Amazon Web Services (AWS) vs Huawei Cloud Comparison

Why choose Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• Has a free plan (Huawei Cloud does not)
• Higher Integration score (10/10 vs 4/10)
• Higher Customization score (10/10 vs 7/10)
• Better fit for developers (9/10 vs 6/10)
• Better fit for enterprise (10/10 vs 8/10)

Why choose Huawei Cloud

• Higher Cost score (7/10 vs 5/10)
• Higher Ease of Use score (5/10 vs 4/10)

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Pros

• The service catalogue is unusually broad, with over 200 services across 38 regions, so most infrastructure needs can be met on one platform.
• EC2 has a 99.99% region-level SLA with credits of up to 100%, and instances unavailable for more than six minutes in an hour are not billed for that hour.
• The free plan gives up to $200 in credits, and more than 30 always-free services let new teams experiment at low cost.
• Support scales from a $29 minimum up to dedicated Enterprise and Unified Operations tiers for mission-critical workloads.
• G2 rates it 4.4 across more than 17,000 reviews, and reviewers praise its scalability and global reach.

Cons

• Reviewers widely cite a steep learning curve across the console and services.
• Usage pricing is complex and can produce unexpected bills unless spend is monitored closely.
• Paid support is billed as a percentage of total AWS spend, so support costs rise with usage.
• A July 2025 billing console bug showed customers estimated charges in the billions, which hurt trust in its cost tooling.

Huawei Cloud

Pros

• Huawei reports 34 regions and 103 availability zones, giving strong reach in China, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.
• Gartner Peer Insights reviewers praise responsive after-sales technical support and low pricing.
• The official Terraform provider manages CCE clusters, node pools, add-ons and namespaces as code.
• Integrates closely with Huawei servers, storage and networking for hybrid deployments.
• The ModelArts platform and GPU servers support AI and HPC workloads.

Cons

• Reviewers say many third-party tools do not support Huawei Cloud, which makes integrations harder.
• There are no fixed public plans, and enterprise discounts and egress rates are not published.
• Geopolitical and sanctions concerns can block adoption in some regulated markets.
• Fees for cancelling long prepaid commitments can raise switching costs.
• Analysts say identity federation and third-party observability integrations trail Western hyperscalers.