With the competition heating up in the public cloud service vendors, the addition of new features and a regular drop in the price will decide who the winner is. In this article, we intend to throw light on the mounting competition between AWS, Microsoft’s Azure, and GCP. AWS already has a head start of years over the others, but there is no denying the other two public cloud service providers are not far behind. It is important to compare them to understand which one suits your project the most.
A detailed comparison
Our comparison guide is a thorough take on all the three cloud service providers based on parameters like:
- Compute — The compute services of AWS were offered in 2206 and are still market leaders in providing a wide global infrastructure with a comprehensive set of features in order to run all types of workload. Azure’s compute services also has a relatively good infrastructure that is great in use. GCP also offers a smooth learning curve with the lowest instance as well as usage price.
- Storage — Every cloud service provider out of the three have their own set of capabilities across different functionalities. They all have a good inward with automation and an extensive range of options available. Azure also has a strong foothold in hybrid deployments as well as disaster recovery options. GCP has competitive pricing.
- Database — AWS offers fleeting storage. It is given the moment an instance begins and gets destroyed when it ends. AWS offers block storage equal to hard disks which can be attached to any instance. Azure depends on the D drive, page blobs, and S3 service for archiving service. It supports the NoSQL database and big data. GCP offers temporary disk storage. It is available for Object storage. It supports relational databases through Google Cloud SQL.
- Availability zone — AWS is the oldest hence it had 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. AWS services 66 availability zones and 12 more are to be added. Azure offers 54 zones and is currently available in 140 countries. GCP is presently available in 20 regions and is planning to add three more.
- Pricing — Amazon offers the Pay-as-you-go mechanism that implies that the under will pay for the individual services without the need for any long term licensing. Azure on the other offers much affordable pricing as compared to AWS as they charge on a minute basis. GCP also charges on a minute basis but there are no up-front costs nor are there any termination fees.
Being a renowned IT consulting companywe gathered a lot of information to draw comparison of different features for the parameters are mentioned above:
Conclusion
The different cloud service providers are showing a major role in achieving the impossible for organizations. Businesses too are using their elasticity for diverse use cases like ML in fin-tech, online as well as offline retail, and much more. But, choosing a cloud over the others will depend on your individual organisation's needs.
