Amazon Web Services (AWS) vs CloudWave Healthcare Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS)8.8Visit CloudWave Healthcare Cloud8.6Visit

Higher score Amazon Web Services (AWS) #4 in HIPAA Compliant Hosting 8.8/10 Paid ✓ 2 of 2 features Visit AWS

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CloudWave Healthcare Cloud #6 in HIPAA Compliant Hosting 8.6/10 Pricing on request ✓ 2 of 2 features Visit CloudWave

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) fits best

  Organizations needing broad enterprise cloud infrastructure

• CloudWave Healthcare Cloud fits best

  Healthcare organizations needing private-cloud hosting

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Side by side

Feature	Amazon Web Services (AWS) 8.8/10 Visit ↗	CloudWave Healthcare Cloud 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.6
Ranking	#4 in HIPAA Compliant Hosting	#6 in HIPAA Compliant Hosting
Best for	Organizations needing broad enterprise cloud infrastructure	Healthcare organizations needing private-cloud hosting
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	Pricing on request
Free plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Support	Phone, Live chat, Community, Docs · 24/7	Email, Phone, Tickets · 24/7
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS	SOC 2, GDPR, SSO/SAML, 2FA
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Amazon Web Services (AWS) 2/2 · CloudWave Healthcare Cloud 2/2
BAA available	✓	✓
Audit logging	✓	✓
Specs
Environment type	Not checked yet	Private_cloud
Backup retention	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Support coverage	24_7	24_7
Data residency	Multi_region	Multi_region
Our review
Pros	HIPAA-eligible services with a standard Business Associate Addendum Encryption, granular IAM, CloudTrail auditing, and backup controls Multi-Region deployment with dedicated hosts and instances	Private-cloud hosting for EHRs and healthcare applications Backups, replication, disaster recovery, and archiving 24/7 support with MFA, encryption, monitoring, and intrusion detection
Cons	HIPAA eligibility applies only to designated AWS services Customers must configure workloads under the shared-responsibility model Costs vary by services, regions, usage, storage, and data transfer	Pricing is handled through customer proposals Managed hosting may not suit teams seeking self-service control No open-source deployment model is offered
Our verdict	Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides cloud infrastructure and managed services for organizations building, hosting, storing, and processing applications and data. Its healthcare offering is aimed at startups, enterprises, public-sector… Read the review →	CloudWave Healthcare Cloud is a managed hosting service for hospitals, health systems, and healthcare software providers. It supports private-cloud infrastructure for EHRs, clinical applications, and enterprise workloads, with managed… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) — where it wins

  • HIPAA-eligible services with a standard Business Associate Addendum
  • Encryption, granular IAM, CloudTrail auditing, and backup controls
  • Multi-Region deployment with dedicated hosts and instances

  Where it doesn't

  • HIPAA eligibility applies only to designated AWS services
  • Customers must configure workloads under the shared-responsibility model
  • Costs vary by services, regions, usage, storage, and data transfer

• CloudWave Healthcare Cloud — where it wins

  • Private-cloud hosting for EHRs and healthcare applications
  • Backups, replication, disaster recovery, and archiving
  • 24/7 support with MFA, encryption, monitoring, and intrusion detection

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing is handled through customer proposals
  • Managed hosting may not suit teams seeking self-service control
  • No open-source deployment model is offered

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)8.8/10 · Paid

  A broad AWS infrastructure foundation for healthcare workloads, with customer-managed configuration.

  Visit AWSFull verdict →
• CloudWave Healthcare Cloud8.6/10 · Pricing on request

  A managed private-cloud option for healthcare workloads with proposal-based pricing.

  Visit CloudWaveFull verdict →