Amazon EC2 vs Google Cloud

Dropbox Business

OneDrive

Microsoft Azure

Amazon S3

DigitalOcean

Google Cloud Compute Engine

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Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform designed to help organizations run virtual desktops and applications in the cloud. It offers businesses with built-in migration tools, which enables administrators to migrate remote desktop services (RDS) and Windows server desktops to various devices.

Google Cloud Compute Engine delivers configurable virtual machines running in Google’s data centers with access to high-performance hardware, fast networking, and simple management of resources such as persistent disks, memory, and load balancing.

DigitalOcean is a cloud management software designed to help businesses build and launch applications in cloud environments. Administrators can use the platform to set up application development frameworks, maintain product catalogs, and capture and store business data in a centralized repository.

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to facilitate web-scale computing for developers.

Access Controls/Permissions

Activity Dashboard

Activity Management

Application Management

Backup and Recovery

Cloud Application Security

Cloud Computing

Collaboration Tools

Compliance Management

Configurable Workflow

Configuration Management

Customizable Reports

Dashboard Creation

Data Dictionary Management

Data Import/Export

Data Mapping

Data Migration

Data Security

Data Storage Management

Data Visualization

Data Warehousing

Database Support

Forecasting

Load Balancing

Log Access

Monitoring

Multiple Data Sources

Network Monitoring

Performance Metrics

Performance Monitoring

Predictive Analytics

Real-Time Analytics

Real-Time Data

Real-Time Monitoring

Reporting & Statistics

Reporting/Analytics

Role-Based Permissions

Search/Filter

Secure Data Storage

Server Monitoring

Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management

Templates

Third-Party Integrations

Threat Intelligence

Trend Analysis

User Management

Virtual Server

Workflow Management

Amazon EC2

Web-based

Assistant Professor

I really like their customer service, they are great and very very helpful.

AI engineer

I love how we can easily customize the virtual machine and how good amazon's customer service is. Our company uses it as a VM and we also run our products on it.

Senir Developer

The cloud platform is worth the money and the ease of use need to be appreciated.

I've been extremely impressed with Amazon's open source integration into virtually all other services especially e-commerce which is why I recommend this app.

communications

Overall a positive experience with Amazon's software, the storage is one of the best options about it.

Software developer senior associate

Amazing app to go with for startups, provides 30GB free space, fast,reliable ,cost saving service and easy to use on any OS. Its EBS(elastic book store) feature is adds on.

DevOps Engineer

EC2's billing flexibility is a downside in that it's very difficult to give "off the cuff" estimates for how much a given EC2 setup might cost.

SE Director

I love how simple and quick it is to get instances up and running. With our AMIs I can spin up a new instance in a matter of seconds.

Consultant

Sometimes it gets into deadlock state from which itself restarts it and we have seen the erasing of the data.

Backend Developer

The very first thing which is best is the Pay-as-you-go billing system for EC2 such that even if the instance is made dormant for sometime it will not charge for its existence.

Software Intern

I like the way EC2 offere multiple instance types and full control of infrstructure. The free tier instances have decent features which solves most of the use cases.

Software Developer

It's simple setup and easy to deploy OS on server. EC2 is popular cloud service and reduce the infrastructure costs.

On top of it it provides smooth scalability and easy integration with other AWS services.

Construction Manager

It's been a good start, and I foresee things continuing to go well.

Educator

Security provided by Amazon is also very good.

Really it's difficult to remember a time before EC2, getting a new hardware instance was typically weeks or months of effort, now it can be done in seconds.

Student

It is very much easy to use and you can adjust it security, space, etc. as per your needs. You can choose from a various number of images from which you can create your instance.

Big Data Engineer

It provides many options which could be confusing if users are not sure what they need.

Amazon EC2 screenshot: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

Amazon EC2 screenshot: Amazon EC2 Amazon Instance Launched

Amazon EC2 screenshot: Amazon EC2 Console dashboard

Amazon EC2 screenshot: Amazon EC2 Instances description

Freelancers

Large Enterprises

Mid Size Business

Non Profit

Small Business

Amazon S3 is a simple storage service that helps developers and IT teams store, backup, archive and retrieve data from anywhere across the web. It allows administrators to store data in buckets, append tags to objects, configure access controls for several clients, conduct high-volume data analysis, gain insights into storage usage and gauge trends based on activities.

Dropbox Business is an off-site server for file syncing, storage and sharing which allows teams of all sizes to save and share files of any format and access them anywhere, on any device

OneDrive is a secure access, sharing, and file storage solution which enables users to store and share photos, videos, documents, and more at anytime, via any device.

Google Cloud Platform is a modular-based platform providing multiple build and scale services to businesses of any size within any industry. It offers tools for document storage, data warehousing, security key enforcement, app creation, API management, AI and machine learning, live chat, and more.

Access Management

Activity Monitoring

AI/Machine Learning

Alerts/Escalation

Alerts/Notifications

Anti Virus

Audit Management

Authentication

Automated Scheduling

Bandwidth Monitoring

Business Process Automation

Calendar Management

Capacity Analytics

Chatbot

Cloud Encryption

Cloud Security Policy Management

Code Development

Compliance Tracking

Connectivity Management

Cost Management

Custom Development

Customer Database

Customizable Dashboard

Dashboard

Data Blending

Data Capture and Transfer

Data Cleansing

Data Connectors

Data Discovery

Data Extraction

Data Integration

Data Management

Data Recovery

Data Replication

Data Synchronization

Data Transformation

Data Virtualization

Database Conversion

Debugging

Deep Learning

Device Management

Diagnostic Tools

Document Management

Document Storage

Drag & Drop

Email Management

Encryption

Endpoint Management

Endpoint Protection

ETL - Extract Transfer Load

File Management

File Sharing

File Transfer

For Developers

For eCommerce

For Healthcare

For Sales Teams/Organizations

Full Text Search

Generative AI

Graphical User Interface

High Availability

High Volume Processing

HIPAA Compliant

In-Database Processing

Incident Management

Integrated Development Environment

Interactive Reports

Intrusion Detection System

IOC Verification

Lifecycle Management

Machine Learning

Metadata Management

ML Algorithm Library

Mobile Access

Mobile App

Mobile Development

Model Training

Multi-Cloud Management

Google Cloud

Associate Solution Advisor

The availability of this tool is fabulous and configuring setting up clusters is done in minutes. Also, the performance of this service is amazing, be it in any region, across the globe.

Dispatcher

Ease of being able to access the information or saved documents of high importance. Love the fact you can connect with others and build great relationships with.

Teacher

I love how easy and user friendly this software is. It is also very reliable and consistently just works.

Digital Media Specialist

I have a very nice and professional experience with Google Cloud Platform, because I build and invest in my cloud with full confidence. Because I know that my content is fully secure and safe.

Health Care Administrator 

I enjoyed the learning process and I will most definitely consider this software moving forward. I'm very happy to have taken advantage of the free trial.

It is charged in dollar which makes it very expensive for people living in countries where the local currency is weak compared to the US dollar.

digital recruitment specialist

I dislike that it causes me to worry about privacy in regards to anything I upload. You never truly know where it's going or who has access when it goes to the cloud.

Junior Mobile Developer

I really like the free tier of the many softwares and the easy integration of, for example, App engine. The sync with Firebase is awesome too.

Amazon EC2 vs Google Cloud Comparison (2026)

Amazon EC2 vs Google Cloud Comparison (2026)

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