The India-first alternative to AWS
Lower cost, more India data centers, and compliance built in from day one — not configured after the fact.
Quick answer: CloudPe costs approximately 40% less than AWS for equivalent compute in India, operates 5 India data centers to AWS's 2, charges zero egress fees for data transfer within India, and bills natively in INR with GST-compliant invoicing. AWS remains the better fit for global enterprises with existing multi-region AWS commitments.
Monthly cost — 2 vCPU / 8GB VM
5 vs 2
India data centers
Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru.
Zero egress
vs $0.09/GB on AWS
After the first 100GB/month. No fees within India, ever.
GST-ready
INR billing, day one
No hidden USD conversion fees on any invoice.
Pricing and feature comparisons reflect publicly listed rates as of July 2026. AWS pricing is subject to change — see AWS's official pricing pages for current rates.
Side by side
Feature-by-feature comparison
CloudPe vs Amazon Web Services, updated July 2026.
The line item nobody budgets for
Egress adds up faster than compute
A visual look at what moving data actually costs, at two common volumes.
1 TB moved per month
≈900GB billable after the 100GB free tier, at $0.09/GB.
10 TB moved per month
≈9,900GB billable, roughly $900+/month AWS charges that CloudPe doesn't.
Choose CloudPe if:
- You're 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're a mid-sized Indian business that has outgrown shared hosting but doesn't need the complexity of an AWS enterprise setup
Choose AWS if:
- You're 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
Built for India
Why Indian businesses choose CloudPe
Purpose-built 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 foreign currency conversion charges. Every invoice is GST-compliant.
5 India DCs for true redundancy
Distribute workloads across Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi NCR, and Bengaluru. AWS covers 2 Indian cities.
Zero egress fees, period
AWS charges $0.09/GB after the first 100GB of outbound data each month. 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, and RDS workloads with zero downtime.
Compliance, not configuration
What Indian regulations actually require
For Indian businesses, where your data is stored is a legal decision.
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, stricter vendor requirements. CloudPe removes that exposure entirely.
Before you switch
Frequently asked questions
The questions we actually get asked before a business switches from AWS to CloudPe.
QWe're locked into AWS Reserved Instances. Does switching mean eating that cost?
No. CloudPe doesn't require long-term commitments. You can start with one workload, run it in parallel with your existing AWS setup, and migrate progressively as your Reserved Instance terms expire. There's no pressure to move everything at once, and no need to write off unused RI commitments early.
QOur team only knows AWS. How much retraining does switching actually require?
Less than switching between two fundamentally different platforms usually requires. CloudPe is built on OpenStack, using standard APIs your team is likely already familiar with from other infrastructure work. CloudPe also provides 24/7 access to L2/L3 engineers during the transition, so your team isn't figuring out a new platform alone while also trying to keep production stable.
QWill migrating cause downtime for our production workloads?
CloudPe's migration approach runs a parallel environment alongside your existing AWS setup. Your workloads are tested and validated on CloudPe before anything switches over — DNS cutover is the final step, after validation, not before it. Most migrations complete with downtime measured in minutes, not hours.
QWhat happens if something breaks after we've migrated?
You raise it with a CloudPe engineer directly — not a ticket queue. CloudPe's support model is built around direct access to engineers who know your specific environment, available 24/7, rather than tiered ticket escalation.
QIs moving data out of AWS S3 into CloudPe technically complicated?
No. CloudPe Object Storage is S3-compatible, so your existing AWS SDK code, boto3 scripts, and S3-compatible tooling work against CloudPe storage without modification — you update the endpoint URL and nothing else in your codebase needs to change.
QHow long does a typical AWS-to-CloudPe migration actually take?
Most EC2, S3, and RDS migrations complete within 48 hours using live-sync migration techniques, with downtime limited to the final DNS cutover step rather than the full migration window.
QDoes CloudPe support the same compliance frameworks as AWS, or just claim to?
CloudPe is purpose-built for Indian compliance: RBI, SEBI, DPDP Act, and IRDAI frameworks. Because all CloudPe infrastructure is physically located in India, data residency is the default architecture — not a configuration a customer has to set up and maintain themselves, the way it can be on a global hyperscaler.
QWhat does egress actually cost if we're moving a lot of data monthly?
AWS charges $0.09/GB for outbound data transfer after the first 100GB/month free. CloudPe charges zero egress fees for data transfer within India, regardless of volume. For a workload moving 10TB/month, that's roughly $900+/month in egress charges alone on AWS that CloudPe doesn't charge.