rate, ÷720, New Delhi. Approximate — check AWS's own calculator for your exact figure.
Our t3.medium-sized VM, line by line
Billed hourly and shown here as a monthly total. It's one bill, split out so you can see each part.
These four aren't fixed plans. They're just reference points. On Iotamine you build each VM yourself: pick any vCPU, RAM, disk and IP combination in the calculator below and deploy exactly that, instead of the nearest AWS instance size.
Side-by-side comparison
How Iotamine and EC2 differ
| Feature | Iotamine | AWS EC2 |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | One all-inclusive hourly rate | Compute + storage + IP + egress, separately |
| Resource sizing | Pick any vCPU/RAM/disk/IP independently | Fixed instance families (t3, m5, c6i…) |
| Public IPv4 cost | Included in the hourly rate | $0.005/hr per address, even idle |
| Storage billing | Included in the hourly rate | Separate EBS line item, $0.08/GB-mo (gp3) |
| Data transfer | 4 TB per vCPU included, up to 50 TB | 100 GB free, then metered per GB |
| India region | New Delhi (node del-2) | Mumbai and Hyderabad |
| Billing granularity | Hourly, one rate to track | Per-second, across 4+ separate services |
| Learning curve | Deploy in under 3 minutes | IAM, VPCs, security groups before your first instance |
To be fair to AWS: it has far more regions (30+ worldwide, including Mumbai and Hyderabad), managed services and compliance certifications than any single VPS provider. If you need that range, or you already run a lot on AWS, we're not suggesting you leave. This page is for people dealing with EC2's complexity when all they need is a Linux server that runs reliably.
Bandwidth
Bandwidth included, instead of metered by the GB
EC2 includes 100 GB of data transfer a month across your whole account, then charges $0.1093 per GB from Mumbai. Lightsail bundles include an allowance, but in Mumbai it is half of what other regions get. Iotamine includes 4 TB per vCPU, from 5 TB up to 50 TB.
| Server size | Iotamine includes | Lightsail (Mumbai) includes |
|---|---|---|
| 2 vCPU · 4 GBLightsail Medium $24/mo | 8 TB / month | 2 TB |
| 4 vCPU · 16 GBLightsail Xlarge $84/mo | 16 TB / month | 3 TB |
| 8 vCPU · 32 GBLightsail 2Xlarge $164/mo | 32 TB / month | 3.5 TB |
| After the allowance | ₹600/TB in New Delhi, ₹300/TB in Frankfurt | Lightsail $0.13 per GB (≈₹12,350 per TB); EC2 $0.1093 per GB (≈₹10,400 per TB) |
- Serving 32 TB from an 8 vCPU EC2 server in Mumbai would cost about $3,000 a month in data transfer alone. On Iotamine that traffic is included.
- Lightsail halves its allowance in Mumbai, so an 8 vCPU bundle there includes 3.5 TB. The same size on Iotamine includes 32 TB.
- Extra traffic on Iotamine costs ₹600 per TB in New Delhi, against about ₹10,400 per TB for EC2 from Mumbai.
Checked AWS's published pricing on 10 Oct 2026. Prices change; check theirs before you decide.
Price calculator
Price your VM with everything included
Pick any vCPU, RAM, storage and IP combination. The price you see is the whole bill.
Configure your server
No fixed plans. Any combination, priced live.
Region
Resources
Start from an exampleWhat you can deploy at once depends on your account tier. See tiers & limits →
FAQ
Questions about switching from AWS
For a similar spec, yes. At 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 80 GB / 1 IP, AWS's published rates for t3.medium compute, gp3 EBS storage and a public IPv4 address add up to around $40/month. On Iotamine the same spec is one all-inclusive hourly rate. Use the calculator above to check your own numbers.
In February 2024 AWS started charging $0.005/hour for every public IPv4 address, attached or idle, citing the shortage of IPv4 addresses. It's a published AWS policy, not a hidden fee. It does mean the instance price alone is not your full monthly cost.
No. AWS has a much larger range of managed services, regions and compliance certifications. Iotamine focuses on VPS compute, standalone storage and IP addresses, with simple, clear pricing. If you need the full AWS platform, Iotamine won't replace it.
If it runs on a standard Linux or Windows Server VM, yes. Deploy a matching spec, copy your data over and point your DNS at the new server. A typical compute workload has no AWS-specific lock-in to deal with.
Any major Linux distribution, or Windows Server with your own license (BYOL), as with most cloud providers including AWS.
Each resource (vCPU, RAM, disk and IP) is metered by the hour. Billing starts when you deploy a VM and runs until you destroy it. Stopping a VM is not enough, because it still holds its reserved resources. At the end of the month all those hours go onto one invoice. A VM that runs the whole month comes to roughly 720 hours, billed as a single line item. New accounts get a ₹800 signup bonus after KYC ($10 for international accounts).
Get started
Know your monthly cost before you deploy.
₹800 signup bonus after KYC ($10 for international accounts). No credit card required. Storage and IP are already in the hourly price.
- Secure by default
- No commitment
- Cancel anytime