Cloud Providers Services Comparison

Marketplace

Easy-to-deploy and automatically configured third-party applications

AWS Marketplace

Azure Marketplace

GCP Marketplace

Data Warehouses

Data warehouse services designed for large structured datasets

Redshift

Synapse Analytics

BigQuery

Streaming & Analytics

Tools to run parallel analytics on real-time streaming data

Kinesis

Stream Analytics

Cloud Dataflow

Data Lake

Services for storage of massive amounts of unstructured data

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Data Lake Store

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Big Data Sharing

Simple and safe services for sharing big data

Lake Formation

Data Share

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Big Data Processing

Tools for data processing jobs using Hadoop clusters

Elastic MapReduce (EMR)

HDInsight , Data Explorer , Azure Databricks

Dataproc , Dataflow

Streaming Data Ingestion

Fully managed services for the capture, transformation, and loading of streaming data

Data Firehose

Event Hub

Cloud Pub/Sub

Genomics Processing

Platform for uploading, processing, and searching petabytes of genomics data

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Genomics

Standard Compute Services

Access to virtual instances

Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Virtual Machines

Compute Engine

Managed Backends

Services to handle deployment, provisioning, and load balancing while still giving control of the resources underneath

Elastic Beanstalk

App Service

App Engine

Serverless

Services that let the user run individual functions without provisioning or managing the underlying servers

Lambda

Functions

Cloud Functions

Microservices

Platforms to help package, deploy, and manage microservices

Step Functions

Service Fabric

App Engine

Containers

Services to help run, configure, and manage containerized applications

Elastic Container Service (ECS) , Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (EKS) , Fargate

Kubernetes Service (AKS) , Container Instances

Kubernetes Engine

Container Registry

Services for storing private container images

EC2 Container Registry

Container Registry

Container Registry

Auto-Scaling

Services for automatically scaling groups of hosts up or down in response to demand

Auto Scaling

Autoscale

Autoscaling

Auto-Scaling Groups

Terms for the VM groups that are managed by auto scaling rules

Auto Scaling Groups

Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Instance groups

Batch Processing

Services to automatically manage large-scale batch processing jobs

AWS Batch

Azure Batch

Cloud Dataflow

Bidding

Services offering lower prices on spare instances when available

EC2 Spot Instances

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Simplified Compute Services

Access to virtual machine instances, but with less complexity and better ease-of-use

Lightsail

App Service

App Engine

HPC Management

Create, manage, operate, and optimize HPC and big compute clusters of any scale

Parallel Cluster

CycleCloud

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Cloud Storage

Services for general purpose data storage

Simple Storage Service (S3)

Blob Storage

Cloud Storage

On-Prem to Cloud Hybrid Storage

Services to connect on-prem storage with cloud-based storage

Storage Gateway

StorSimple

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SQL Service

Services to set up, operate, and scale a relational database

Relational Database Service (RDS)

SQL Database , Database for PostgreSQL

Cloud SQL

Cold Data

Inexpensive, long-term data storage services with longer retrieval times

Glacier, S3

Storage Archive Access tier, Storage Cool tier

Archival Cloud Storage (Nearline, Coldline)

NoSQL

NoSQL cloud database services

DocumentDB , DynamoDB , SimpleDB

Cosmos DB

Cloud Datastore , Cloud Bigtable

Cache

Services to deploy, operate, and scale an in-memory cache in the cloud

ElastiCache

Cache for Redis

Memcache

Disk Storage

Services to access disk storage in the cloud

Elastic Block Store (EBS)

Managed Disks

Persistent Disk

Application Messaging

Services to handle event streams and messaging between independent applications or microservices

Simple Queue Service (SQS) , Amazon EventBridge

Queue Storage , Service Bus , Event Grid

PubSub

Hybrid SQL and NoSQL

Table storage services that support both SQL and NoSQL-like queries

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Cosmos DB

Cloud Spanner

Data Orchestration

Tools to manage the movement of data from one storage or processing service to another

Data Pipeline , Glue

Data Factory

Cloud Dataflow

Serverless Query Service

Serverless products for the analysis of stored data with SQL queries

Athena

Data Lake Analytics

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SQL Elastic Pool

Services designed to reduce costs by sharing compute and storage resources across multiple isolated databases

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SQL Elastic Pool

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Shared Files

Provides a simple interface to create and configure file systems quickly, and share common files

Elastic File System

File Storage

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Git

Services for hosting private Git repositories

CodeCommit

DevOps

Cloud Source Repositories

Code Building

Tools for compiling, testing, and packaging code for deploy

CodeBuild

DevOps

Container Builder

Code Deployment

Tools to automate code deployments

CodeDeploy

DevOps

Cloud Build

CI/CD Pipeline Management

Tools to automate the code development pipeline

CodePipeline

DevOps

Cloud Build

App Development Tools

Supplementary services to aid in the app development process, such as crash reporting and analytics

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HockeyApp

Debugger and Error Reporting

Dev Environment

Services used to provision dev/test environments quickly

Device Farm

Azure DevTest Labs

Test Lab

Integrated Development Environment

Cloud-based environments for writing and debugging code

Cloud9

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Command Line

Built on top of the native REST API across all cloud services, various programming language-specific wrappers provide easier ways to create solutions

Command Line Interface

CLI, Power Shell

Gcloud SDK

Migration Services

Tools for migrating servers and databases from on-prem to cloud storage

Database Migration Service , Server Migration Service

Database Migration Service

Storage Transfer Service

Application Discovery

Tools to automatically detect on-prem applications and their dependencies

Application Discovery Service

Migrate

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Appliance-Based Migration

Petabyte-scale data transfer services using physical appliances

Snowball, Snowmobile

Data Box

Google Transfer Appliance

Migration Management

Tools focused on visualizing and organizing a migration

Migration Hub

Migrate

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On-Premise Backup and Recovery

Services designed to back up on-prem data with cloud storage

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Backup Vault, Recovery Services

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File System

File storage systems that emphasize standardization across hybrid environments

Elastic File System (EFS) , Elastic File Sync

File Storage

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Hybrid SQL

Services to create hybrid on-prem and cloud SQL databases

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SQL Server Stretch Database

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IoT Platforms

Cloud platforms to connect IoT devices with applications

AWS IoT , IoT Device Management

IoT Hub

Cloud IoT Core

IoT Analytics

Tools to visualize and analyze IoT data

IoT Things Graph

Digital Twins

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Local IoT Functionality

Tools to provide familiar cloud functionality to offline IoT devices

Greengrass

IoT Edge

Edge TPU

Machine Learning

Managed services to create machine learning models

Machine Learning , SageMaker

Machine Learning

Machine Learning Services

Natural Language Processing

Tools to derive meaning from language and enable bot conversations

Lex , Comprehend

Language Understanding (LUIS)

Natural Language API

Image Recognition

Tools to detect objects, scenes, and faces in images

Rekognition , Rekognition Video

Cognitive Services

Vision API

Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)

Tools to convert speech into text

Lex , Transcribe

Speech Services

Speech API

Text-to-Speech

Tools to convert text into speech

Polly

Bing Speech API

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Translation

Tools to translate text across languages

Translate

Cognitive Services

Translation API

Bot Management

Tools to build, connect, deploy, and manage bots

SageMaker

Bot Framework

Dialogflow

Mobile Development Center

Ecosystems for simplifying the development of mobile applications

Mobile Hub , Mobile SDK

App Center

Firebase

Mobile App Analytics

Tools to collect and act on mobile app usage statistics

Mobile Analytics

App Center

Firebase

Mobile App Testing

Provides services to support testing mobile applications

Device Farm

App Center

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Search

Search functionality as a service for web or mobile apps

CloudSearch

Search Services

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Workflow Management

Tools to design visual workflows that manage an app's logical flow through various functions or integrations

Simple Workflow Service (SWF)

Logic Apps

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Push Notifications

Push notification functionality as a service

Simple Notification Service (SNS)

Notification Hubs

Pub/Sub

User Engagement Platforms

Services that run targeted campaigns to drive user engagement in mobile apps

Pinpoint

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User Sign Ins

Services to add user sign-ups and sign-ins within apps

Cognito

Azure Active Directory

Cloud IAM

Desktop App Streaming

Services to make desktop apps accessible from browsers

AppStream

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Infrastructure Monitoring

Infrastructure performance monitoring tools

CloudWatch

Azure Monitor

Operations (fka Stackdriver)

Application Performance Monitoring

Tools for collecting and visualizing end-to-end traces of requests on an application

X-Ray

Application Insights

Cloud Operations

Billing

Tools to better predict and control the costs and bills associated with cloud provider services

Billing, Cost Explorer

Billing

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Logs

Tools to collect and store log data and events

Cloudwatch Logs

Log Analytics

Cloud Operations Logging

Billing

Tools to better predict and control the costs and bills associated with cloud provider services

Usage and Billing Report

Billing API

Billing API

Advisors

Tools to analyze and optimize a cloud environment for security, performance, and cost effectiveness

Trusted Advisor

Advisor

Recommendations

Management Console

A unified management console that simplifies building, deploying, and operating your cloud resources

Management Console

Portal

Cloud Console

API Management

Tools to create and manage APIs

API Gateway

API Apps (to create) or API Management (to manage)

Cloud Endpoints

Resource Management

Tools to define, provision, and manage compute resources

CloudFormation

Resource Manager , Deployment Manager

Deployment Manager, Cloud Console, Resource Manager

Resource Health

Provides detailed information about the health of resources as well as recommended actions for maintaining resource health

Personal Health Dashboard

Resource Health

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Resource Management Shell

Interactive, authenticated, browser-accessible shell for managing resources

CloudShell

Cloud Shell

Cloud Shell

Configuration Management

Tools for automated configuration and instance management

OpsWorks

Automation

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Service Catalog

Tools for creating catalogs of IT services like VM images, software, or databases that are approved for use

Service Catalog

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Cost Optimization

Optimize cloud costs while maximizing cloud potential

Cost Explorer

Cost Management

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Business Intelligence

Services to visualize and analyze business data

QuickSight

Power BI

Datastudio

Virtual Network

Services providing isolated virtual private networks within a major cloud service

Virtual Private Cloud

Virtual Network

Virtual Private Cloud

Cross-Premises Connectivity

Connects cloud virtual networks to cloud Azure virtual networks, or customer on-premises networks (Site To Site)

VPN Gateway

VPN Gateway

Cloud VPN Gateway

Load Balancing

Services to automatically distribute load across various resources based on application or network metrics (including DNS, Application, and Transport Layers)

Elastic Load Balancing , Application Load Balancer

Load Balancer , Traffic Manager , Application Gateway

Load Balancing

Global Traffic Management

Join your distributed microservices architectures into a single global application using HTTP load balancing and path-based routing rules

Global Accelerator

Front Door

Global Load Balancing

CDN

Global content delivery network services to manage the delivery of web content to users

CloudFront

CDN

CDN

Cloud Provider Connection

Tools to create a dedicated network connection from on-premise to the cloud provider

Direct Connect

ExpressRoute

Interconnect

DNS

Scalable cloud Domain Name System (DNS) web services

Route 53

DNS

DNS

Video and Media Services

Collections of tools related to storing and streaming video content

Media Services , Elemental Media Tailor

Media Services

Media Solutions

Identity and Access Management

Tools to control user access and privileges

IAM , Cognito

Azure Active Directory , Azure RBAC

IAM

Key Management

Tools to store and manage encryption keys

Key Management Service

Key Vault

Cloud Key Management Service

Security Visibility

Tools to visualize and manage the status of other cloud resources

Inspector

Security Center

Security Command Center

DDoS Protection

Provides cloud services with protection from distributed denial of services (DDoS) attacks

Shield

DDoS Protection Service

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Vulnerability Scanner

Tools for automated detection of security vulnerabilities

GuardDuty , Inspector

Advanced Threat Protection

Security Scanner

SSL/TLS Certificates

Tools for provisioning, managing, and deploying SSL/TLS certificates

Certificate Manager

App Service Certificates

SSL Certificates

Compliance Reports

Portal to access compliance reports and online agreements

Artifact

Service Trust Portal

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Web App Firewall

Tools to customize security rules and protect from DDoS attacks on web apps

Web Application Firewall & Shield

Web Application Firewall

Firewall

Identity-Aware Proxy

Tools to guard access to an application via a proxy that verifies identity

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Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy

Security Keys

Services to enforce two-step verification via a physical security key

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Security Key Enforcement

Backend process logic

Cloud technology to build distributed applications using out-of-the-box connectors to reduce integration challenges

Step Functions

Logic Apps

Composer

Enterprise application services

Fully integrated Cloud service providing communications, email, document management in the cloud and available on a wide variety of devices

WorkMail, WorkDocs

Microsoft 365

G Suite

Gaming

Managed services for hosting dedicated game servers

GameLift , GameSparks

PlayFab

Game Servers

Media transcoding

Services that offer broadcast-quality video streaming services, including various transcoding technologies

Elastic Transcoder

Media Services

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Workflow

Serverless technology for connecting apps, data and devices anywhere, whether on-premises or in the cloud for large ecosystems of SaaS and cloud-based connectors

Simple Workflow Service (SWF)

Logic Apps

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Hybrid

Hybrid cloud platform that enables you to run cloud services in your company's or service provider's datacenter

Outposts

Stack

Anthos

Media

Cloud-based media workflow platform to index, package, protect, and stream video at scale

Elemental MediaConvert

Media Services

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Blockchain

Fully managed ledger service that enables users the ability to grow and operate blockchain networks at scale

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Blockchain Service

Digital Asset