Comparing Clouds: Billing for Stopped Machines

Public clouds have grown considerably in size, complexity, and the sheer number of features. This makes it hard to answer even simple questions, especially when you are trying to compare clouds. At Mist.io, I hear such questions daily, so I decided to do something about it. This is the first in a series of posts that compare clouds on a number of practical issues.

One of the questions I hear very often is some variation of the following: