I use each of the providers Linux Ubuntu 20.04 Machine Images and then Install 2 different types of benchmarking software to measure the instances CPU Speed, Memory and Disk speeds, before presenting the results in a series of graphs and presenting my conclusion.

The Commands Used

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y sudo wget cdn.geekbench.com/Geekbench-5.4.0-Linux.tar.gz sudo tar -xf Geekbench-5.4.0-Linux.tar.gz cd Geekbench-5.4.0-Linux sudo ./geekbench5

https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/????????

sudo apt install sysbench -y && sudo sysbench memory --memory-oper=write --memory-block-size=1K --memory-scope=global --memory-total-size=100G --threads=4 --time=60 run

Record: (xxxx.xx MiB/sec)

sudo sysbench fileio --file-total-size=20G prepare sudo sysbench fileio --file-test-mode=rndrd --file-total-size=20G --file-block-size=4K --threads=4 --time=60 run

Record: Throughput: read/s xxxxx.x

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Only where I could find a provider , where they charged by the hour and offered pay-as-you-go, were they benchmarked in this test. As paying for a months usage was too expensive for me. The Monthly cost i display against eash provider is their houly cost , scaled up to a months usage. If you commit to paying for a month or year prices in advance then for example the big providers for example AWS, Google Cloud or Azure give 30-50% off the prices shown. Other Providers offer a rage of discounts. I have assumed that their are no free introduction periods or trials. I have also assumed that there are no aditional network costs. I assumed all instances were in London / UK South datacentres.

Raw Data

Linode

Monthly Cost inc SSD in Dollars: 10 SSD Size: 50gb Memory (GB): 2gb vCPU : 1 vCPU Notes: Instance size is Linode 2gb Geekbench 5 Single Core Score: 635 Memory Writes (MiB/sec) : 4081 MB / sec Disk Random Reads (MiB/sec) : 85 Mib / sec

DigitalOcean

Monthly Cost inc SSD in Dollars : 12 SSD Size: 50gb Memory (GB): 2gb vCPU : 1 vCPU Notes: Premium SSD Geekbench 5 Single Core Score: 788 Memory Writes (MiB/sec) : 4688 MB / sec Disk Random Reads (MiB/sec) : 130 Mib / sec

Vultr

Monthly Cost inc SSD in Dollars : 12 SSD Size: 64gb Memory (GB): 2gb vCPU : 1 vCPU Notes: High Frequency, Premium SSD Geekbench 5 Single Core Score: 1018 Memory Writes (MiB/sec) : 5680 MB / sec Disk Random Reads (MiB/sec) : 150 Mib / sec

AWS

Monthly Cost inc SSD in Dollars : 24 SSD Size: 64gb Memory (GB) : 2gb vCPU : 1 vCPU Notes: T2.Small + gp3 32gb additional SSD to the O/S 30gb one. Geekbench 5 Single Core Score: 680 Memory Writes (MiB/sec) : 512 MB / sec Disk Random Reads (MiB/sec) : 13 Mib / sec

Lightsail (AWS)

Monthly Cost inc SSD in Dollars : 10 SSD ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VHNJXhW-yY