When comparing dotCloud vs Amazon Web Services, the Slant community recommends Amazon Web Services for most people. In the question“What are the best hosting services for Node.js apps?” Amazon Web Services is ranked 3rd while dotCloud is ranked 5th.
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Pros
Pro Adjust per-instance memory
Most other PaaS providers only allow for multiple, low-memory instances for horizontal scaling, but dotCloud also allows for vertical scaling and resource-heavy applications by adjusting per-instance memory availability.
Pro Quick deployment
dotCloud is usually very fast when it comes to deploying your project. The CLI tool is very good at that and deploys your build almost as soon as you push it.
Pro Thorough Documentation
The documentation is very good an explains everything in-depth.
Pro Support for various types of databases
Supports Postgres, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Redis, and MySQL. All of these can be used without any additional pricing, no need to pay for expensive addons.
Pro Breadth of Services
Pro Excellent Documentation and Support
Pro Most Mature Service Options
No other Cloud provide offers such a wide variety of Compute, Database and other options.
Cons
Con Poor database performance
When your databases have a very high write volume dotCloud starts having some serious problems keeping up with it. Performance drops completely and in the worst case scenario the database crashes and starts going down daily.