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Why should I use Gridfinity?

Perhaps the greastest advantage of Gridfinity is its extreme burstability. With the number of members in our public grid, work can be split up as finely as possible to give you the fastest turnaround. However, even with all of our advantages, we still offer the most competitive pricing for computational work. See the price comparison below for more details.

Is Gridfinity cheaper than hosting our own hardware?

In most cases, yes. Please use our Build vs. Buy calculator to see how much you can save.

Price Comparison

GridfinityAmazon EC2Sun GridTsunamic Technologies
Quoted CPU Hour Cost$0.30$0.10$1.00$0.85
Quoted CPU Speed2.13GHz Core 2 Duo1.7GHz Xeon12.4GHz Opteron2Athlon/Athlon 64/Athlon 64 X2/Opteron3
Relative CPU Performance410.002.006.832.90
Network storage available?No cost up to 10GB$0.15/GB/moNo cost up to 10GBNo cost up to 10GB
Applications run on Linux?YesYesNo (Solaris only)Yes
Beta?NoYes, "Limited Beta"Yes, "Beta"No

1 - Sun quotes grid speed in http://developers.sun.com/learning/javaoneonline/2006/coolstuff/TS-1109.pdf.
2 - Amazon quotes grid speed in http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=201590011.
3 - Cluster specifications in http://www.tsunamictechnologies.com/services/services.htm.
4 - Relative CPU speed based on benchmark reports from PassMark PerformanceTest.

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