AWS VS GCP Quick Comparison
2 min readJan 21, 2021
KEY DIFFERENCE: Google Cloud Vs AWS
- Google Cloud is a suite of Google’s public cloud computing resources & services whereas AWS is a secure cloud service developed and managed by Amazon.
- Google Cloud offers Google Cloud Storage, while AWS offers Amazon Simple Storage Services.
- In Google cloud services, data transmission is a fully encrypted format on the other hand, in AWS, data transmission is in the general format.
- Google Cloud volume size is 1 GB to 64 TB while AWS volume size is 500 GB to 16 TB
- Google Cloud provides backup services, but AWS offers cloud-based disaster recovery services.
Features of AWS
Important features of Amazon Web Services (AWS) are:
- Total Cost of Ownership is very low compared to any private/dedicated servers.
- Offers Centralized Billing and management
- Offers Hybrid Capabilities
- Allows you to deploy your application in multiple regions around the world with just a few clicks
Features of Google Cloud
Important features of Google Cloud are:
- Constantly including more Language & OS.
- A better UI helps you to improves user experience.
- Offers an on-demand self-service
- Broad network access
- Resource pooling and Rapid elasticity
AWS vs Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Here are major differences between AWS and Google Cloud.
Service comparisons
The following table provides a side-by-side comparison of the various services available on AWS and Google Cloud.
Ref: https://cloud.google.com/docs/compare/aws for more details.