Comparison
Acquia Cloud:
Success you can build on
Acquia Cloud versus your other options
We get it. When it comes to site hosting, you have many service options. Here's our view on the difference between these options: Hosting yourself, purchasing a "Managed Service" from a professional service provider, or Acquia Cloud.
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Hosting Stack
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 Acquia Cloud  |
Traditional managed hosting
 |
Internal hosting
 |
| Fully redundant environments for failover |
enterprise
|
✓
|
X
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| On-demand server elasticity |
enterprise
|
DIY
|
X
|
| Dedicated load balancer |
enterprise
|
DIY
|
DIY
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| High Availability Web Server Configuration |
enterprise
|
DIY
|
DIY
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| High Availability Database Server Configuration |
enterprise
|
DIY
|
DIY
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| Shared load balancer |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
|
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Multi-tier Caching Support
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Acquia Cloud |
Traditional Managed Hosting
|
Internal Hosting
|
| Varnish page caching |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
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| OpCode caching |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
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| Memcache |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
|
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Server Support
|
Acquia Cloud |
Traditional Managed Hosting
|
Internal Hosting
|
| 99.95% application uptime SLA |
enterprise
|
✓
|
DIY
|
| Automated OS and LAMP patching |
enterprise
|
X
|
X
|
| 99.95% server uptime SLA |
enterprise
|
✓
|
DIY
|
| 24x7 infrastructure support |
✓
|
✓
|
DIY
|
|
Disaster Recovery
|
Acquia Cloud |
Traditional Managed Hosting
|
Internal Hosting
|
| Multiple data center failover |
enterprise
|
maybe
|
DIY
|
| Multiple geographic region failover |
optional
|
maybe
|
DIY
|
|
Automated Monitoring
|
Acquia Cloud |
Traditional Managed Hosting
|
Internal Hosting
|
| Page Load Average |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
|
| CPU Usage statistics |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
|
| Users |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
|
| Disk/Swap space |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
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| Network Bandwidth |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
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| RAM Memory Usage |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
|
| Process monitoring |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
|
| PHP Fatal Errors |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
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| File System Health |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
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| Reverse Proxy (Varnish) Health |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
|
| Database (MySQL) Health |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
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| Mail Server |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
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| Backup Health |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
|
|
Security
|
Acquia Cloud |
Traditional Managed Hosting
|
Internal Hosting
|
| SSL certificates |
available
|
DIY
|
DIY
|
| HTTPS support |
available
|
DIY
|
DIY
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| SSAE 16 compliance |
✓
|
maybe
|
DIY
|
| FISMA moderate compliance |
✓
|
maybe
|
DIY
|
|
Drupal Support
|
Acquia Cloud |
Traditional Managed Hosting
|
Internal Hosting
|
| Full Drupal support team available 24x7 |
pro plus & enterprise
|
X
|
DIY
|
| Complete Drupal application admin (security patches, updates, etc.) |
enterprise
|
X
|
DIY
|
|
Drupal Maintenance
|
Acquia Cloud |
Traditional Managed Hosting
|
Internal Hosting
|
| 24x7critical coverage for Drupal |
pro plus & enterprise
|
X
|
DIY
|
| Unlimited ticket, phone and email-based support |
enterprise
|
X
|
X
|
| Drupal support team available for any Drupal break-fix issues |
professional, pro plus, enterprise
|
X
|
X
|
| Drupal Advisory Hours |
pro plus, enterprise
|
X
|
X
|
|
Drupal Administration
|
Acquia Cloud |
Traditional Managed Hosting
|
Internal Hosting
|
| Drupal core security updates |
enterprise
|
X
|
DIY
|
| Module security updates and code patches |
enterprise
|
X
|
DIY
|
| Fully managed and updated OS and LAMP stack for a Drupal-optimized hosting environment |
enterprise
|
X
|
DIY
|
| Creation and modification of user roles and permission |
enterprise
|
X
|
DIY
|
| Creation and modification of content types |
enterprise
|
X
|
DIY
|
|
Knowledge & Drupal optimization tools
|
Acquia Cloud |
Traditional Managed Hosting
|
Internal Hosting
|
| Acquia Library and Knowledge Base for Drupal Learning |
✓
|
X
|
X
|
| Acquia Search for on-site search within Drupal |
✓
|
X
|
X
|
| Dashboards for hosting data and metrics |
✓
|
X
|
X
|
| Integrated Drupal Code and Config Monitoring (Acquia Insight) |
✓
|
X
|
X
|
| Integrated Drupal SEO optimization (Acquia SEO Grader) |
✓
|
DIY
|
X
|
| Integrated Drupal site search (Acquia Search) |
✓
|
DIY
|
X
|
| Integrated SPAM block (Mollom) |
✓
|
X
|
DIY
|
| Integrated application performance management (New Relic) |
standard subscription included
|
X
|
DIY
|
| Integrated application performance management (TraceView) |
premium trial
|
X
|
DIY
|
| Integrated site speed optimization (Yottaa) |
free yottaa monitor / discounted optimizer
|
X
|
DIY
|
| Integrated translation network (Lingotek) |
free translation services
|
X
|
DIY
|
| Integrated Load/Performance Testing (Blitz.io & BlazeMeter) |
premium trials
|
X
|
DIY
|
| Smart customer engagement (Evergage) |
Trial & discounted subscription
|
X
|
X
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| Real-time web analytics (Chartbeat) |
discounted subscription
|
X
|
X
|
| Integrated A/B Page Testing (Visual Website Optimizer) |
small business subscription
|
X
|
DIY
|
| Video tutorials from Drupal learning (Drupalize.me & BuildAModule) |
complimentary accounts
|
X
|
X
|
|
Drupal Developer Tools
|
Acquia Cloud |
Traditional Managed Hosting
|
Internal Hosting
|
| File transfers via SCP, SFTP, or rsync |
✓
|
✓
|
DIY
|
| Shell access via SSH |
✓
|
✓
|
DIY
|
| All access via secure channels |
✓
|
maybe
|
DIY
|
| Nightly DB backups |
✓
|
maybe
|
DIY
|
| Development, staging, and production environment |
✓
|
DIY
|
X
|
| On-demand staging to production migration |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
|
| Version Control via SVN or GIT |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
|
| Video encoding support |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
|
| PHP runtime reporting (New Relic) |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
|
| Drupal Command Line - Drush |
✓
|
DIY
|
DIY
|
| Automated Developer Workflow User Interface |
✓
|
X
|
X
|
| Single-click site import/export |
✓
|
X
|
X
|
| Multiple disaster recovery snapshots per day to secure remote data center |
✓
|
X
|
X
|
| Drupal performance audit |
available
|
X
|
X
|
| Drupal security audit |
available
|
X
|
X
|