Lets make some sample comparisons based on 1 year assumptions

High bandwidth (1 Year: 10 servers, 5Tb xfer per month)

• Low end host – $12,000
• Mid end host – $21,600
• Amazon EC2 – $128,880

Low bandwidth (1 year: 10 servers, 200Gb xfer per month)

• Low end host – $12,000
• Mid end host – $21,600
• Amazon EC2 – $8,920

Mixed solution

• (
• 8 servers @ amazon for processing (100Gb/mo),
• 2 servers at a hosting co for bandwidth (2Tb/mo)
• )

• EC2 + Low end: $9524 (vs $12,000 hosted, and $9,280 at EC2)
• EC2 + Mid end: $11,684 (vs $22,800 hosted, and $9,280 at EC2)