Well, Amazon also has a 6 year head start. Compute Engine has only been generally available since December 2013: http://googlecloudplatform.blogspot.co.uk/2013

Well, Amazon also has a 6 year head start. Compute Engine has only been generally available since December 2013: http://googlecloudplatform.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/google-compute-engine-is-now-generally-available.html http://googlecloudplatform.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/google-com... App Engine was released a long time ago, around the same time as AWS, but they aren't comparable products. It seems clear that the market chose the AWS technology since it was more compatible with existing code.