Part 8: AWS vs Azure vs GCP Comparision.
Lets have a look at various major differences between AWS, AZURE, and GCP, the top three cloud technologies dominant in market nowadays.
Difference between AWS, Azure and GCP
| AWS | AZURE | GCP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market Share | 32% | 20% | 9% |
| Total Revenue for 2021 | Over 56 billion | Over 60 billion | Over 6.7 billion |
| Availability Zones | 80 Availability Zones with 25 regions | 60+ regions and each region has at least 3 availability zones. | 76 Availability zones in 25 regions |
| Top Consumers | Netflix, Coco-Cola, McDonalds, Adobe, Unilever | Samsung, HP, Pixer, BMW | Paypal, Twitter, P&G, King Digital |
| Compute Services | AWS claims to provide 99.5 % uptime. | Azure provides hybrid cloud capabilities | Comparatively cheaper compared to AWS/Azure |
| Storage Services | S3 for object storage, EFS for file storage, and EBS for block storage. | Azure also provides object, file, disk, queue and table storage. | Cloud Storage for object Storage, Persistent disk for block storage, file store for file storage. |
| Data Backup | Glaciar | Azure Backup | No Backup Service Yet |
| Billing – Pay as you go Structure | Charges per hour | Charges per minute | Charges per second |
There are many other differences however that we will understand after we start working on the platforms. It usually happen that a Compute engine is cheaper on one, and Storage is cheaper on another, and database is cheaper on third one. So it all depends on your requirement.