I would like to see a comparison of the APIs provided by these companies.
My understanding is that Amazon is competing on developer and sysadmin productivity with the depth of their API and focus on manageability-- not on performance. Is that correct?
I think the big advantage of Amazon is that you can scale up and down quickly so that you aren't paying for services you don't need. They also have the advantage of better integration with their other services since you don't pay for transfers within the same region and the transfers are fast since it's all on their network.
My understanding is that Amazon is competing on developer and sysadmin productivity with the depth of their API and focus on manageability-- not on performance. Is that correct?