Cloud Services Comparison

Compare equivalent services across AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, OVHcloud, Scaleway, and Linode. 55 services across 12 categories.

Category:

Compute

6 services

Service Type
Virtual Machines	Amazon EC2	Azure Virtual Machines	Compute Engine	Compute Instances	Public Cloud Instances	Instances	Compute Instances
Bare Metal	EC2 Bare Metal	Azure Bare Metal	Bare Metal Solution	Bare Metal Compute	Metal Instances	Elastic Metal	Dedicated CPU
GPU/Accelerated Computing	EC2 P5/Trn1/Inf2	Azure ND/NC Series	Cloud GPUs / TPU	GPU Instances	Cloud GPU	GPU Instances	GPU Linodes
Spot/Preemptible Instances	EC2 Spot Instances	Azure Spot VMs	Spot VMs	Preemptible Instances	-	-	-
Autoscaling	EC2 Auto Scaling	VM Scale Sets	Autoscaler	Autoscaling	-	-	-
Batch Processing	AWS Batch	Azure Batch	Cloud Batch	Batch Service	-	Serverless Jobs	-

Containers & Serverless

6 services

Service Type
Kubernetes Service	Amazon EKS	Azure Kubernetes Service	Google Kubernetes Engine	Container Engine (OKE)	Managed Kubernetes	Kubernetes Kapsule	Linode Kubernetes Engine
Container Orchestration	Amazon ECS	Azure Container Apps	Cloud Run	Container Instances	Managed Rancher	Serverless Containers	-
Container Registry	Amazon ECR	Azure Container Registry	Artifact Registry	Container Registry	Managed Private Registry	Container Registry	-
Serverless Containers	AWS Fargate	Azure Container Instances	Cloud Run	Container Instances	-	Serverless Containers	-
Functions as a Service	AWS Lambda	Azure Functions	Cloud Functions	OCI Functions	-	Serverless Functions	-
Event-Driven Architecture	Amazon EventBridge	Azure Event Grid	Eventarc	Events Service	-	Topics and Events	-

Storage

5 services

Service Type
Object Storage	Amazon S3	Azure Blob Storage	Cloud Storage	Object Storage	Object Storage	Object Storage	Object Storage
Block Storage	Amazon EBS	Azure Managed Disks	Persistent Disk	Block Volume	Block Storage	Block Storage	Block Storage
File Storage	Amazon EFS	Azure Files	Filestore	File Storage	-	-	-
Archive Storage	Amazon S3 Glacier	Azure Archive Storage	Cloud Storage Archive	Archive Storage	Cold Archive	Glacier Cold Storage	-
Backup Service	AWS Backup	Azure Backup	Backup and DR	Block Volume Backup	-	-	Backups

Databases

6 services

Service Type
Managed Relational Database	Amazon RDS	Azure SQL Database	Cloud SQL	Database Service	-	-	Managed Databases
PostgreSQL	Amazon RDS PostgreSQL	Azure Database for PostgreSQL	AlloyDB / Cloud SQL	PostgreSQL	PostgreSQL	Managed PostgreSQL	PostgreSQL
MySQL	Amazon RDS MySQL	Azure Database for MySQL	Cloud SQL MySQL	MySQL HeatWave	MySQL	Managed MySQL	MySQL
NoSQL / Document Database	Amazon DynamoDB	Azure Cosmos DB	Firestore	NoSQL Database	MongoDB	Managed MongoDB	-
In-Memory Cache	Amazon ElastiCache	Azure Managed Redis	Memorystore	Cache with Redis	Valkey	Managed Redis	-
Data Warehouse	Amazon Redshift	Azure Synapse Analytics	BigQuery	Autonomous Data Warehouse	ClickHouse	ClickHouse	-

Networking

6 services

Service Type
Virtual Network	Amazon VPC	Azure Virtual Network	Virtual Private Cloud	Virtual Cloud Network	Private Network	VPC	Private Network
Load Balancer	Elastic Load Balancing	Azure Load Balancer	Cloud Load Balancing	Load Balancer	Load Balancer	Load Balancer	NodeBalancers
Content Delivery Network	Amazon CloudFront	Azure Front Door	Cloud CDN	CDN	-	Edge Services	-
DNS Service	Amazon Route 53	Azure DNS	Cloud DNS	DNS	-	Domains and DNS	DNS Manager
Dedicated Connection	AWS Direct Connect	Azure ExpressRoute	Cloud Interconnect	FastConnect	-	InterLink	-
Firewall	AWS WAF / Shield	Azure Firewall	Cloud Armor	Web Application Firewall	-	WAF	Cloud Firewall

AI & Machine Learning

4 services

Service Type
ML Platform	Amazon SageMaker	Azure Machine Learning	Vertex AI	Data Science	AI Training	-	-
Generative AI Platform	Amazon Bedrock	Azure OpenAI Service	Vertex AI / Gemini	Generative AI	AI Endpoints	Generative APIs	-
AI Notebooks	SageMaker Notebooks	Azure Notebooks	Vertex AI Workbench	Data Science Notebooks	AI Notebooks	-	-
AI Model Deployment	SageMaker Inference	Azure ML Endpoints	Vertex AI Prediction	Model Deployment	AI Deploy	Inference	-

Data Analytics

5 services

Service Type
Data Warehouse	Amazon Redshift	Azure Synapse	BigQuery	Autonomous Data Warehouse	ClickHouse	ClickHouse	-
Data Integration/ETL	AWS Glue	Azure Data Factory	Cloud Data Fusion	Data Integration	Data Processing Engine	-	-
Stream Processing	Amazon Kinesis	Azure Stream Analytics	Dataflow	Streaming	Apache Kafka	Apache Kafka	-
Search & Analytics	Amazon OpenSearch	Azure Cognitive Search	Vertex AI Search	Search Service	OpenSearch	-	-
Monitoring/Dashboards	Amazon CloudWatch	Azure Monitor	Cloud Monitoring	Monitoring	Grafana	Cockpit	-

Security & Identity

4 services

Service Type
Identity & Access Management	AWS IAM	Microsoft Entra ID	Cloud IAM	IAM	IAM	IAM	-
Key Management	AWS KMS	Azure Key Vault	Cloud KMS	Vault	-	Key Manager	-
Secrets Management	AWS Secrets Manager	Azure Key Vault	Secret Manager	Vault Secrets	Secret Manager	Secret Manager	-
Security Monitoring	Amazon GuardDuty	Microsoft Defender	Security Command Center	Cloud Guard	Logs Data Platform	-	-

Developer Tools

4 services

Service Type
CI/CD	AWS CodePipeline	Azure DevOps	Cloud Build	DevOps	-	-	-
Infrastructure as Code	AWS CloudFormation	Azure Resource Manager	Deployment Manager	Resource Manager	-	Terraform	-
CLI / SDK	AWS CLI / SDK	Azure CLI / SDK	gcloud CLI / SDK	OCI CLI	-	Scaleway CLI	-
API Gateway	Amazon API Gateway	Azure API Management	Apigee	API Gateway	-	-	-

Management & Monitoring

3 services

Service Type
Monitoring	Amazon CloudWatch	Azure Monitor	Cloud Monitoring	Monitoring	Grafana	Cockpit	-
Logging	CloudWatch Logs	Azure Monitor Logs	Cloud Logging	Logging	Logs Data Platform	Cockpit Logs	-
Cost Management	AWS Cost Explorer	Azure Cost Management	Cost Management	Cost Analysis	-	Cost Manager	-

Migration

3 services

Service Type
Migration Hub	AWS Migration Hub	Azure Migrate	Migration Center	Migration Service	-	-	-
Database Migration	AWS DMS	Azure Database Migration	Database Migration Service	Database Migration	-	-	-
Data Transfer	AWS Snowball	Azure Data Box	Transfer Appliance	Data Transfer	-	-	-

Hybrid & Multi-cloud

3 services

Service Type
Hybrid Cloud Platform	AWS Outposts	Azure Arc	Google Distributed Cloud	Dedicated Region	-	-	-
Multi-cloud Kubernetes	EKS Anywhere	Azure Arc Kubernetes	Anthos	OKE Anywhere	Managed Rancher	Kubernetes Kosmos	-
Backup & Disaster Recovery	AWS Backup	Azure Site Recovery	Backup and DR	Disaster Recovery	-	-	Backups

Data sourced from official cloud provider documentation. Last verified: January 2025.

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