Compare Cloud Services Across Leading Providers
Explore equivalent compute, database, security, networking, DevOps, AI and enterprise cloud services across AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Alibaba Cloud.
Vendor-neutral, side-by-side service comparison for architects.
Amazon EC2
Scalable virtual servers with the broadest selection of instance types for any workload.
Azure Virtual Machines
On-demand scalable compute with specialised VM sizes for enterprise and HPC workloads.
Google Compute Engine
High-performance VMs with per-second billing and live migration for resilient workloads.
OCI Compute
High-performance compute with flexible shapes and deterministic, low-latency networking.
Elastic Compute Service
Scalable virtual servers optimised for performance and cost across global regions.
Amazon EKS
Managed Kubernetes control plane with deep AWS networking and security integration.
Azure Kubernetes Service
Managed Kubernetes with integrated CI/CD and enterprise governance built in.
Google Kubernetes Engine
Autopilot and Standard modes with industry-leading Kubernetes tooling and networking.
OCI OKE
Managed Kubernetes with free control plane and high-performance OCI networking.
Container Service for Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes with proven hyperscale operations and multi-cluster management.
Amazon ECR
Managed container registry with integrated scanning and high availability.
Azure Container Registry
Geo-replicated registry with content trust and automated build tasks.
Artifact Registry
Unified package and container registry with native CI/CD and vulnerability scanning.
OCI Container Registry
Managed Docker registry integrated with OKE and OCI IAM.
Apsara Container Registry
Managed registry with enterprise editions and lifecycle management for ACK.
AWS Lambda
Event-driven compute that runs code without provisioning or managing servers.
Azure Functions
Event-driven serverless compute with flexible triggers and bindings.
Cloud Functions / Cloud Run
Serverless containers and functions that scale to zero on the same platform.
OCI Functions
Serverless platform based on Fn Project, integrated with OCI registries and IAM.
Function Compute
Event-driven serverless compute with HTTP triggers and scale to zero.
Amazon S3
Industry-leading object storage with durability, tiering and broad integrations.
Azure Blob Storage
Massively scalable object storage with hot, cool and archive tiers.
Cloud Storage
Unified object storage with classes from immediate access to archive.
OCI Object Storage
Durable, high-throughput object storage with archive tiers for OCI workloads.
Object Storage Service
Durable, scalable object storage with tiering and global acceleration.
Amazon RDS
Managed relational databases across six engines with automated HA and patching.
Azure SQL Database
Fully managed SQL Server with intelligent tuning and Hyperscale tiers.
Cloud SQL
Managed MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQL Server with automated backups and HA.
Autonomous Database
Self-driving, self-securing Oracle database tuned for transactional and analytic workloads.
ApsaraDB RDS
Managed MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server and MariaDB with HA and DR.
Amazon DynamoDB
Serverless key-value and document database with single-digit-millisecond latency.
Azure Cosmos DB
Globally distributed multi-model database with tunable consistency.
Firestore
Serverless document database with real-time sync and strong consistency.
OCI NoSQL Database
Managed NoSQL with predictable latency and tight OCI integration.
Tablestore
Distributed NoSQL for structured data with low-latency reads at scale.
Amazon VPC
Isolated, software-defined network with fine-grained routing and security.
Azure Virtual Network
Software-defined networking with peering, subnets and private connectivity.
Google VPC
Global VPC with subnets across regions and hierarchical firewall policies.
Virtual Cloud Network
Software-defined network with deterministic performance and subnets.
Virtual Private Cloud
Isolated cloud network with route tables, subnets and security groups.
Elastic Load Balancing
Managed L4/L7 load balancing with automatic scaling to any traffic.
Azure Load Balancer + Front Door
Regional L4 and global L7 load balancing with health probes and WAF.
Cloud Load Balancing
Global and regional software-defined load balancing with anycast.
OCI Load Balancer
Managed L4/L7 load balancing with predictable performance for OCI.
Server Load Balancer
L4/L7 load balancing with global acceleration and health checks.
AWS Security Hub
Unified security posture and compliance findings across AWS accounts.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Cloud-native posture management and workload protection across clouds.
Security Command Center
Centralised threat and posture management with risk scoring.
OCI Cloud Guard
Posture and threat detection with automated remediation recipes.
Security Center
Unified posture, threat detection and compliance for Alibaba Cloud.
AWS IAM + IAM Identity Center
Granular identity, roles and federation with centralised SSO.
Microsoft Entra ID
Enterprise identity, conditional access and PIM with deep app integration.
Google Cloud IAM
Role-based access control with fine-grained policies and conditions.
OCI IAM
Identity domains, dynamic groups and policy-based access for OCI.
Resource Access Management
Identity, roles and SSO with resource directory for multi-account.
AWS CodePipeline
Managed CI/CD orchestration across build, test and deploy stages.
Azure DevOps
Pipelines, boards and repos for end-to-end DevOps delivery.
Cloud Build
Serverless CI/CD with build triggers and deploy to GKE/Cloud Run.
OCI DevOps
Managed CI/CD service with pipelines and artifacts for OCI deployments.
Flow (RDC)
Cloud-based CI/CD pipeline service integrated with Alibaba code repos.
Amazon CloudWatch
Metrics, logs and dashboards with alarms for AWS resources and apps.
Azure Monitor
Full-stack observability across metrics, logs and application insights.
Cloud Monitoring
Managed metrics, uptime checks and SLO-driven alerting for cloud apps.
OCI Monitoring + Logging
Metrics, logs and alarms integrated across OCI services.
CloudMonitor
Metrics, dashboards and alerting across Alibaba Cloud services.
Amazon Redshift
Petabyte-scale data warehouse with columnar storage and ML integration.
Azure Synapse Analytics
Unified analytics with data warehouse and Spark pipelines.
BigQuery
Serverless, multi-cloud data warehouse with SQL and built-in ML.
Autonomous Data Warehouse
Self-driving, self-securing warehouse optimised for analytics.
MaxCompute
EB-scale data warehouse platform for large-scale analytics.
Amazon Bedrock
Managed foundation models and tools to build and scale generative AI apps.
Azure OpenAI Service
Enterprise OpenAI models with content safety and responsible AI tooling.
Vertex AI
Unified MLOps and generative AI platform with Gemini and model garden.
OCI Generative AI
Managed generative AI with open and proprietary models in OCI.
Alibaba Cloud Qwen / Bailian
Generative AI platform with Qwen models and Model Studio for enterprises.
Amazon API Gateway
Managed API creation, routing and throttling at any scale.
Azure API Management
Hybrid API gateway with developer portal and policy engine.
API Gateway + Apigee
Serverless API gateway plus enterprise Apigee for full lifecycle management.
OCI API Gateway
Managed gateway for OCI serverless and container APIs with policies.
API Gateway
Managed API gateway with traffic control and backend integration.
AWS Migration Hub
Single location to track migrations across AWS and partner tools.
Azure Migrate
Centralised hub for discovery, assessment and migration to Azure.
Migration Center
Discovery and assessment to plan migrations to Google Cloud.
OCI Cloud Migrations
Discovery, assessment and migration orchestration for OCI workloads.
Cloud Migration
Migration tooling and services to move workloads to Alibaba Cloud.
AWS Backup
Centralised, policy-based backup across AWS services and hybrid.
Azure Backup + Site Recovery
Central backup and orchestration for DR across Azure and on-prem.
Google Cloud Backup and DR
Managed backup and recovery for VMs, apps and databases.
OCI Backup + DR
Backup service and full-stack DR orchestration for OCI resources.
Hybrid Backup Recovery
Central backup for cloud, hybrid and on-prem with dedup and DR.
AWS Cost Explorer + Budgets
Visualise, forecast and budget AWS spend with anomaly detection.
Azure Cost Management
Spend analysis, budgets and recommendations across Azure and AWS.
Cloud Billing + Recommender
Billing insights, budgets and active cost recommendations.
OCI Cost Analysis + Budgets
Cost tracking, budgets and tagging for OCI tenancies.
Cost Management
Spend analysis, budgets and cost optimisation for Alibaba Cloud.
AWS Control Tower + Organizations
Governed multi-account landing zone with guardrails and OU management.
Azure Management Groups + Policy
Hierarchical governance with policies and landing zone accelerators.
Org Policy + Resource Hierarchy
Centralised constraints and resource hierarchy for governance.
OCI Governance + Compartments
Tenancy governance with compartments, quotas and tags.
Resource Directory
Multi-account governance with folders, policies and landing zones.
AWS Outposts
Run AWS services on-premises with the same APIs and tooling.
Azure Arc
Manage and govern Kubernetes, servers and data services anywhere.
Google Anthos
Hybrid and multi-cloud platform for Kubernetes and VMs with central control.
OCI Dedicated Region
Oracle Cloud services deployed in customer data centers for hybrid needs.
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