AWS vs Azure vs GCP: A Brief Comparison [by PKV]

Category Service

Shared Web hosting Azure shared App Services

Virtual Server Amazon EC2 Azure Virtual Machine Compute Engine

Bare Metal Server Amazon EC2 Bare Metal Instance (Preview) Azure Bare Metal Servers (Large Instance Only for SAP Hana)

Virtual Dedicated Host Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts Azure Dedicated Host Sole Tenant Node (Beta)

Container Registration Service Amazon EC2 Container Registry Azure Container Registry Container Registry

Amazon EC2 Container Service Amazon Elastic Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS),
Container Management Service Kubernetes Engine
Container Service for Kubernetes (EKS) Azure Container Instances
Compute

Azure Service Fabric,

FaaS AWS Lambda Google Cloud Functions
Azure Functions Event Grid

Virtual Private Servers Amazon Lightsail Azure App Service Environment

Auto Scaling Auto Scaling Azure Autoscale Virtual Machine Scale Sets Auto Scaler

Batch Jobs AWS Batch Azure Batch Preemptible VMs

App Development/ Deployment (Java /.Net

AWS Elastic Beanstalk Azure Web Apps Azure Cloud Services Google App engine
/PHP /Python)

Event Driven Computing AWS Lambda Azure Functions Event Grid Cloud Functions

Object Storage Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) Azure Blob Storage Cloud Storage

Azure Page Blobs / Premium Storage,

Virtual Machine Disk Storage Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS) Persistent Disk
Managed Disks

File Storage (SMB

Storage Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) Azure File Storage File Store
Compatible)

Azure Archive Storage, Cloud Storage,

Long Term Cold Storage Amazon Glacier
Azure Cool Storage Archival Storage (NEARLINE & COLDLINE)

Hybrid Storage/Storage Gateway AWS Storage Gateway Azure Storsimple

Azure SQL Database,

SQL Server Stretch Database,
Amazon Aurora, Cloud SQL,
Relational Database Management Service Azure Database for MySQL,
Amazon RDS Cloud Spanner
Azure Database for PostgresSQL,
Azure SQL Database Edge

Amazon DynamoDB,
Amazon DocumentDB(With MongoDB Azure CosmosDB,
Cloud Datastore,
Non Relational Database Management Service Compatability), Table Storage,
Cloud BigTable
Database Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX), Azure Time Series Insights
Amazon Neptune

Timeseries Database Amazon DynamoDB Azure Time Series Insights Cloud BigTable

In-Memory Data Store Amazon ElastiCache Azure RedisCache Cloud MemoryStore (Beta)

Data Warehousing Amazon Redship Azure SQL Data Warehouse BigQuery

Database Migration Services AWS Database Migration Service Azure Database Migration Service (Preview)

Site Recovery,
Server Migration Services AWS Server Migration Service
Azure Websites Migration Assistant

AWS
Small Scale Data Transfer Service Azure Import/Export
Import/Export
Migration Services

Large Scale Data Transfer Solution (Petabyte Scale AWS Snowball

Large Scale Data Transfer Solution (Terabyte Scale) AWS Snowball Edge Azure Data Box (Preview) Transfer Appliance (Beta)

Large Scale Data Transfer Solution (Exabyte Scale) AWS Snowmobile

Application Discovery Services Application Discovery Services Application Discovery Service Azure Active Directory

Virtual Networking Amazon VPC Azure VNet Cloud Virtual Network

Networking & Content Delivery Network Gateway Amazon VPN Azure VPN Gateway Cloud VPN

Content Delivery Network Amazon CloudFront Azure CDN Cloud CDN

Networking & Content Delivery Amazon Route 53 Azure DNS Cloud DNS
Networking
Global Traffic Management Amazon Route 53 Traffic Flow Azure Traffic Manager

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Category Service

Hybrid Cloud Hybrid Cloud AWS Outposts Azure Arc Anthos

AWS Direct Connect,

Private Connectivity Azure Express Route Cloud InterConnect
AWS Private Link
Networking & Content Delivery

Load Balancers Elastic Load Balancing Azure Load Balancer Cloud Load Balancing

AWS Cloud9,
AWS Code Star, Azure Boards,
AWS CodeCommit, Azure Pipelines,
Cloud Software Development Kit AWS CodeBuild, Azure Repos, Cloud Source Repositories Cloud Build
AWS CodeDeploy, Azure Test Plans,
AWS CodePipeline, Azure Artifacts
Developer Tools AWS X-Ray

Cloud SDK Cloud Tools for IntelliJ,

Cloud Tools for Android Studio,
Cloud Software Development Kit AWS SDK Azure SDK Visual Studio
Cloud Tools for Powershell,
Google Plugin for Eclipse

Server Management Services Amazon EC2 Systems Manager Azure Operational Insights

AWS Azure Resource Manager, Cloud Resource Manager,

Cloud Deployment Templates/ Infra as Code
CloudFormation Azure Building Blocks Cloud Deployment Manager

Google StackDriver,
Monitoring,
Log Analytics,
Amazon CloudWatch, Logging,
Logging & Monitoring Azure portal,
AWS CloudTrail Error Reporting,
Application Insights
Trace,
Debugger

Cloud Security Scanner,

Resource / Configuration Inventory AWS Config Azure portal (audit logs) Cloud Data Loss Prevention Api,
Access Transparency (Beta)

Resource Manager,
Management Tools Server Automation AWS OpsWorks Azure Automation,
VM Extentions

Server Automation AWS Service Catalog

Azure Advisor,
Cloud Cost / Performance / Security Advisor AWS Trusted Advisor Google Cloud Platform Security
Azure Cost Management

Azure Monitor,
Alerts and Remediation guidance Service AWS Personal Health Dashboard
Azure Operations Management Suite (OMS)

Azure Command Line Interface, Cloud Shell,

AWS Command Line Interface, AWS Management Azure Powershell, Cloud Console,
Cloud Management Tools
Console Azure Management Console, Billing,
Azure Cloud Shell API Cloud APIs

Automated Infra Management Services AWS Managed Services

Azure Site Recovery,

Disaster Recovery Services Automated Disaster Recovery Services AWS Disaster Recovery
Azure Backup

Cloud IAM,
Identity & Access Management AWS Identity and Access Management(IAM) Azure Active Directory
Cloud Identity- Aware Proxy

Cloud Security Assessment Service Amazon Inspector Gaurd Duty Azure Security Center

Secured Socket Layer (SSL) Certificates AWS Certificate Manager App Service Certificate

AWS Cloud HSM,

Hardware Based Security Module Azure Key Vault Cloud Key Management Service
AWS Secrets Manager

Azure Active Directory,

Cloud IAM,
Azure Active Directory B2C,
Directory Services AWS Directory Services Cloud Identity- Aware Proxy,
Azure Active DirectoryDomain Services,
Security Key Enforcement
Azure Active Directory Multi Factor Authentication
Security & Identity, Compliance

Key Management Services AWS Key Management Service Azure Key Vault Cloud Key Management Service

Consolidated Management of Multiple Cloud Accounts AWS Organisations Azure Management Groups

DDos Protection Service AWS Shield Azure DDoS Protection Cloud Armor (Beta)

Web Application Firewall AWS WAF Azure WAF

Security & Compliance Service AWS Firewall Manager Azure Firewall Manager

Security & Compliance Service AWS Artifact Azure Security & Compliance Cloud Security Command Center (Alpha)

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Category Service

Big Data Query as a Service Amazon Athena Azure Data Lake Analytics BigQuery

Big Data Managed Cluster as a Service Amazon EMR Azure HDInsight Cloud DataProc

Amazon CloudSearch,
Cloud Search Azure Search
Amazon Elastic Search Service

Amazon Kinesis, Azure Stream Analytics,

Streaming Service Cloud Dataflow
Big Data & Advanced Analytics Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Azure Event Hub

Data Warehouse Amazon Red Shift Azure SQL Data Warehouse BigQuery

Business Intelligence & Data Visualization Amazon QuickSight PowerBI Google Data Studio (Beta)

AWS Data Pieline, Azure Data Factory,

Cloud DataPrep (Private Beta),
Cloud ETL AWS Glue, Azure Data Catalog,
Cloud Composer (Beta)
Amazon Simple Workflow Service(SWF) Logic Apps

LUIS (Language Understanding Intelligent Service), Natural Language API,

Amazon Lex,
Language Processing AI Azure Bot Service, Cloud Text-to- Speech (Beta),
Amazon Comprehend
Azure Speech Recognition API DialogFlow Enterprise Edition (Beta)

Amazon Polly,
Translation API,
Speech Recognition AI Amazon Transcribe, Bing Speech API
Speech API
Amazon Translate

Artificial Intelligence
Emotion API,
Vision API,
Image Recognition AI Amazon Rekognition Face API,
Cloud Video Intelligence
Computer Vision API

Azure Machine Learning,

Cloud DataLab,
Azure Machine Learning,
Machine Learning Amazon Machine Learning Amazon Sage Marker Cloud AutoML (Alpha),
Workbench,
Cloud Machine Learning Services
Azure Machine Learning Model Management

Mobile App Development Services AWS Mobile Hub Azure Mobile Apps Cloud Mobile App

Web API Management Service Amazon API Gateway Azure API Management Cloud Endpoints

Web/Mobile Authentication Services Amazon Cognito Azure Mobile SDK,Offline/Sync Firebase Authentication

Consolidated Mgmt of Multiple Cloud Accounts Amazon Pinpoint Azure Mobile Engagement

Xamarin Test Cloud (Front End),

Mobile Services Mobile App Testing Service AWS Device Farm Cloud Test Lab
Azure DevTest Labs (Back End)

Mobile App Software Development Toolkit AWS Mobile SDK Azure Mobile SDK Cloud Tools for Android Studio

Microsoft Flow,
Logic App,
Application Services AWS Step Functions Azure Function, App Engine
Event Grid,
Azure App Service WebJobs

Mobile App Analytics Amazon Mobile Analytics Hockey App Firebase Analytics

Apigee API Platform,

API Monitization,
API
Amazon API Gateway Azure API Management API Analytics,
Management Service
Apigee Sense,
Cloud Endpoints

Amazon Elastic Transcoder,

AWS Elemental Media Convert, Azure Media Services,
AWS Elemental Media Live, Live On Demand Streaming,
Media Transcoders AWS Elemental Media Package, Azure Media Player,
AWS Elemental Media Store, Content Protection,
AWS Elemental Media Tailor, Media Analytics
Amazon Kinesis Video Streams

Service Bus queues,

Amazon SQS, Queue Storage,
Queuing Services Cloud Pub/Sub
Amazon MQ Service Bus topics,
Application Services Service Bus relay

Mobile Analytics Amazon Pinpoint Mobile Engagement

Email Services Amazon SES

Notification Services Amazon SNS Azure Notification Services Firebase Cloud Messaging

Blockchain,
Amazon Managed Blockchain,
Blockchain Services Blockchain Workbench, Ethereum
Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB)
Azure Blockchain Tokens

Chatbot Lex Chatbots Azure Bot Service Dialogflow

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Category Service

Amazon WorkDocs,
Office Document Solutions Microso Office 365 G Suite
Amazon Workmail
Business Productivity

Desktop Application Streaming Amazon Appstream 2.0

Software MarketPlace Cloud Marketplace AWS Marketplace Azure MarketPlace Cloud Launcher

Azure IoT Platform, Cloud IoT Core (Beta),

IoT Platform AWS IoT Platform
Azure IoT Hub Google Cloud IoT

Internet of Things Azure IoT SDK,

IoT Development Solutions AWS Greengrass
Azure IoT Edge

IoT Hardware AWS IoT Button Azure Sphere

Game Development Game Development Amazon Lumberyard Visual Studio

Robotics Development Robotics Development AWS RoboMaker

Development & Testing Development & Testing AWS Dev/Test Azure Dev/Test

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