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Google has far more than App Engine today; they basically compete with AWS directly service by service.

by tshtf 10y ago

mrep 10y ago
I would love a direct service to service comparison between the major cloud providers. Anyone know of a guide like that?
- vgt 10y ago
  Aw well here ya go then! https://cloud.google.com/docs/compare/aws/ https://cloud.google.com/docs/compare/aws/
  - mrep 10y ago
    Wow, thank you. Albeit, that only shows google's matchings to AWS, but AWS has like 60 services. I would also like to be able to breakdown the services to see comparisons in things like SLA's and pricing but this is a good start.
    - vgt 10y ago
      Ah this old thing? :) https://cloud.google.com/products/calculator/ https://cloud.google.com/products/calculator/ Yes, tough to cover it all. I believe Azure has a similar "Azure to AWS" comparison. The GCP one is built by folks expertly familiar with AWS and tried to be as factual as possible. I've previously collected a bunch of Google Cloud customer stories here (not Google PR - customers): https://www.medium.com/google-cloud/i-think-google-cloud-is-the-best-best-tech-best-pricing-best-support-best-roadmap-and-best-4b4e17856505 https://www.medium.com/google-cloud/i-think-google-cloud-is-... Happy to answer any questions! (obv. biased and work on Google Cloud)
- gbrayut 10y ago
  You can run benchmarks using https://cloudharmony.com https://cloudharmony.com but it looks like there site is having issues right now.
- tafda 10y ago
  Available service, SLA, and region comparison for AWS, Google, Azure and Softlayer at a fairly high level: http://cloudcomparison.rightscale.com http://cloudcomparison.rightscale.com
  - mrep 10y ago
    That's is very helpful, although a little outdated (bookmarked nonetheless). AWS now has x1 instances with 128 vCPU's and 1952 GB of ram: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/x1/ https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/x1/ On a totally different note, Softlayer has a 100% uptime guarantee! That is surreal if it's actually true.
  - iamtew 10y ago
    There's also https://www.cloudorado.com/ https://www.cloudorado.com/
  - jasode 10y ago
    I looked at that Rightscale link and I think it shows that comparing a very fast moving area like cloud services is very difficult and results in incomplete features matrix. For the unsophisticated buyer, this can lead to misleading comparisons. For example, Rightscale has "Event-Driven Compute" (sometimes aka as "serverless computation") in the AWS column (AWS Lambda) but that entry is blank in Google Cloud column. However in February 2016, Google announced Google Cloud Functions which is the equivalent to AWS Lambda. I'd expect a cloud comparison website to update the features matrix within 1 week of the AWS re:invent conferences, the Google I/O conferences, and any press releases. As for the other comparison Cloudorado mentioned by another poster, that comparison matrix is missing database services like mapreduce, business intelligence analytics, etc.
    - kweins 10y ago
      Thanks for the feedback. We haven't included Google Cloud Functions yet in the Cloud Comparison tool because it's still in Alpha. We update the information in the Cloud Comparison site quarterly and allow each cloud provider the opportunity to review the material and send us any corrections.

Google has far more than App Engine today; they basically compete with AWS directly service by service.

by tshtf 10y ago

Google has far more than App Engine today; they basically compete with AWS directly service by service.

mrep 10y ago

I would love a direct service to service comparison between the major cloud providers. Anyone know of a guide like that?

vgt 10y ago
Aw well here ya go then! https://cloud.google.com/docs/compare/aws/ https://cloud.google.com/docs/compare/aws/
- mrep 10y ago
  Wow, thank you. Albeit, that only shows google's matchings to AWS, but AWS has like 60 services. I would also like to be able to breakdown the services to see comparisons in things like SLA's and pricing but this is a good start.
  - vgt 10y ago
    Ah this old thing? :) https://cloud.google.com/products/calculator/ https://cloud.google.com/products/calculator/ Yes, tough to cover it all. I believe Azure has a similar "Azure to AWS" comparison. The GCP one is built by folks expertly familiar with AWS and tried to be as factual as possible. I've previously collected a bunch of Google Cloud customer stories here (not Google PR - customers): https://www.medium.com/google-cloud/i-think-google-cloud-is-the-best-best-tech-best-pricing-best-support-best-roadmap-and-best-4b4e17856505 https://www.medium.com/google-cloud/i-think-google-cloud-is-... Happy to answer any questions! (obv. biased and work on Google Cloud)
gbrayut 10y ago
You can run benchmarks using https://cloudharmony.com https://cloudharmony.com but it looks like there site is having issues right now.
tafda 10y ago
Available service, SLA, and region comparison for AWS, Google, Azure and Softlayer at a fairly high level: http://cloudcomparison.rightscale.com http://cloudcomparison.rightscale.com
- mrep 10y ago
  That's is very helpful, although a little outdated (bookmarked nonetheless). AWS now has x1 instances with 128 vCPU's and 1952 GB of ram: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/x1/ https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/x1/ On a totally different note, Softlayer has a 100% uptime guarantee! That is surreal if it's actually true.
- iamtew 10y ago
  There's also https://www.cloudorado.com/ https://www.cloudorado.com/
- jasode 10y ago
  I looked at that Rightscale link and I think it shows that comparing a very fast moving area like cloud services is very difficult and results in incomplete features matrix. For the unsophisticated buyer, this can lead to misleading comparisons. For example, Rightscale has "Event-Driven Compute" (sometimes aka as "serverless computation") in the AWS column (AWS Lambda) but that entry is blank in Google Cloud column. However in February 2016, Google announced Google Cloud Functions which is the equivalent to AWS Lambda. I'd expect a cloud comparison website to update the features matrix within 1 week of the AWS re:invent conferences, the Google I/O conferences, and any press releases. As for the other comparison Cloudorado mentioned by another poster, that comparison matrix is missing database services like mapreduce, business intelligence analytics, etc.
  - kweins 10y ago
    Thanks for the feedback. We haven't included Google Cloud Functions yet in the Cloud Comparison tool because it's still in Alpha. We update the information in the Cloud Comparison site quarterly and allow each cloud provider the opportunity to review the material and send us any corrections.