Amazon Web Services (AWS) vs Hivelocity Healthcare Hosting

Amazon Web Services (AWS)8.8Visit Hivelocity Healthcare Hosting8.3Visit

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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Hivelocity Healthcare Hosting #8 in HIPAA Compliant Hosting 8.3/10 Pricing on request ✓ 1 of 2 features Visit Hivelocity

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) fits best

  Organizations needing broad enterprise cloud infrastructure

• Hivelocity Healthcare Hosting fits best

  Healthcare workloads requiring dedicated bare metal

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Side by side

Feature	Amazon Web Services (AWS) 8.8/10 Visit ↗	Hivelocity Healthcare Hosting 8.3/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.3
Ranking	#4 in HIPAA Compliant Hosting	#8 in HIPAA Compliant Hosting
Best for	Organizations needing broad enterprise cloud infrastructure	Healthcare workloads requiring dedicated bare metal
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	Pricing on request
Free plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Phone, Live chat, Community, Docs · 24/7	Phone, Tickets, Live chat, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS	SOC 2, PCI DSS
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Amazon Web Services (AWS) 2/2 · Hivelocity Healthcare Hosting 1/2
BAA available	✓	✓
Audit logging	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Environment type	Not checked yet	Dedicated
Backup retention	Not checked yet	5 days
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	Single-tenant bare metal for EHR, telehealth, and imaging workloads BAA, network isolation, DDoS protection, and SOC 2 Type II documentation Rapid Restore backups, geo-redundancy, API access, and 24/7/365 support
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	Requires workload-specific architecture and budgeting through sales Customers remain responsible for application and data-handling safeguards Dedicated infrastructure may not suit teams seeking shared hosting
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 →	Hivelocity Healthcare Hosting provides single-tenant bare-metal infrastructure for healthcare technology platforms, EHR systems, telehealth applications, medical imaging, clinical data warehouses, and related workloads. It is aimed at… 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

• Hivelocity Healthcare Hosting — where it wins

  • Single-tenant bare metal for EHR, telehealth, and imaging workloads
  • BAA, network isolation, DDoS protection, and SOC 2 Type II documentation
  • Rapid Restore backups, geo-redundancy, API access, and 24/7/365 support

  Where it doesn't

  • Requires workload-specific architecture and budgeting through sales
  • Customers remain responsible for application and data-handling safeguards
  • Dedicated infrastructure may not suit teams seeking shared hosting

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

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

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• Hivelocity Healthcare Hosting8.3/10 · Pricing on request

  Dedicated bare metal with healthcare-oriented safeguards, backups, and infrastructure controls.

  Visit HivelocityFull verdict →