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Cloud · head to head · checked 8 August 2026

AWS vs Tencent Cloud

6 cloud instances from the two, side by side: what each plan includes, what it costs (on-demand hourly rate × 730 hours, no commitment discount), and where the price comes from.

AWS

from $30.37/mo

t3.medium · 3 plans listed

Best price per vCPU: $15.19/vCPU (t3.medium)

Tencent Cloud

from $29.20/mo

S5.SMALL2 · 3 plans listed

Best price per vCPU: $25.55/vCPU (S5.MEDIUM4)

Which is cheaper, AWS or Tencent Cloud?

Tencent Cloud's cheapest listed plan is S5.SMALL2 at $29.20/mo; AWS's is t3.medium at $30.37/mo. The price shown is on-demand hourly rate × 730 hours, no commitment discount.

Which gives more for the money, AWS or Tencent Cloud?

On price per vCPU, AWS does best with t3.medium at $15.19/vCPU; Tencent Cloud's best is S5.MEDIUM4 at $25.55/vCPU.

How many cloud instances does each offer here?

We list 3 for AWS and 3 for Tencent Cloud, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.

AWS

Everything from AWS

  • t3.mediumapprox

    vCPU
    2
    RAM
    4 GB
    Hourly
    $0.0416
    Note
    Burstable — sustained full-vCPU load consumes CPU credits. Since Feb 2024, AWS charges ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) per public IPv4 address, in-use or not — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
    Region
    us-east-1
    $30.37/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05

  • t3.largeapprox

    vCPU
    2
    RAM
    8 GB
    Hourly
    $0.0832
    Note
    Burstable — sustained full-vCPU load consumes CPU credits. Since Feb 2024, AWS charges ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) per public IPv4 address, in-use or not — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
    Region
    us-east-1
    $60.74/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05

  • t3.xlargeapprox

    vCPU
    4
    RAM
    16 GB
    Hourly
    $0.1664
    Note
    Burstable — sustained full-vCPU load consumes CPU credits. Since Feb 2024, AWS charges ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) per public IPv4 address, in-use or not — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
    Region
    us-east-1
    $121.47/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05

Tencent Cloud

Everything from Tencent Cloud

AWS against the rest

Tencent Cloud against the rest

How this page is made: every figure above is computed from the plans listed, which were checked against each provider's own pricing page (linked per plan, with the date). Nothing here is ranked by who pays us. The highlighted plan is each provider's best on price per vCPU. Non-USD prices are converted at an approximate fixed rate for comparison only. See our methodology and how we make money.