Compare Security
We take a great amount of pride in supporting the latest security standards. We welcome you to view our dedication to security by checking out our third-party test results and compare how we stack up. See how we do at:
Immuniweb Compliance Tests
Qualys SSL Labs
CryptCheck
Security Headers by netsparker
HSTS Preload
Observatory by Mozilla
Compare our results to some of your favorite websites and let us know about any ways we can improve (or any new tests to try!).
Compare Cloud
Cloud pricing makes sense for certain on-demand workloads. However, when you check the dedicated monthly pricing owning starts to look a lot more appealing than renting. The average time between replacements for most servers is between 4-10 years. The following chart shows our usual one-time price of a hardware purchase versus the monthly rate of the three major cloud providers.
# of vCPUs | Cynical Optimist | Microsoft Azure | Google C.P. | Amazon EC2 |
4 | $1391 | $178 | $97 | $134 |
8 | $1535 | $357 | $194 | $219 |
16 | $2713 | $1450 | $388 | $412 |
24 | $3731 | $2678 | Nope | Nope |
32 | $3814 | Nope | $776 | $3997 |
48 | $5400 | Nope | Nope | Nope |
64 | $5865 | Nope | $1553 | Nope |
This doesn’t begin to touch on the benefits of hosting your data personally such as improved physical security, improved local latency, never having to worry if you’re online to access your own data, and the knowledge that your business’ foundation is set completely under your control. We’ll help you start your process of vertical integration by jump-starting your own IT department and providing support set on your terms.
We can also host copies of your data redundantly distributed off of your premises that are transferred and stored 100% securely. Even we can’t read them.
Compare Hardware
These are the closest available apples to apples comparisons to our “baseline” designs via our competitor’s online configurations (quotes circa February 2019 – check with us for updates).
Cynical Optimist | Dell | HP |
Node 3 $1002 4C (3.1-3.4GHz) 8GB ECC DDR4 2x250GB SSD Radeon RX 550 (640 Stream Cores/2GB GDDR5) | Precision 3630 $1029 4C (3.2GHz) 8GB ECC DDR4 2x256GB SSD Radeon Pro WX2100 (512 Stream Cores/2GB GDDR5) | Z240 Workstation $2434 4C (3.3-3.7GHz) 8GB ECC DDR4 2x256GB SSD FirePro W2100 (320 Stream Cores/2GB DDR3) |
Node 7 $2713 8C/16T (3.0-3.7GHz) 32GB ECC DDR4 2x250GB SSD 4x4TB HDD 4x1GB NIC Radeon RX 550 (640 Stream Cores/2GB GDDR5) | Precision 7920 $5700 8C/16T (3.2-3.7GHz) 32GB ECC DDR4 2x256GB SDD 2x4TB HDD 1x1GB NIC Quadro P1000 (640 CUDA Cores/4GB GDDR5) | Z6 G4 Workstation $6838 8C/16T (3.2-3.7GHz) 32GB ECC DDR4 2x256GB SSD 2x4TB HDD 2x1GB NIC FirePro W2100 (320 Stream Cores/2GB DDR3) |
TR Mini $3731 12C/24T (3.5-4.0GHz) 32GB ECC DDR4 2x512GB NVMe 4x4TB HDD 4x1GB NIC Radeon RX 550 (640 Stream Cores/2GB GDDR5) | Precision 7920 $7969 12C/24T (3.2-4.2GHz) 32GB ECC DDR4 2x512GB NVMe 2x4TB HDD 1x1GB NIC Quadro P1000 (640 CUDA Cores/4GB GDDR5) | Z6 G4 Workstation $8925 12C/24T (3.2-4.2GHz) 32GB ECC DDR4 2x512GB NVMe 4x4TB HDD 2x1GB NIC FirePro W2100 (320 Stream Cores/2GB DDR3) |
TR Max $5865 32C/64T (3.0-4.2GHz) 64GB ECC DDR4 2x512GB NVMe 4x4TB HDD 4x1GB NIC Radeon RX 550 (640 Stream Cores/2GB GDDR5) | Precision 7920 $8893 16C/32T+16C/32T (2.1-3.7GHz) 64GB ECC DDR4 2x512GB NVMe 2x4TB HDD 1x1GB NIC Quadro P1000 (640 CUDA Cores/4GB GDDR5) | Z6 G4 Workstation $14065 16C/32T+16C/32T (2.6-3.7GHz) 64GB ECC DDR4 2x512GB NVMe 4x4TB HDD 2x1GB NIC FirePro W2100 (320 Stream Cores/2GB DDR3) |