Azure, AWS, and GCP: A Multicloud Service Cheat Sheet

Hamida Rebai

Apr. 02, 20 · Review

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This article will help you to map between Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud solutions. If you are considering a multicloud architecture, it's important to understand the differences between each provider's suites.

Cloud Services Comparison

AI and Machine Learning

Big Data and Analytics

Data warehouse	Redshift	BigQuery	Azure Synapse Analytics
Big data processing	Amazon Elastic Map Reduce (EMR)	Cloud DataProc	Azure Databricks
Big data processing	Amazon Elastic Map Reduce (EMR)	Cloud DataFlow	HDInsight
Data orchestration / ETL	AWS Data Pipeline	Cloud DataFlow	HDInsight
	AWS Glue	Cloud DataFlow	Data Factory
	AWS Data Pipeline	Cloud Composer	Data Catalog
	AWS Glue	Cloud Composer	Data Catalog
Analytics and visualization	Kinesis Analytics	Stream Analytics	Stream Analytics
		Cloud Dataflow	Data Lake Analytics
		Cloud Dataflow	Data Lake Store
	QuickSight	BigQuery BI Engine	Power BI

Compute

Virtual servers	Lightsail	Compute Engine	Azure Virtual Machines
	Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Instances	Compute Engine	Azure Virtual Machines
	AWS Elastic MapReduce	Cloud Dataproc	Azure Batch
	AWS Batch	Cloud Dataflow	Azure Batch
	AWS Auto Scaling	Instance Groups	Virtual Machine Scale Sets
	VMware Cloud on AWS	VMware Solution (by CloudSimple)	Azure VMware by CloudSimple
Containers and container orchestrators	Fargate	Google Kubernetes Engine	Azure Container Instances
	Elastic Container Service (ECS)	Google Kubernetes Engine	Azure Container Instances
	Elastic Container Registry	Container Registry	Azure Container Registry
	Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)	Google Kubernetes Engine	Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
	App Mesh	Istio Solutions	Service Fabric Mesh
Serverless	Lambda	Cloud Functions	Azure Functions

Database

Relational database	RDS	Cloud SQL	SQL Database
		Cloud Spanner	Azure Database for MySQL
		Cloud Spanner	Azure Database for PostgreSQL
NoSQL / Document	DynamoDB	Cloud Bigtable	Azure Cosmos DB
	SimpleDB	Cloud Firestore
	Amazon DocumentDB	Cloud Firestore
	Amazon DocumentDB	Cloud Firestore
Caching	ElastiCache	Cloud Memorystore	Azure Cache for Redis
Database migration	AWS Database Migration Service	Google Cloud Data Fusion	Azure Database Migration Service

DevOps and Application Monitoring

CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray	Stackdriver Monitoring	Azure Monitor
CodeBuild	Google Cloud Build	Azure DevOps
CodeDeploy
CodeCommit
CodePipeline
AWS Developer Tools	Developer Tools	Azure Developer Tools
AWS CodeBuild	-	Azure DevOps
Command Line Interface	Cloud SDK	Azure CLI
Command Line Interface	Cloud Tools for Powershell	Azure PowerShell
OpsWorks (Chef-based)	-	Azure Automation
CloudFormation	Cloud Deployment Manager	VM extensions
		Azure Automation
		Azure Resource Manager

Internet of Things (IoT)

AWS IoT	Cloud IoT	Azure IoT Hub
AWS Greengrass	-	Azure IoT Edge
Kinesis Firehose	Cloud Pub/Sub	Event Hubs
Kinesis Streams	Cloud Pub/Sub	Event Hubs
Blockchain	Blockchain	Blockchain
AWS IoT Things Graph	-	Azure Digital Twins

Management

Trusted Advisor	-	Azure Advisor
AWS Usage and Billing Report	-	Azure Billing API
AWS Management Console	-	Azure portal
AWS Application Discovery Service	Google Anthos	Azure Migrate
Amazon EC2 Systems Manager	-	Azure Monitor
AWS Personal Health Dashboard	-	Azure Resource Health

Messaging and Eventing

Simple Queue Service (SQS)	Cloud Pub/Sub	Azure Queue Storage
Amazon MQ (ActiveMQ)		Service Bus
Amazon MSK (Kafka)	Cloud Functions	Event Grid
Simple Notification Service

Mobile Services

Mobile Hub	Mobile Solutions	App Center
Mobile Hub		Xamarin Apps
Mobile SDK		App Center
Cognito		App Center
AWS Device Farm		App Center
Mobile Analytics		App Center

Networking

Cloud virtual networking	Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)	Virtual Private Cloud	Virtual Network
Cross-premises connectivity	AWS VPN Gateway	Cloud VPN	Azure VPN Gateway
DNS management	Route 53	Google Domains, Cloud DNS	Azure DNS
DNS management	Route 53	Google Domains, Cloud DNS	Traffic Manager
Réseau dédié	Direct Connect	Cloud Interconnect	ExpressRoute
Load balancing	Network Load Balancer	Cloud Load Balancing	Load Balancer
Réseau privé	PrivateLink	-	PrivateLink
	Elastic Load Balancing	-	PrivateLink
	Application Load Balancer	Cloud Load Balancing	Application Gateway

Security, Identity, and Access

Authentification and autorisation	Identity and Access Management (IAM)	Cloud Identity	Azure Active Directory
	Identity and Access Management (IAM)	Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy	Azure Role Based Access Control
	AWS Organizations	Cloud IAM	Azure Subscription Management + Azure RBAC
	Multi-Factor Authentication	Authentification multifacteur (MFA)	Multi-Factor Authentication
	AWS Directory Service	Managed Microsoft AD	Azure Active Directory Domain Services
	Cognito	-	Azure Active Directory B2C
	AWS Organizations	-	Azure Policy
	AWS Organizations	-	Management Groups
Encryption	Server-side encryption with Amazon S3 Key Management Service	-	Azure Storage Service Encryption
	Key Management Service (KMS), CloudHSM	Management Service	Key Vault
	Key Management Service (KMS), CloudHSM	Cloud Key	Dedicated HSM
Firewall	Web Application Firewall	-	Application Gateway - Web Application Firewall
	Web Application Firewall	-	Azure Firewall
	-	-	Security Center
Security	Inspector	-	Azure Sentinel
	Certificate Manager	-	App Service Certificates available on the Portal
	GuardDuty	-	Azure Advanced Threat Protection
	AWS Artifact	-	Service Trust Portal
Protection	Shield	-	DDoS Protection Service

Storage

Object storage	Simple Storage Services (S3)	Cloud Storage	Azure Blob storage
Virtual server disks	Elastic Block Store (EBS)	Persistent Disk	Azure managed disks
Shared files	Elastic File System	Cloud Filestore	Azure Files
Archiving and backup	S3 Infrequent Access (IA)	Cloud Storage Nearline	Azure Storage cool tier
	Glacier S3	Cloud Storage Coldline	Azure Storage cool tier
	AWS Backup	-	Azure Backup
Hybrid storage	Storage Gateway	-	StorSimple
Bulk data transfer	AWS Import/Export Disk	-	Import/Export
	AWS Import/Export Snowball		Azure Data Box
	Snowball Edge		Azure Data Box
	Snowmobile		Azure Data Box

Web Applications

Elastic Beanstalk	App Engine	App Service
API Gateway	Cloud Endpoints	-
API Gateway	Apigee	API Management
CloudFront	Cloud Interconnect	Azure Content Delivery Network
CloudFront	Cloud CDN	Azure Content Delivery Network
Global Accelerator	-	Azure Front Door

Miscellaneous

Backend process logic	AWS Step Functions	-	Logic Apps
Enterprise application services	Amazon WorkMail	G Suite	Office 365
	Amazon WorkDocs
Gaming	GameLift	-	PlayFab
	GameSparks
Media transcoding	Elastic Transcoder	-	Media Services
Workflow	Simple Workflow Service (SWF)	-	Logic Apps
Hybrid	Outposts	Google Anthos	Azure Arc
			Azure Stack

Marketplace

AWS Marketplace

Google Marketplace

Azure Marketplace

Conclusion

In this article, we listed the different big cloud providers' services. Because they are similar, if you choose a multicloud architecture, the interaction between providers and your private cloud is easy. Still, you need to define your security patterns, architecture patterns, and test to minimize the latency between zones — but an application or microservice that is deployed as services in differences zones will always be available for customers all over the world.

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Amazon Lex	Dialogflow Enterprise Edition	Language Understanding (LUIS)
AWS Transcribe	Cloud Speech-to-Text	Speech Services
AWS Polly	Cloud Speech-to-Text	Speech Services
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Amazon Rekognition	Cloud Video Intelligence	Cognitive Services
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