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Amazon Web Services vs. Google Cloud Platform

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Amazon Web Services

705 Reviews and Ratings

Google Cloud Platform

34 Reviews and Ratings

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon Web Services

    Score8.6 out of 10
    		N/AAmazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing services. With over 165 services offered, AWS services can provide users with a comprehensive suite of infrastructure and computing building blocks and tools.

    $100

    per month

    Google Cloud Platform

    Score8.1 out of 10
    		N/AGoogle Cloud Platform is a suite of cloud computing services used to build apps or take advantage of cloud infrastructural services, achieve legacy infrastructure modernization, or manage enterprise data and analytic needs.

    $0

    (25+ apps are currently available at no cost)

    Pricing
    Amazon Web ServicesGoogle Cloud Platform
    Editions & Modules
    Free Tier
    $0
    per month
    Basic Environment
    $100 - $200
    per month
    Intermediate Environment
    $250 - $600
    per month
    Advanced Environment
    $600-$2500
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon Web ServicesGoogle Cloud Platform
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAWS allows a “save when you commit” option that offers lower prices when you sign up for a 1- or 3- year term that includes an AWS service or category of services.—
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon Web ServicesGoogle Cloud Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Arvind Kumar
    Senior Software Engineering Lead in Engineering at Optum (Hospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose Amazon Web Services
    Apart from Amazon Web Services, we use Microsoft Azure in some of our projects. I have some basic experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as well. If given a choice, I would prefer using Amazon Web Services over Azure or GCP. I find provisioning of resources relatively faster …
    Incentivized
    Michael Bravo
    Cloud Infrastructure Engineer in Engineering at Wix (Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose Amazon Web Services
    In my personal experience, AWS is superior to both GCP and Azure in the majority of usable applications. GCP suffers from the near total misunderstanding of how support system is even supposed to work, and while _some_ services are pretty nifty and well-polished, some are …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Amazon Web Services
    AWS stands out in its ability to adapt technology more quickly. All the new features, first adapted by AWS, make it the market leader. The key metrics, such as MTTR, are among the best among all other cloud service providers. The AWS dashboard and analytics features are very …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Amazon Web Services
    Amazon Web Services is better among all of them due to its performance, stability, security and navigation. It effectively saves the cost and provides better facilities than the other competitors. It plays great role when it comes to user friendly interface. It also provided …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Amazon Web Services
    AWS has the largest market share and most established and over 200 services for diverse needs. AWS has a very power user interface and pay as you go work well that others. AWS has the by far largest network of data centers for low latency and high availability. The regular …
    Incentivized
    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Amazon Web ServicesGoogle Cloud Platform
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform
    Feature
    Amazon Web Services
    8.3
    68 Ratings
    Google Cloud Platform
    8.9
    1 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.364 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling9.065 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.761 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates7.557 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Monitoring tools7.065 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images6.758 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Operating system support8.463 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Security controls8.366 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Automation8.717 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon Web ServicesGoogle Cloud Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (80 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (24 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)