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AWS Vs Azure Vs GCP

This document compares AWS, Azure, and GCP across key cloud computing services like compute, storage, databases, and networking. It finds that while AWS has the largest market share and most availability zones, GCP has the most customer-friendly pricing models and highest growth rate. Overall, the best provider depends on factors like an organization's needs, existing technology stack, and pricing priorities.

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AWS Vs Azure Vs GCP

This document compares AWS, Azure, and GCP across key cloud computing services like compute, storage, databases, and networking. It finds that while AWS has the largest market share and most availability zones, GCP has the most customer-friendly pricing models and highest growth rate. Overall, the best provider depends on factors like an organization's needs, existing technology stack, and pricing priorities.

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AWS Vs Azure Vs GCP – Comparative Analysis

The top three brands that govern the market will be compared based on the most common cloud
services:

• Compute
• Storage
• Database
• Networking and Content Delivery
• Availability zone

Top Features AWS Azure GCP

Amazon EC2- 99.5%


annual uptime Amazon
SLA (Service Level
S3 – A monthly uptime 99.9% uptime 99.95% monthly uptime
Agreement) availability
of at least 99.9% for a
billing cycle

Max processors in Virtual


128 nos 128 nos 96 nos
Machines

Maximum Memory in
3904GiB 3800GiB 1433GiB
Virtual Machines

Marketplace AWS marketplace Azure marketplace G Suite Marketplace

Core OS, Windows,


SLES, Windows, CentOS, Windows, SLES, CoreOS,
Supported OS SLES, Cloud Linux,
Oracle Linux, etc FreeBSD, etc
Ubuntu, etc
Feature by Feature Comparison
Compute

This is one of the most fundamental roles in dealing with computing workloads. A cloud service
provider should be able to scale a considerable number of nodes in a fraction of minutes. On the
basis of computing, the top comparisons are:

Service AWS Azure GCP

Maintaining and
EC2 VM & VM scale sets Compute Engine
managing virtual servers

PaaS Elastic Beanstalk Cloud services Google App engine

Easing of virtual private Lightsail (Easy to use


Virtual Machine Image –
servers Cloud Platform)

Container Deployment – Container service Container Engine

Running backend &


Lambda Event Grid & Web Jobs Cloud Beta Functions
system integration

Container register EC2 registry Container registry Container registry


Storage

This is yet another important function and is related to data storage. Based on services, the
comparisons are enlisted below:

Storage service AWS


Azure GCP

Hybrid storage Storage gateway StorSimple Egnyte Sync

Snowball edge,
Data Box &
Bulk data transfers Import/Export disk & Storage transfer service
Import/Export
Snow Mobile

Cold Archive storage &


Back-up solutions Backup –
Storage gateway

Disaster recovery Disaster recovery Site recovery –

Database

A Database comparison is essential for database workloads. The below table provides the perfect
comparison of the database domain.

Database services AWS Azure Azure

Caching ElastiCache RedisCache CloudCDN

Object Storage S3 Blobs and files Cloud storage block

Block storage EBS Page Blobs Persistent disks

Indexed NoSQL DynamoDB Cosmos DB Datastore, Big table

Database migration Database migration


Database migration –
services services
Networking Service

Networking service AWS Azure GCP

Virtual Network Amazon VPC Virtual Networks Virtual Private cloud

Elastic load balancer Elastic load balancer Load balancer Cloud load balancing

DNS Amazon Route 53 Azure DNS Google Cloud DNS

Google cloud
Peering Direct Connect ExpressRoute
interconnect

Pricing

Machine Type AWS Azure GCP

Instance with 2 vCPUs 2 virtual CPUs and 8 GB


2 virtual CPUs and 8 GB
and 8 GB of RAM, in of RAM at a 25 percent
Smallest Instance of RAM will cost nearly
Azure, costing cheaper rate costing
US$69 per month
US$70/month US$52/month

3.84 TB of RAM and 128 3.89 TB of RAM and 128 3.75 TB of RAM and 160
Largest Instance vCPUs will cost around vCPUs. It costs around vCPUs. It will cost close
US$3.97/hour US$6.79/hour to US$5.32/hour

Very recently, AWS started offering pay-per-minute billing which Azure already is using while
Google charges with the Pay-per-second billing model letting users save more compared to AWS
and Azure.

Availablity Zones

AWS is the oldest hence it has had more time to expand its network. AWS is hosting in multiple
locations along with GCP and Azure but there is a difference in the availability zones:

• At present, AWS has 66 availability zones with 12 on the anvil.


• Azure caters to 54 regions worldwide and is available in 140 countries.
• GCP is available in 20 regions around the world with 3 more on their way.
Key Takeaways

What’s best for you:

It’s time to now wrap up this comparison journey by taking a look at the most important points
that will help you get the large picture.

1. Establishment– AWS is the clear winner as it has a head start of 5 years over its counterparts.
2. Growth Rate– Here the winner is GCP as it is currently clocking growth rate close to 100%.
3. Market Share– Hands down goes to AWS with a 33% market share.
4. Brands– With several top companies using all three, it is a tie between them.
5. Availability zone– Clear winner is AWS with a greater number of regions and availability zones.
6. Pricing model– the presence of customer-friendly pricing models and discounts makes GCP the clear
winner.
7. Services– AWS leads the way with the volumes of services provided but with respect to the integration
with open-source and on-site platforms Azure leads the pack.

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