At a glance — Oct 2026
Updated 2026-10-27 · forward this page: /jtbds/enterprise-compute#briefScores as of 2026-09-14 (44 days old; Depot marks scores stale after 30 days). The pick is still Depot's current editorial pick; it has not been re-reviewed since. Prices below carry their own dates.
- Depot Pick
- AWS EC2 · 8.01/10 for this job (curated estimate, high confidence)
maturity + privacy + reliability.
- Runner-up
- GCP Compute Engine · 7.95/10
Scores higher than the pick on: Price / performance, Developer & agent DX.
- When not to use the pick
- Greenfield indie — Hetzner/Fly/Railway.
- Lock-in / migration
- Nothing stored (no_stored_migration_data).
- Sourced price (no comparable unit)
Pick: no sourced price in this job's unit (no_sourced_price).
No cheapest SKU (no_comparable_unit_for_job). No price was invented.
- Free option
- No free resource lists this job. A cheap paid SKU is not a free option.
- Failure modes to watch
- No failure mode plainly applies to this job (no_failure_mode_plainly_applies).
Cite: Agent Provider Depot, Depot Pick for enterprise-compute: aws-ec2, scores as of 2026-09-14. Agents: GET /api/decide?jtbd=enterprise-compute
AWS EC2
maturity + privacy + reliability.
Pricing (directional): Broadest instance catalog; Spot/Savings Plans; everything else in AWS orbits EC2.
Lock-in risk: higher = more lock-in (worse). Overall already inverts this dimension.
Default enterprise VM substrate. Agents should wrap it — humans shouldn't live in the console.
Quote for Enterprise general compute
Depot Pick stays AWS EC2. Prices below are sourced SKU rows only (as of 2026-10-27). Input and output are not blended. GET /api/quote?jtbd=enterprise-compute
Nothing was compared. no comparable sourced unit for this job; chat input $/1M and other units were not borrowed pickIsPriceWinner is null.
Sourced price unavailable for the Depot Pick. No row in the pricing index.
3 of 3 candidates have no sourced price row. 3 are excluded from the Matching price comparison (none). no comparable sourced unit for this job; chat input $/1M and other units were not borrowed
Runners-up
When NOT to use the top pick
Greenfield indie — Hetzner/Fly/Railway.
Full ranking (score table)
Ranked with this JTBD's weights. Scores are curated estimates unless marked otherwise. Agents: prefer /api/decide then this table for tie-breaks.
| # | Provider | Overall | Fit | $/perf | Latency | DX | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS EC2Depot Pick | 8.0 | 9.2 | 7.0 | 9.5 | 6.5 | 2026-09-14 |
| 2 | GCP Compute Engine | 8.0 | 8.8 | 7.2 | 9.2 | 6.8 | 2026-09-14 |
| 3 | Azure Virtual Machines | 7.7 | 8.6 | 6.5 | 9.2 | 6.2 | 2026-09-14 |
Score methodology for this job
maturity + privacy + reliability.
capabilityFit: 20%pricePerformance: 12%latencyReliability: 12%developerDx: 12%privacyPosture: 25%lockInRisk: 9%maturity: 10%