> These differences are so extreme they made me double check the process. Are the "states" of completion different between the two clouds? Is an AWS "Ready" pre

> These differences are so extreme they made me double check the process. Are the "states" of completion different between the two clouds? Is an AWS "Ready" premature compared to GCP? It anecdotally appears not; I was able to ssh into an instance right after AWS became ready, and it took as long as GCP indicated before I was able to login to one of theirs. This is a good point and should be part of the test: after launching, SSH into the machine and run a trivial task to confirm that the hardware works.