Notes / Cloud Compare
Compare the clouds
The same job in Google Cloud, AWS and Azure, side by side: what each service is called, where the real differences are, and what to watch for when you move between them.
Comparisons
Each table links back to the guides for that cloud.
- Networking comparedVPC networks, VPCs and VNets side by side: subnets, routing, NAT, peering, hybrid links, load balancers, DNS and private access in Google Cloud, AWS and Azure.Open
- Network protection comparedFirewall rules, security groups and NSGs; managed firewalls; WAF and DDoS; private access; and admin access without open ports, across Google Cloud, AWS and Azure.Open
- Cloud Armor, AWS WAF and Azure WAFGoogle Cloud Armor and its AWS and Azure equivalents: where each attaches, features, DDoS tiers, pricing, and moving rules between them.Open
- Databases comparedRelational and non-relational database services in Google Cloud, AWS and Azure side by side: managed engines, cloud-native and distributed SQL, NoSQL by data model, and recent changes.Open
Coming next
Planned comparisons, in rough order.
- Identity and access: Entra ID, IAM Identity Center and Cloud Identity
- Compute: VMs, scale sets, Auto Scaling groups and MIGs
- Storage (object, file and block) and backup
- Monitoring and logging
- Cost and commitments: reservations, Savings Plans and CUDs