I am trying to buff up my output before MCM ends so I've taken to the world of cloud computing to see I can get my daily average up. I've used the free trials of Google and Amazon but don't need 1 gig per vCPU and in the search for a better price I found a member on this site recommended Vexxhost. I got a 4CPU virtual server and it worked well enough for a few days so I bought a few more. Then it basically dropped output to zero. Their tech support said I was a power user and their cores are shared so throttling measures were set against me resulting in multiple WUs passing their due dates with "no reply"; 24/7 dropped to 4~6 hours every few days at best. Doing some digging a post from 2011 says they have "a 2% average daily utilization limit" which seems absurd.

I didn't drop too much money, trying to get a refund but after doing some searches (too late on my part, I know) I am doubtful I'll see any of it come back.

Google's "micro" and "small" options are more in my price range but the output must be bad to be named micro or small. Yeah run time is nice but am unsure what the output will be as they don't list GHz for any of their products.

Can I get some recommendations or warning with using cloud servers? Is my experience with throttling common? Are all sites other than HP, Google, Amazon disreputable? I've been searching for reviews on various companies offering cloud services but most reviews are multiple years old.