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Best Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS) Software in 2026

  1. 01 Amazon EC2

    EC2 suits teams that need configurable cloud virtual servers for application, compute, or machine-learning workloads.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.0 Visit Specs
  2. 02 Apache CloudStack

    CloudStack is aimed at cloud solution providers, managed service providers, telcos, and enterprises building public, private, or hybrid clouds.

    Free plan Open source Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.9 Visit Specs
  3. 03 Google Compute Engine

    It suits teams that need configurable virtual machines, managed scaling, or integration with other Google Cloud services.

    Free plan Web · Windows · Linux · API
    7.7 Visit Specs
  4. 04 CloudSigma Cloud Servers
    Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.5 Visit Specs
  5. 05 Baidu Cloud Compute (BCC)

    It suits organizations needing configurable cloud instances, elastic scaling, hybrid connectivity, and API-based management.

    Web · Windows · Linux · API
    7.4 Visit Specs
  6. 06 Exoscale Compute
    Web · Windows · Linux · API
    7.4 Visit Specs
  7. 07 OpenStack Barbican

    Barbican suits OpenStack operators who need to manage secrets through an API and configure software- or hardware-backed stores.

    Free plan Linux · API · Self-hosted
    7.2 Visit Specs
  8. 08 Gcore Virtual Machines
    Web · API
    7.1 Visit Specs
  9. 09 OpenNebula

    OpenNebula suits organizations building enterprise clouds or AI infrastructure across hybrid-cloud and edge deployments.

    Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    7.1 Visit Specs
  10. 10 Hetzner Web Hosting
    Web · Linux
    7.0 Visit Specs
  11. 11 Azure Virtual Machines
    Web · Windows · Linux
    6.1 Visit Specs
  12. 12 Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS)
    Web
    6.0 Visit Specs
  13. 13 Cherry Servers Virtual Servers
    Web
    5.8 Visit Specs
  14. 14 DigitalOcean Droplets
    Web · Linux
    5.7 Visit Specs
  15. 15 Huawei Cloud Elastic Cloud Server (ECS)
    Web
    5.4 Visit Specs
  16. 16 OVHcloud Public Cloud
    Web · Windows · Linux
    5.4 Visit Specs
  17. 17 IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Web
    5.3 Visit Specs
  18. 18 Yandex Cloud Disks
    Web
    5.2 Visit Specs
How this list is ordered. Specifiction scores each tool on how fully its maker documents it, whether its prices are published, where the research puts it, the platforms it runs on and whether it can be tried for free (how we rank). Makers can also buy a numbered place (how Specifiction is paid for).

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