Offered By |
Google |
Amazon |
Computing Service |
Google Compute Engine API (IaaS), App Engine (PaaS), Kubernetes Engine (Container), Cloud Functions (Serverless Functions) |
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (IaaS), Elastic Beanstalk(PaaS), Elastic Compute Cloud Container Service (Container), AWS Lambda (Serverless Functions) |
Database Services |
Google Cloud SQL (RDBMS), Google Cloud Datastore, Google Cloud Bigtable (NoSQL Key–Value), Google Cloud Datastore (NoSQL: Indexed) |
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDBMS), Amazon DynamoDB (NoSQL Key–Value), Amazon SimpleDB (NoSQL Indexed) |
Storage Services |
Google Cloud Storage (Object Storage), Google Compute Engine Persistent Disks (Block Storage), ZFS/Avere (File Storage), Google Cloud Storage Nearline (Cold Storage) |
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Object Storage), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Block Storage), Amazon Elastic File System (File Storage), Amazon Glacier (Cold Storage) |
Management Services |
Stackdriver Monitoring (Monitoring), Google Cloud Deployment Manager (Deployment) |
Amazon CloudWatch (Monitoring), AWS CloudFormation (Deployment) |
Network Services |
Virtual Private Cloud, Google Cloud Load Balancing, Google Cloud Interconnect, Google Cloud DNS |
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, Elastic Load Balancer, Direct Connect, Amazon Route 53 |
Customization of instances |
Google Cloud Platform provides a wide range of customization for any Instance |
AWS provides limited customization. |
Pricing |
Google charges per minute basis |
Amazon charges per hour basis |
Cost |
Google free tiers have no time limit. GCP provides $300 worth credit that can be used across all services. Hence, GCP is comparatively cheaper. |
Amazon free tiers have a maximum validity of 12 months and later charges as per usage. Hence, AWS is costlier. |
Downtime |
GCP had reported more downtime compared to AWS |
AWS had reported lesser downtime compared to GCP which makes it a clear winner in this case |
Big data support |
Big data analysis tool is AI First |
Big data analysis tool is AWS Lambda. |
AI/ML Support |
Cloud Machine Learning Engine, Dialogflow Enterprise Edition, Cloud Natural Language, Cloud Speech API, Cloud Translation API, Cloud Video Intelligence, Cloud Job Discovery |
Tools offered by AWS for AI/ML are SageMaker, Comprehend, Lex, Polly, Rekognition, Machine Learning, Translate, Transcribe, DeepLens, Deep Learning AMIs, Apache MXNet, TensorFlow |
Availability |
GCP is available in 29 geographic regions and 88 zones worldwide |
AWS is available at 26 geographic regions and 84 zones worldwide |
Companies using |
Spotify, HSBC, Home Depot, Snapchat, Philips, Coca Cola, Domino’s and many more |
Netflix, Twitch, LinkedIn, Facebook, ESPN, Citrix, Expedia and many more |