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Here’s a comparison table of AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud service terminology for key cloud services:
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud: Service Terminology Comparison
| Category | AWS | Azure | Google Cloud (GCP) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virtual Machines | EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) | Virtual Machines (VMs) | Compute Engine |
| Containers & Kubernetes | ECS (Elastic Container Service), EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service), Fargate | AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service), ACI (Azure Container Instances) | GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine), Cloud Run |
| Serverless Computing | Lambda | Functions | Cloud Functions |
| Object Storage | S3 (Simple Storage Service) | Blob Storage | Cloud Storage |
| Block Storage | EBS (Elastic Block Store) | Managed Disks | Persistent Disks |
| File Storage | EFS (Elastic File System), FSx | Azure Files | Filestore |
| Databases (Relational) | RDS (Relational Database Service), Aurora | Azure SQL Database, Azure Database for PostgreSQL/MySQL | Cloud SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server) |
| Databases (NoSQL) | DynamoDB | Cosmos DB | Firestore, Bigtable |
| Data Warehousing | Redshift | Synapse Analytics (formerly Azure SQL Data Warehouse) | BigQuery |
| Big Data & Analytics | EMR (Elastic MapReduce), Glue, Athena | HDInsight, Data Lake Analytics | Dataproc, Dataflow, BigQuery |
| Machine Learning & AI | SageMaker, Rekognition, Lex, Polly | Azure ML, Cognitive Services | Vertex AI, AutoML, AI APIs |
| Networking – Load Balancing | Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) | Azure Load Balancer, Application Gateway | Cloud Load Balancing |
| Networking – VPC | VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) | Virtual Network (VNet) | VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) |
| Networking – CDN | CloudFront | Azure CDN | Cloud CDN |
| Identity & Access Management | IAM (Identity & Access Management) | Azure AD (Active Directory) | IAM (Identity & Access Management) |
| Monitoring & Logging | CloudWatch, CloudTrail | Azure Monitor, Log Analytics | Stackdriver (now Cloud Operations) |
| Security & Key Management | KMS (Key Management Service), AWS Shield | Azure Key Vault | Cloud KMS, Security Command Center |
| DevOps & CI/CD | CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy | Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines | Cloud Build, Cloud Deploy |
| Hybrid & Multi-Cloud | Outposts, Wavelength | Azure Stack, Arc | Anthos |
| IoT Services | AWS IoT Core | Azure IoT Hub | Cloud IoT Core |
| Edge Computing | AWS Wavelength, Greengrass | Azure Edge Zones | Google Distributed Cloud |
| Message Queue | SQS (Simple Queue Service), SNS (Simple Notification Service) | Azure Service Bus, Event Grid | Pub/Sub |
| DNS & Domain Management | Route 53 | Azure DNS | Cloud DNS |
| Backup & Disaster Recovery | AWS Backup | Azure Backup | Google Cloud Backup & DR |
| Enterprise Search | OpenSearch Service (formerly Elasticsearch) | Azure Cognitive Search | Cloud Search |
Key Takeaways
AWS – Best for a wide range of services, enterprise adoption, and global reach. Azure – Strong in enterprise & hybrid cloud, best for Microsoft ecosystem. Google Cloud – Best for AI/ML, data analytics, and Kubernetes.
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