Compare hosting models
Compare Hosting Models
Compare traffic-priced platforms, enterprise Drupal hosting, managed cloud servers, resource-priced PaaS, managed BYOC, and DevPanel's customer-owned-cloud model.
Not every hosting or application platform uses the same architecture or pricing model.
The useful comparison is not “old company versus new company.”
It is:
- Who owns the cloud account?
- Who receives the infrastructure bill?
- What is metered?
- What workflows are included?
- How is support purchased?
- What control does the customer retain?
- What operational burden remains?
Pantheon
A mature WebOps platform for Drupal and WordPress with plan economics that use traffic measurements.
Acquia
An enterprise Drupal platform built on AWS, including Kubernetes-native Cloud Next infrastructure.
Other models
Upsun uses resource-based platform pricing. amazee.io offers both hosted and dedicated customer-cloud options. These models require their own accurate comparisons and should not be collapsed into one legacy-hosting category.
Our method
Every comparison should:
- Describe the competitor fairly
- Use current official sources
- Distinguish product capability from business model
- Avoid universal cost or feature claims
- Explain which customer profile may fit each model
- Show the source review date