CloudPe vs AWS
The better cloud for Indian businesses — lower cost, more India data centers, and compliance built in from day one.
40% Lower Cost
vs AWS for equivalent compute
INR billing with no hidden USD conversion fees
5 vs 2
India data centers
Broader coverage: Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru
Zero Egress
vs $0.109/GB on AWS
No data transfer fees within India, ever
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
CloudPe vs Amazon Web Services — side by side
Pricing Comparison
Real costs for common workloads — no asterisks
Is CloudPe Right for You?
Choose CloudPe if:
- You are paying AWS bills in dollars and the number keeps growing without a clear reason
- Your data needs to stay in India for RBI, DPDP, or SEBI compliance
- You need GPU infrastructure in India, on demand, without reserved instance commitments
- Your support tickets have sat unanswered for days
- You are a mid-sized Indian business that has outgrown shared hosting but does not need the complexity of an AWS enterprise setup
Choose AWS if:
- You are a global enterprise with existing AWS enterprise agreements and multi-region deployments already in place
- Your operations depend on AWS-specific services with no direct equivalent elsewhere
Why Indian Businesses Choose CloudPe
Purpose-built for India — the infrastructure, compliance, and support that AWS can't match.
INR Billing, No FX Surprises
Pay in Indian Rupees with predictable pricing. No USD fluctuations or 18% GST on foreign payments. Every invoice is GST-compliant.
5 India DCs for True Redundancy
Distribute workloads across Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi NCR, and Bengaluru. AWS only covers 2 Indian cities.
Zero Egress Fees, Period
AWS charges $0.09/GB after 100 GB of outbound data. CloudPe never charges egress within India — no matter how much data you move.
Free Migration from AWS
Dedicated CloudPe engineers handle your AWS-to-CloudPe migration at no charge. We help move EC2, S3, RDS workloads with zero downtime.
What Indian Regulations Actually Require
For Indian businesses, where your data is stored is a legal decision. Here are some compliance requirements you need to follow.
DPDP Act 2023
Personal data of Indian citizens must be processed with clear accountability. Storing it on foreign infrastructure creates cross-border transfer complexity that grows harder to manage as enforcement matures. On CloudPe, data stays in India by default. No configuration. No grey area.
RBI Compliance
Banks, NBFCs, payment aggregators, and fintechs must store payment data exclusively in India. AWS has Mumbai and Hyderabad regions but operates under US jurisdiction. CloudPe is Indian-owned, Indian-operated, and Indian-governed.
SEBI and IRDAI
Regulated entities must demonstrate control over data localisation, audit trails, and vendor accountability. That documentation burden is significant on a hyperscaler. On CloudPe, Indian jurisdiction is the default, not a feature you configure.
The Practical Reality
Many Indian businesses on AWS are technically compliant today but are one regulatory update away from a problem. The direction of Indian data regulation is clear: stricter localisation, stricter accountability, and stricter vendor requirements. CloudPe removes that exposure entirely.
Common Questions
Will migration cause downtime?
CloudPe's migration approach runs a parallel environment alongside your existing AWS setup. Your workloads are tested and validated on CloudPe before anything is switched over. DNS cutover is the final step. Most migrations are completed with downtime measured in minutes, not hours.
Our team is trained on AWS. Switching means retraining.
CloudPe is built on OpenStack, which uses standard APIs compatible with tools your team already knows. The learning curve is significantly lower than switching between fundamentally different platforms. CloudPe has 120+ L2/L3 engineers available 24/7 to support your team through the transition, and more.
What if something breaks after we move?
CloudPe resolves infrastructure issues in under 2 hours on average, 24/7. You are not raising a ticket and waiting two days for a first response. You are talking to an engineer who knows your environment. The average CloudPe customer stays for 5+ years. Retention at that level does not happen when things break and stay broken.
Is moving stored data from AWS S3 to CloudPe complicated?
CloudPe's object storage is fully S3-compatible. Your existing tools, scripts, and integrations that work with AWS S3 work with CloudPe storage without modification. And when compared to AWS S3 pricing, the savings on storage alone are often enough to justify the move.
We are locked into AWS reserved instances.
CloudPe does not require long-term commitments. You can start with one workload, run it in parallel, and migrate progressively as reserved instance terms expire. There is no pressure to move everything at once.
CloudPe vs AWS — Common Questions
Yes. CloudPe offers free migration assistance. Our engineers will help you move your EC2 workloads, S3 buckets, and databases. Most migrations complete within 48 hours with zero downtime using live-sync techniques.
Yes. CloudPe Object Storage is S3-compatible. Your existing AWS SDK code, boto3 scripts, and S3-compatible tools work without modification — just update the endpoint URL.
AWS charges $0.109 per GB for outbound data after 100 GB free. CloudPe charges zero egress fees within India. For a workload moving 10 TB/month, that's a saving of over $1,100/month or roughly ₹91,000/month.
CloudPe is purpose-built for Indian compliance: RBI, SEBI, DPDP Act, and IRDAI frameworks. Since all infrastructure is in India, data residency is guaranteed by default — no configuration required.