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AWS is definitely the leader. But Microsoft Azure is giving them a run for their money, and is stealing away a lot of the big clients. Azure is adding new produ
by jacurtis 6y ago
AWS is definitely the leader. But Microsoft Azure is giving them a run for their money, and is stealing away a lot of the big clients. Azure is adding new products quickly and adding features to existing products to stay competitive with AWS. I've noticed that Azure seems to be much more "focused" than AWS. Meaning that AWS has a lot of random/niche services. Azure doesn't compete against these, but focuses on being ultra-competitive in the core services that enterprise customers really want. And I do think AWS execs are spending a lot of time talking about Azure and trying to keep the competitive edge. I don't think AWS execs are spending much energy worrying about GCP.
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a bit of a joke. I really don't think it is all that competitive. Its trying to stay caught up and they do offer a lot of similar services. But their documentation is all over the place. Their service administration is a disaster. You can tell that each product is built by separate teams that only meet together once a quarter over Zoom. Its very disjointed. GCP is definitely trying to play catch-up. That isn't to say that you couldn't build a powerful platform ontop of GCP, many respectable companies are doing it. Discord is one that comes to mind that is (or at least was...) built entirely on GCP. I don't want to say it is shit. But its not as cohesive as Azure and AWS.
Basically AWS and Azure are the two core competitors. I really think that in practical (non-niche, using core services) they are neck and neck. GCP is in the race, but definitely lagging behind the others.