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Public Cloud Services Comparison

(March 18th,2019)
Category Service

Compute Shared Web Azure shared Web hosting Web Hosting

hosting App Services services Simple
Application
Server

Compute Virtual Server Amazon EC2 Azure Virtual Compute Classic Compute Alibaba ECS
Machine Engine Virtual Server
Virtual Server
for VPC
Power
Systems
Virtual
Servers

Compute Bare Metal Amazon EC2 Azure Bare Metal Bare Metal Bare Metal ECS Bare
Server Bare Metal Servers (Large Servers Servers Metal
Instance Instance Only for Instance
(Preview) SAP Hana)

Compute Virtual Amazon EC2 Sole Tenant Dedicated Dedicated Dedicated

Dedicated Host Dedicated Hosts Node (Beta) Virtual Compute Host
Servers Classic
Infrastructure
(VSi)

Compute Container Amazon EC2 Azure Container Container IBM Cloud Oracle Cloud Container
Registration Container Registry Registry Container Infrastructure Registry
Service Registry Registry Registry

Compute Container Amazon EC2 Azure Kubernetes IBM Cloud Container Container
Management Container Kubernetes Engine Kubernetes Engine for Service
Service Service Service (AKS) Service Kubernetes Container
Amazon Elastic Azure Container IBM Cloud (OKE) Service for
Container Instances Openshi Kubernetes
Service for Service
Kubernetes
(EKS)

Compute Micro Services AWS Lambda Azure Service Google Cloud IBM Cloud Oracle Function
App Fabric Functions Functions Functions Compute
Development Azure Functions
Platform Event Grid

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Compute Virtual Private Amazon Azure App Classic Simple

Servers Lightsail Service Virtual Server Application
Environment Virtual Server Server
for VPC

Compute Auto Scaling Auto Scaling Azure Autoscale Auto Scaler Auto Scaling Auto Scaling Auto Scaling
Virtual Machine
Scale Sets

Compute Batch Jobs AWS Batch Azure Batch Preemptible IBM Cloud Batch
VMs Functions Compute

Compute App AWS Elastic Azure Web Apps Google App Cloud Application Enterprise
Development/ Beanstalk Azure Cloud engine Foundry Container Distributed
Deployment Services Apps Cloud Application
(Java /.Net Java Cloud Service
/PHP /Python) Service

Compute Event Driven AWS Lambda Azure Functions Cloud IBM Cloud Oracle Function
Computing Event Grid Functions Functions Functions Compute

Storage Object Storage Amazon Simple Azure Blob Cloud Storage Cloud Object Object Object
Storage Service Storage Storage Storage Storage
(S3) Service

Storage Virtual Machine Amazon Elastic Azure Page Blobs Persistent Disk Block Storage Block Storage Block Storage
Disk Storage Block Storage / Premium Block Storage
(EBS) Storage for VPC
Managed Disks

Storage File Storage Amazon Elastic Azure File File Store File Storage Oracle Cloud NAS File
(SMB File System Storage Infrastructure Storage
Compatible) (EFS) File Storage

Storage Long Term Cold Amazon Glacier Azure Archive Cloud Storage Object Archive Object
Storage Storage Archival Storage- Storage Storage
Azure Cool Storage ColdVault Archive
Storage (NEARLINE & Archive
COLDLINE)

Storage Hybrid AWS Storage Azure Storsimple Storage Hybrid Cloud

Storage/Storage Gateway So ware Storage Array
Gateway Appliance

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Database Relational Amazon Aurora Azure SQL Cloud SQL Db2 DBaaS ApsaraDB for
Database Amazon RDS Database Cloud Spanner Db2 Hosted MySQL RDS MYSQL
Management SQL Server Informix Service ApsaraDB for
Service Stretch Database Databases for RDS SQL
Azure Database PostgreSQL Server
for MySQL Compose for ApsaraDB for
Azure Database MySQL(Beta) RDS
for PostgresSQL PostgreSQL
Distributed
Relational
Database
Service
(DRDS)

Database Non Relational Amazon Azure CosmosDB Cloud Cloudant NoSQL Apsaradb for
Database DynamoDB Table Storage Datastore NoSQL DB Database Mongodb
Management Amazon Azure Time Cloud BigTable Compose for Table Store
Service DynamoDB Series Insights JanusGraph
Accelerator Databases for
(DAX) MongoDB
Amazon
Neptune
(Preview)

Database Timeseries Amazon Azure Time Cloud BigTable Informix HiTSDB

Database DynamoDB Series Insights (High-
Performance
Time Series
Database)

Database In-Memory Data Amazon Azure Cloud Databases for ApsaraDB for
Store ElastiCache RedisCache MemoryStore Redis Redis
(Beta)

Database Data Amazon Azure SQL Data BigQuery Db2 Exadata Alibaba
Warehousing Redshi Warehouse Warehouse Autonomous MaxCompute
on Cloud Data ODPS
Warehouse
Cloud

Migration Database AWS Database Azure Database Li CLI Migrate to Data

Services Migration Migration Migration the Cloud Transmission
Services Service Service Service
(Preview)

Migration Server AWS Server Site Recovery

Services Migration Migration Azure Websites
Services Service Migration
Assistant

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Migration Small Scale AWS Azure Data Transfer Data Transfer

Services Data Transfer Import/Export Import/Export Service Services -
Service Aspera High- Hard Disk
speed Import
Transfer

Migration Large Scale AWS Snowball Mass Data Data Transfer Data
Services Data Transfer Migration Services - Transport
Solution Service Storage
(Petabyte applicance
Scale) import

Migration Large Scale AWS Snowball Azure Data Box Transfer Mass Data Data Transfer Data
Services Data Transfer Edge (Preview) Appliance Migration Services - Transport
Solution (Beta) Service Storage
(Terabyte Scale) applicance
import

Migration Large Scale AWS

Services Data Transfer Snowmobile
Solution
(Exabyte Scale)

Application Application Application Azure Active

Discovery Discovery Discovery Directory
Services Services Service

Networking Virtual Amazon VPC Azure VNet Cloud Virtual IBM Cloud Oracle Virtual Virtual
& Content Networking Network VPC on Cloud Private Cloud
Delivery Classic Network
IBM Cloud
VPC Next Gen
(Early Access)

Networking Network Amazon VPN Azure VPN Cloud VPN Classic Oracle IPSec VPN Gateway
& Content Gateway Gateway IPSEC-VPN VPN
Delivery VPN gateway
for VPC

Networking Content Amazon Azure CDN Cloud CDN Content Edge Services Alibaba
& Content Delivery CloudFront Delivery Content
Delivery Network Network Delivery
Network

Networking Networking & Amazon Route Azure DNS Cloud DNS Internet Oracle DNS Alibaba
Content 53 Services Cloud DNS
Delivery

Networking Global Tra ic Amazon Route Azure Tra ic Internet

Management 53 Tra ic Flow Manager Services

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Networking Private AWS Direct Azure Express Cloud Direct Link Fast Connect Express
& Content Connectivity Connect Route InterConnect Connect
Delivery AWS Private
Link

Networking Load Balancers Elastic Load Azure Load Cloud Load IBM Cloud Oracle Load Server Load
& Content Balancing Balancer Balancing Load Balancer Balancer
Delivery Balancing
Citrix
NetScaler
VPX

Developer Cloud So ware AWS Cloud9 Azure Boards Cloud Source Continuous Developer
Tools Development AWS Code Star Azure Pipelines Repositories Delivery Cloud Service
Kit AWS Azure Repos DevOps
CodeCommit Azure Test Plans Insights
AWS CodeBuild Azure Artifacts Globalization
AWS Pipeline
CodeDeploy
AWS
CodePipeline
AWS X-Ray

Developer Cloud So ware AWS SDK Azure SDK Visual Cloud SDK IBM Cloud Visual Builder
Tools Development Studio Cloud Tools Developer API Catalog
Kit for IntelliJ Tool Oracle
Cloud Tools Continuous Enterprise
for Android Delivery Pack for
Studio Eclipse
Cloud Tools Oracle
for Powershell Enterprise
Google Plugin Pack for
for Eclipse Netbeans

Management Server Amazon EC2 Azure Oracle

Tools Management Systems Operational Management
Services Manager Insights Cloud

Management Cloud AWS Azure Resource Cloud Schematics Stack Resource

Tools Deployment CloudFormation Manager Resource Manager Orchestration
Templates/ Azure Building Manager Service
Infra as Code Blocks Cloud
Deployment
Manager

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Management Logging & Amazon Log Analytics Google Monitoring Application CloudMonitor
Tools Monitoring CloudWatch Azure portal StackDriver IBM Cloud Performance ActionTrail
AWS CloudTrail Application Monitoring Log Analysis Monitoring Application
Insights Logging with LogDNA Management Real-Time
Error IBM Cloud Cloud Monitoring
Reporting Activity Service
Trace Tracker with
Debugger LogDNA
IBM Cloud
Monitoring
with Sysdig

Management Resource / AWS Config Azure portal Cloud Security Oracle Cloud Alibaba Log
Tools Configuration (audit logs) Scanner Governance Service
Inventory Cloud Data Services
Loss
Prevention Api
Access
Transparency
(Beta)

Management Server AWS OpsWorks Resource Oracle Resource

Tools Automation Manager Orchestration Orchestration
Azure Cloud Service Service
Automation
VM Extentions

Management Server AWS Service

Tools Automation Catalog

Management Cloud Cost / AWS Trusted Azure Advisor Google Cloud

Tools Performance / Advisor Azure Cost Platform
Security Management Security
Advisor

Management Alerts and AWS Personal Azure Monitor Oracle Cloud

Tools Remediation Health Azure Management monitoring,
guidance Dashboard Operations Cloud Notification
Service Management and Alerts
Suite (OMS)

Management Cloud AWS Command Azure Command Cloud Shell Oracle Public Alibaba
Tools Management Line Interface Line Interface Cloud Console Cloud CLI Cloud CLI
Tools AWS Azure Billing API Oracle Cloud
Management Powershell Cloud APIs Infrastructure
Console Azure CLI
Management Oracle
Console Management
Azure Cloud Console
Shell API Catalog

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Category Service

Management Automated AWS Managed Oracle

Tools Infra Services Managed
Management Cloud
Services Services

Disaster Automated AWS Disaster Azure Site Oracle Alibaba

Recovery Disaster Recovery Recovery Database Disaster
Services Recovery Azure Backup Backup Recovery
Services Hybrid
Backup
Recovery

Security & Identity & AWS Identity Azure Active Cloud IAM Identity & Identity Resource
Identity, Access and Access Directory Cloud Identity- Access Access
Compliance Management Management Aware Proxy Management Management
(IAM)

Security & Cloud Security Amazon Azure Security Infrastructure Configuration

Identity, Assesment Inspector Center Vulnerability and
Compliance Service Gaurd Duty Scan Compliance
Service

Security & Secured Socket AWS Certificate App Service Certificate SSL
Identity, Layer (SSL) Manager Certificate Manager Certificates
Compliance Certificates

Security & Hardware AWS CloudHSM Azure Key Vault Cloud Key Key Protect Key
Identity, Based Security AWS Secrets Management Cloud HSM Management
Compliance Module Manager Service Hyper Protect Service
Crypto
Services

Security & Directory AWS Directory Azure Active Cloud IAM App ID Resource
Identity, Services Service Directory Cloud Identity- Access
Compliance Azure Active Aware Proxy Management
Directory B2C Security Key
Azure Active Enforcement
Directory
Domain Services
Azure Active
Directory Multi
Factor
Authentication

Security & Key AWS Key Azure Key Vault Cloud Key Key Protect Identity Key
Identity, Management Management Management Cloud HSM Cloud Service Management
Compliance Services Service Service Hyper Protect Service
Crypto
Services

Security & Consolidated AWS Azure Resource Audit

Identity, Management of Organizations Management Group
Compliance Multiple Cloud Groups
Accounts 

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Security & DDos Protection AWS Shield Azure DDoS Cloud Armor Internet DDOS Pro
Identity, Service Protection (Beta) Services and Basic
Compliance

Security & Web AWS WAF Azure WAF Internet Web

Identity, Application Services Application
Compliance Firewall Firewall

Security & Security & AWS Artifact Azure Security & Cloud Security Compliance Alibaba
Identity, Compliance Compliance Command Truster
Compliance Service Center (Alpha) Center

Big Data & Big Data Query Amazon Athena Azure Data Lake BigQuery SQL Query E-MapReduce
Advanced as a Service Analytics Service
Analytics

Big Data & Big Data Amazon EMR Azure HDInsight Cloud Analytics Big Data E-MapReduce
Advanced Managed DataProc Engine Service
Analytics Cluster as a
Service

Big Data & Cloud Search Amazon Azure Search Databases for
Advanced CloudSearch Elasticsearch
Analytics Amazon Elastic
Search Service

Big Data & Streaming Amazon Kinesis Azure Stream Cloud Streaming Event Hub
Advanced Service Amazon Kinesis Analytics Dataflow Analytics (Apache
Analytics Video Streams Azure Event Hub Kafka as a
Service)

Big Data & Data Warehouse Amazon Azure SQL Data BigQuery Db2 Alibaba
Advanced Redshi Warehouse Warehouse MaxCompute
Analytics ODPS

Big Data & Business Amazon PowerBI Google Data Watson Data Data IDE
Advanced Intelligence & QuickSight Studio (Beta) studio Visualization
Analytics Data Business
Visualization Intelligence

Big Data & Cloud ETL AWS Data Azure Data Cloud DataStage Data DataWorks
Advanced Pipeline Factory DataPrep Watson Integrator Data
Analytics AWS Glue Azure Data (Private Beta) Knowledge Integration
Amazon Simple Catalog Cloud Catalog
Workflow Logic Apps Composer
Service (SWF) (Beta)

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Category Service

Artificial Language Amazon Lex LUIS (Language Natural Natural

Intelligence Processing AI Amazon Understanding Language API Language
Comprehend Intelligent Cloud Text-to- Classifier
Service) Speech (Beta) Language
Azure Bot DialogFlow Translator
Service Enterprise Watson
Azure Speech Edition (Beta) Assistant
Recognition API Watson
Discovery
Watson
Knowledge
Studio
Text to
Speech
Personality
Insights

Artificial Speech Amazon Polly Bing Speech API Translation Speech to

Intelligence Recognition AI Amazon API Text
Transcribe Speech API
Amazon
Translate

Artificial Image Amazon Emotion API Vision API Visual Image Search
Intelligence Recognition AI Rekognition Face API Cloud Video Recognition
Computer Vision Intelligence
API

Artificial Machine Amazon Azure Machine Cloud DataLab Machine Machine

Intelligence Learning Machine Learning Cloud AutoML Learning Learning
Learning Azure Machine (Alpha) Platform For
Amazon Sage Learning Cloud Machine AI
Maker Workbench Learning
Azure Machine Services
Learning Model
Management

Mobile Mobile App AWS Mobile Hub Azure Mobile Cloud Mobile Mobile Mobile &
Services Development Apps App Foundation Chatbots
Services

Mobile Web API Amazon API Azure API Cloud API Connect API Platform API Gateway
Services Management Gateway Management Endpoints
Service

Mobile Web/Mobile Amazon Cognito Azure Mobile Firebase App ID Mobile Cloud
Services Authentication SDK,O line/Sync Authentication Service
Services

Mobile Consolidated Amazon Azure Mobile Mobile

Services Mgmt of Pinpoint Engagement Foundation
Multiple Cloud
Accounts


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Automated Managed Cloud AWS Managed

Cloud Services Services
Management
Service

Mobile Mobile App AWS Device Xamarin Test Cloud Test Lab
Services Testing Service Farm Cloud (Front
End)
Azure DevTest
Labs (Back End)

Mobile Mobile App AWS Mobile SDK Azure Mobile Cloud Tools
Services So ware SDK for Android
Development Studio
Toolkit

Mobile Application AWS Step Microso Flow App Engine IBM Cloud Functions
Services Services Functions Logic Apps Functions
Azure Functions
Event Grid
Azure App
Service WebJobs

Mobile Mobile App Amazon Mobile Hockey App Firebase Mobile Mobile Cloud
Services Analytics Analytics Analytics Foundation Service

Application API Amazon API Azure API Apigee API API connect
Services Management Gateway Management Platform
Service API
Monitization
API Analytics
Apigee Sense
Cloud
Endpoints

Application Media Amazon Elastic Azure Media Digital ApsaraVideo

Services Transcoders Transcoder Services Transcoding Live
AWS Elemental Live On Demand
MediaConvert Streaming
AWS Elemental Azure Media
MediaLive Player
AWS Elemental Content
MediaPackage Protection
AWS Elemental Media Analytics
MediaStore
AWS Elemental
MediaTailor
Amazon Kinesis
Video Streams

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Application Queuing Amazon SQS Service Bus Cloud Event Steams Integration Message
Services Services Amazon MQ queues Pub/Sub Messaging Queue
Queue Storage
Service Bus
topics
Service Bus relay

Application Mobile Amazon Mobile Mobile

Services Analytics Pinpoint Engagement Foundation

Application Email Services Amazon SES Sendgrid Edge Services Direct Mail
Services

Application Notification Amazon SNS Azure Firebase Cloud Push Short

Services Services Notification Messaging Notifications Message
Services Service (SMS)

Application Blockchain Amazon Blockchain Blockchain Blockchain Blockchain as

Services Services Managed Blockchain Platform (Coming a Service
Blockchain Workbench Soon)
(Preview)

Application Chatbot Lex Chatbots Azure Bot Dialogflow Watson Oracle Intelligent
Services Service Assistant Chatbots Service
Robot

Business O ice Amazon Microso O ice G Suite

Productivity Document WorkDocs 365
Solutions Amazon
WorkMail
Amazon
WorkSpaces

Business Desktop Amazon

Productivity Application AppStream 2.0
Streaming

So ware Cloud AWS Azure Cloud IBM Oracle Cloud Alibaba

MarketPlace Marketplace Marketplace MarketPlace Launcher Marketplace Market Place Cloud
Marketplace

Internet of IoT Platform AWS IoT Azure IoT Cloud IoT Core Internet of Internet of IoT Platform
Things Platform Platform (Beta) Things Things Cloud
Azure IoT Hub Google Cloud Platform Service
IoT

Internet of IoT AWS Greengrass Azure IoT SDK Internet of

Things Development Azure IoT Edge Things
Solutions Platform

Internet of IoT Hardware AWS IoT Button Azure Sphere

Things

Game Game Amazon Visual Studio Watson Unity

Development Development Lumberyard SDK 

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Category Service

Development Development & AWS Dev/Test Azure Dev/Test

& Testing Testing

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