Cloud computing services make sense from both the efficiency and the strategic perspective. Company clouds vary in many main ways from personal virtual storage. Business clouds: Extend storage Help you manage resources Provide access to data at any time, from any place Improve protection Provide access to technology that is out of reach for small businesses Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) are the most common cloud computing systems. When comparing offerings from each of these platforms, it is important to remember your company’s size and priorities, your expected rate of growth and your budget. Not all enterprise cloud systems are similar, however. They offer various features, and some are more consistent with different business models and sizes of companies. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Amazon Web Services is a division of amazon.com which provides a pay-subscription-based on-demand cloud computing platform to individuals, businesses, and governments. Amazon Web Services is the cloud market’s oldest and most experienced player. It has built a larger user base as one of the oldest cloud providers, as well as bigger confidence and reliability factors. It is publicly accessible AWS, such as the Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2), Quick Storage Service (Amazon S3), etc. The Elastic Block Store (EBS) has been made public and providers such as Amazon Cloud Front, Content Delivery Network (CDN), and the AWS Cloud Computing have joined more. Microsoft Azure Microsoft Azure initially named Azure, aims to provide enterprises with a professional Cloud Computing platform. In 2014, Azure was renamed ‘Microsoft Azure’ although the term ‘Azure’ is still widely used. Microsoft Azure has shown great success amongst its competitors since its inception. With Azure, you’ll benefit from tools such as: Big Data and Predictive Analytics Game and Web Creation Scalable Data Warehousing DevOps IoT Integration Blockchain technology Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Google Cloud Platform (GCP), that provided by Google, is a suite of cloud computing services operating on the same platform that Google uses internally for its end-user products such as the Google Search Engine, YouTube and more. In less than a decade it has managed to establish a strong presence in the cloud industry. Google Cloud’s initial goal was to improve Google’s products such as the Google Search Engine and YouTube. But now, they’ve also launched their corporate services that allow others to use the Google Cloud Platform that uses the same infrastructure as Google Search or YouTube. Comparison: Service AWS Azure GCP IaaS Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Virtual Machines Google Compute Engine PaaS AWS Elastic Beanstalk App Service and Cloud Services Google App Engine Containers Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Container Service Azure Kubernetes Service Google Kubernetes Engine Serverless Functions AWS Lambda Azure Functions Google Cloud Functions Object Storage Amazon Simple Storage Service Disk Storage Google Cloud Storage Virtual Network Amazon Virtual Private Cloud Virtual Networks Virtual Private Cloud DNS Amazon Route 53 Azure DNS Google Cloud DNS