Services Cheatsheet
AI/ML
| AI/ML | AWS | Azure | GCP |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI containers | AWS Deep Learning Containers | GPU support on AKS | Deep Learning Containers |
| AI prediction human review and moderation | Amazon Augmented AI (Amazon A2I) | Azure Content Moderator | N/A |
| AI machine images | AWS Deep Learning AMIs | Data Science Virtual Machines | Deep Learning VM Image |
| Chat bot builder | Amazon Lex | Azure Bot Service, Health Bot, QnA Maker | Dialogflow |
| Data labeling | Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth | Azure Machine Learning data labeling | Vertex Data Labeling |
| Document extraction, image content analysis | Amazon Textract | Azure Form Recognizer, Ink Recognizer, Computer Vision, Custom Vision | Vision API |
| Image and video recognition, indexing | Amazon Rekognition | Azure Face, Video Indexer | Video AI |
| Inference accelerator | Amazon Elastic Inference | GPUs on AKS | Cloud TPU, Edge TPU |
| Language recognition, sentiment analysis | Amazon Comprehend | Azure Immersive Reader, Language Understanding, Text Analytics | Cloud Natural Language AI, Healthcare Natural Language AI |
| Language translation | Amazon Translate | Speech Translation, Translator | Cloud Translation, Media Translation (beta) |
| Machine learning hardware | AWS Inferentia, AWS Trainium (preview*) | FPGA | Cloud TPU |
| Managed machine learning platform | Amazon SageMaker | Azure Machine Learning | TensorFlow Enterprise, Vertex AI |
| Notebooks | Amazon EMR Notebooks | Integrations through Visual Studio, Azure and GitHub | Notebooks |
| Online fraud detection | Amazon Fraud Detector | N/A | reCAPTCHA Enterprise |
| Prediction review and moderation | Amazon Augmented AI, Amazon SageMaker Clarify | Azure Content Moderator | N/A |
| Recommendation integration | Amazon Personalize | Personalizer | Recommendations AI |
| Speech recognition | Amazon Transcribe | Speaker Recognition (preview), Speech to Text | Cloud Speech-to-Text API |
| Text-to-speech | Amazon Polly | Text to Speech | Cloud Text-to-Speech API |
| Time-series forecasting | Amazon Forecast | N/A | N/A |
| Vision/speech modeling packaged devices | AWS DeepLens | Azure Kinect DK | N/A |
Analytics
| Analytics | AWS | Azure | GCP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big data processing | Amazon EMR | Azure Databricks, Azure HDInsight | Dataproc | |
| Business analytics | Amazon QuickSight, Amazon FinSpace | Power BI Embedded, Microsoft Graph Data Connect | (preview) | Looker, Google Data Studio |
| Data lake creation | Amazon HealthLake (preview), AWS Lake Formation | Azure Data Lake Storage | Cloud Storage | |
| Data sharing | AWS Data Exchange, AWS Lake Formation | Azure Data Share | Analytics Hub (preview), Cloud | Dataprep (partnership with Trifacta) |
| Data warehousing | Amazon Redshift | Azure Synapse Analytics | BigQuery | |
| ETL | AWS Glue, Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose, Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler | Azure Data Factory | Cloud Data | Fusion, Dataflow, Dataproc |
| Hosted Hadoop/Spark | Amazon EMR | Azure HDInsight | Dataproc | |
| Managed search | Amazon CloudSearch, Amazon Elasticsearch Service, Amazon Kendra | Azure Cognitive Search, Bing | Search API | Cloud Search |
| Managed Kafka | Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka | Azure Event Hubs for Apache Kafka | N/A (available through a partnership with Confluent) | |
| Real-time data streaming | Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams | Azure Stream Analytics | Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Datastream (preview) | |
| Query service, data exploration | Amazon Athena, Amazon Elasticsearch Service, Amazon Managed Service for | Grafana (preview) | SQL Server ML Services, Big Data Clusters (Spark), Data Lake Analytics, SQL Server Analysis Services, Azure Data Explorer | BigQuery |
Application Integration
| Application Integration | AWS | Azure | GCP |
|---|---|---|---|
| API development and management | Amazon API Gateway, AWS AppSync | Azure API Apps | API Gateway, Apigee, Cloud Endpoints |
| Distributed app coordination | Amazon Simple Workflow Service, AWS Step Functions | Logic Apps | Cloud Tasks |
| Event routing, third-party integration | Amazon AppFlow, Amazon EventBridge, Amazon Simple Notification Service | Event Grid | Pub/Sub |
| Messaging | Amazon MQ, Amazon Simple Queue Service | Azure Web PubSub (preview), Queue Storage, Service Bus | Pub/Sub |
| Service discovery | AWS Cloud Map | N/A | N/A |
| Service mesh | AWS App Mesh | Open Service Mesh AKS add-on (preview) | Anthos Service Mesh |
| Workflow orchestration | AWS Data Pipeline, Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow | Logic Apps | Cloud Composer, Workflows |
Business Apps
| Business Apps | AWS | Azure | GCP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collaboration tool suite | N/A | Microsoft 365 | Google Workspace |
| Document sharing and storage | Amazon WorkDocs | Microsoft Word | Google Docs, Google Workspace Essentials |
| Email and calendar | Amazon WorkMail | Outlook | Gmail |
| Low-code/no-code | Amazon Honeycode (preview) | Microsoft PowerApps, Project Bonsai (preview) | AppSheet |
| Video calls and chat | Amazon Chime | Microsoft Teams | Google Meet |
| Voice assistant | Alexa for Business | Cortana | Google Assistant |
Compute
| Compute | AWS | Azure | GCP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autoscaling | AWS EC2 Auto Scaling | Azure Autoscale, Azure virtual machine scale sets | Managed instance groups (MIGs) |
| Batch scheduling, executing and processing | AWS Batch | Azure Batch | Batch on GKE (preview), Cloud Scheduler |
| Functions as a service | AWS Lambda | Azure Functions | Cloud Functions |
| 5G-based infrastructure | AWS Wavelength | Azure Edge Zones | Global Mobile Edge Cloud (GMEC) |
| High performance computing cluster management | AWS ParallelCluster | Azure CycleCloud, Azure FXT Edge Filer | N/A |
| VM image builder | EC2 Image Builder | Azure VM Image Builder | N/A |
| Isolated servers | Dedicated Instances | Azure Dedicated Host | Sole-tenant Nodes, Shielded VMs |
| PaaS | AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS | App Service, Azure Cloud Services, Azure Spring Cloud, Azure Red Hat OpenShift | App Engine |
| On-premises/edge devices | AWS Outposts, AWS Snow Family | Azure Modular Datacenter, Azure Stack Hub, Azure Stack HCI, Azure Stack Edge | N/A |
| Quantum computing | Amazon Braket | Azure Quantum (preview) | N/A |
| Virtual machines | Amazon EC2 | Virtual Machines | Compute Engine |
| Virtual private server | Amazon Lightsail | N/A | N/A |
| VMware integration | VMware Cloud on AWS | Azure VMware Solution | VMware Engine |
Containers
| Containers | AWS | Azure | GCP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Container registry | Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), ECR Public | Azure Container Registry | Artifact Registry, Container Registry |
| Managed container service | AWS Copilot, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) | Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) | Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) |
| Serverless containers | AWS App Runner, AWS Fargate | Azure Container Instances (ACI) | Cloud Run |
Cost Controls
| Cost Controls | AWS | Azure | GCP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long-term commitment discount programs | EC2 Reserved Instances, Savings Plans | Reservations, Azure Hybrid Benefit | Committed use discounts, sustained use discounts |
| Low-cost, interruptible VMs | EC2 Spot | Azure Spot Virtual Machines | Preemptible Virtual Machines |
| Optimization tools | Amazon CodeGuru, Amazon DevOps Guru, AWS Compute Optimizer, AWS Trusted Advisor, AWS Well-Architected Tool | Azure Advisor, Azure Well-Architected Review | Recommender, Network Intelligence Center, Cloud Profiler |
| Spending tracker and analysis | AWS Budgets, AWS Cost Anomaly Detection, AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Cost and Usage Report, Reserved Instance Reporting | Azure Cost Management and Billing | Cost Management |
Databases
| Databases | AWS | Azure | GCP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blockchain | Amazon Managed Blockchain, Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB) | Azure Blockchain Service (preview), Azure Blockchain Development Kit, Azure Blockchain Workbench (preview), Microsoft Azure Confidential Ledger (preview) | N/A |
| Caching | Amazon ElastiCache (Memcached, Redis) | Azure Cache for Redis, Azure HPC Cache | Cloud Memorystore |
| NoSQL: Column-family | Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) | Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra (preview) | Cloud Bigtable |
| NoSQL: Document | Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility), Amazon DynamoDB | Azure Cosmos DB | Cloud Firestore, Firebase Realtime Database |
| NoSQL: Graph | Amazon Neptune | Azure Cosmos DB Gremlin API | N/A |
| NoSQL: Key-value | Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Keyspaces | Azure Cosmos DB, Table storage | Cloud Bigtable, Firestore |
| Relational database management system | Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MariaDB), Amazon RDS on VMware | Azure Database (MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL), Azure SQL (Database, Edge, Managed Instance) | Cloud SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server), Cloud Spanner |
| Time-series database | Amazon Timestream | Azure Time Series Insights | Cloud Bigtable |
Developer Tools
| Developer Tools | AWS | Azure | GCP |
|---|---|---|---|
| App configuration parameter storage | AWS AppConfig | App Configuration | Cloud Storage |
| Artifact management | AWS CodeArtifact | Azure Artifacts, GitHub Packages | Artifact Registry (preview) |
| Code debugging | AWS X-Ray | Visual Studio Code | Cloud Debugger, Firebase Crashlytics |
| CI/CD | AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeDeploy, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeStar | Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines | Cloud Build, Tekton |
| Development kits | AWS Cloud Development Kit, Amazon Corretto | Azure SDKs | Cloud SDK |
| IDEs and other tools for interacting with cloud resources | AWS Cloud9, AWS CLI, AWS CloudShell, Amazon EMR Studio | Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, Azure Cloud Shell, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code | Cloud Code, Tools for Eclipse, Tools for PowerShell |
| Lab environment | N/A | Azure Lab Services, Azure DevTest Labs | N/A |
| Mobile and Web app development | AWS Amplify | App Service, Mobile Apps, Xamarin with Azure, Web Apps, Static Web Apps | Google Firebase |
| Private repository | AWS CodeCommit, AWS Serverless Application Repository | Azure Repos | Cloud Source Repositories |
| Testing | AWS Device Farm, AWS Fault Injection Simulator | Visual Studio App Center, Azure Test Plans, Azure Internet Analyzer (preview) | Google Firebase Test Lab |
IoT
| IoT | AWS | Azure | GCP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud-device connections, data collection and management | AWS IoT Analytics, AWS IoT Core, AWS IoT Device Defender, AWS IoT Device Management, AWS IoT Events, AWS IoT SiteWise | Azure IoT Central, Azure IoT Hub, Azure Defender for IoT, Azure Sphere | Cloud IoT Core |
| IoT edge compute | AWS Greengrass | Azure IoT Edge, Azure Percept (preview) | Edge TPU |
| Microcontroller OS | FreeRTOS | Azure RTOS | N/A |
| Virtual modeling | AWS IoT Things Graph | Azure Digital Twins | N/A |
Management/Governance
| Management/Governance | AWS | Azure | GCP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automation | AWS CloudFormation, AWS Proton, AWS OpsWorks | Azure Resource Manager, Azure Automation | Cloud Deployment Manager, Cloud Foundation Toolkit, Cloud Scheduler |
| Anomaly detection | CloudWatch Anomaly Detection | Anomaly Detector | Anomaly Detection |
| Application portfolio and data governance | AWS Service Catalog | Azure Managed Applications, Azure Blueprints (preview), Azure Purview (preview) | Dataplex, Private Catalog, Service Directory |
| Automated Windows Server management | N/A | Azure Automanage (preview) | N/A |
| Configuration management | AWS Config | Azure App Configuration | Cloud Asset Inventory |
| Health dashboard | Personal Health Dashboard | Resource Health, Azure Service Health | Cloud Monitoring |
| Hybrid and multi-cloud management | Amazon EKS Anywhere (preview), Amazon ECS Anywhere | Azure Arc | Google Anthos, Network Connectivity Center (preview) |
| License management | AWS License Manager | N/A | N/A |
| Monitoring | Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon CloudWatch Logs, AWS Transit Gateway Network Manager, Amazon Lookout for Metrics, Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus (preview) | Azure Monitor, Network Watcher, Log Analytics, Azure Metrics Advisor (preview) | Operations, Cloud Operations for GKE (formerly Stackdriver), Network Intelligence Center |
| Multi-account management | AWS Control Tower, AWS Organizations | Azure Management Groups, Azure Lighthouse | N/A |
| Policy management | AWS Organizations | Azure Policy | Organization Policy Service |
| Telemetry collection and response | AWS Systems Manager, AWS Distro for Open Telemetry (preview) | Azure Monitor | Network Telemetry |
| Web-based user interface | AWS Management Console | Azure Portal | Cloud Console |
Migration
| Migration | AWS | Azure | GCP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Database migration | AWS Database Migration Service | Azure Database Migration Service | Database Migration Service (preview) |
| Data transfer appliance | Snow Family | Data Box | Transfer Appliance |
| Disaster recovery | CloudEndure Disaster Recovery | Azure Site Recovery | N/A |
| Online data transfer | AWS DataSync, AWS Transfer Family | Azure File Sync | BigQuery Data Transfer Service, Cloud Data Transfer |
| On-premises application analysis | AWS Application Discovery Service, Migration Evaluator | Azure Migrate, Movere, Azure Resource Mover | N/A |
| On-premises and cloud storage integration | Storage Gateway | StorSimple | N/A (offered by partner Cloudian) |
| Migration tracker | AWS Migration Hub | Azure Migrate | N/A |
| Server migration | AWS App2Container, AWS Server Migration Service, CloudEndure Migration | Azure Migrate | Migrate for Anthos, Migrate for Compute Engine, VM migration |
Misc
| Misc | AWS | Azure | GCP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer engagement | Amazon Connect, Contact Lens for Amazon Connect | Azure Communication Services, Azure SignalR Service | Contact Center AI |
| End user communications | Amazon Pinpoint, Amazon Simple Email Service | Azure Notification Hubs | Firebase Cloud Messaging |
| Gaming | Amazon GameLift, Amazon Lumberyard | Game Stack | Game Servers |
| Geolocation APIs and services | Amazon Maps API, Amazon Location Service | Azure Maps | Google Maps Platform |
| Genomics | N/A | Microsoft Genomics | Cloud Life Sciences (preview) |
| Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources | FHIR Works on AWS | Azure API for FHIR | Apigee HealthAPIx, Cloud Healthcare API |
| Industrial and other workplace monitoring tools | Amazon Lookout for Vision, Amazon Lookout for Equipment, Amazon Panorama (preview), Amazon Monitron | Azure IoT | Vision AI, Visual Inspection AI |
| Media services | Amazon Elastic Transcoder, AWS Elemental suite, Amazon Interactive Video Service, Amazon Kinesis Video Streams | Azure Media Player, Content Protection, Encoding, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Azure Video Analyzer (preview), Media Services | OpenCue, Transcoder API (preview) |
| Mobile access to internal web apps | Amazon WorkLink | N/A | Identity-Aware Proxy |
| Robotics application development | AWS RoboMaker | N/A | Cloud Robotics Core |
| Satellite ground stations | AWS Ground Station | Azure Orbital (preview) | N/A |
| Virtual desktop | Amazon WorkSpaces, Amazon AppStream 2.0 | Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure | N/A |
| Virtual reality, mixed reality app development | Amazon Sumerian | Azure Digital Twins, Kinect DK, Object Anchors (preview), Remote Rendering (preview), Spatial Anchors | Google VR |
Networking
| Networking | AWS | Azure | GCP |
| Build, deploy and manage APIs | Amazon API Gateway | Azure API Apps, API Management | Apigee API Management Platform |
| Content delivery network | Amazon CloudFront | Content Delivery Network (CDN) | Cloud CDN |
| Dedicated fiber connection between VPCs and private network | AWS Direct Connect | Azure ExpressRoute | Cloud Interconnect |
| Domain name system | Amazon Route 53 | Azure DNS | Cloud DNS |
| Load balancing | Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) | Application Gateway, Load Balancer, Traffic Manager | Cloud Load Balancing |
| Network accelerator | AWS Global Accelerator | Accelerated Networking | Premium Network Service Tier |
| Network area translation | NAT Gateway | Virtual Network NAT, Azure Route Server (preview) | Cloud NAT |
| Satellite ground station | AWS Ground Station | Azure Orbital (preview) | N/A |
| Service discovery | Amazon ECS, AWS Cloud Map | N/A | GKE |
| Traffic control plane | AWS App Mesh | Azure Front Door, Azure Service Fabric | Traffic Director |
| Virtual WAN | N/A | Virtual WAN | N/A |
| VPC | Amazon VPC | Azure Virtual Network | Virtual Private Cloud |
| VPC/VM secure connector | AWS Transit Gateway, AWS VPN | Azure Bastion, Azure Private Link, Azure VPN gateway | Cloud VPN, Direct Peering, VPC Service Controls |
Security
| Security | AWS | Azure | GCP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit and compliance reports and controls | AWS Artifact, AWS Audit Manager | Service Trust Portal | Assured Workloads |
| Centralized security management | AWS Security Hub | Security Center | Security Command Center |
| Certificate management | AWS Certificate Manager | App Service | Certificate Authority Service |
| Confidential computing | AWS Nitro Enclaves | Azure Confidential Computing | Confidential Computing |
| Container deploy-time security control | N/A | N/A | Binary Authorization |
| Data discovery and classification | Amazon Macie | Data Catalog, Azure Information Protection | Data Catalog, Cloud Data Loss Prevention |
| Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection | AWS Shield | Azure DDoS Protection | Google Cloud Armor |
| End-user identity management | Amazon Cognito | Azure Active Directory B2C | Firebase Authentication |
| Firewall management | AWS Firewall Manager, AWS Network Firewall, AWS WAF | Azure Firewall Manager, Web Application Firewall | Cloud Armor, Cloud firewalls |
| Identity and access management | AWS Identity and Access Management | Azure Active Directory, role-based access control (Azure RBAC), Azure Active Directory External Identities | BeyondCorp Enterprise, Identity and Access Management, Identity Platform, Identity-Aware Proxy |
| Key management | AWS Key Management Service, AWS CloudHSM | Key Vault, Azure Dedicated HSM | Cloud Key Management |
| Multifactor authentication | AWS Multi-Factor Authentication | Azure AD Multi-Factor Authentication | Google Authenticator, Titan Security Key |
| Microsoft Active Directory compatible directory service | AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory | Azure Active Directory Domain Service | Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory |
| Resource access management | AWS Resource Access Manager | Azure Resource Manager | Resource Manager |
| Security data analysis | Amazon Detective | Security Center | Chronicle, Risk Protection Program (preview) |
| Secrets management | AWS Secrets Manager | Azure Key Vault | Secret Manager |
| Single sign-on | AWS Single Sign-On | Azure Active Directory single single-on | Cloud Identity |
| Signoff for cloud provider data access requests | N/A | Customer Lockbox | Access Transparency |
| Threat Detection | Amazon GuardDuty | Microsoft Azure Attestation, Azure Defender, Azure Sentinel | Chronicle, Phishing Protection, Web Risk, Event Threat Detection (preview) |
| Vulnerability scanning | Amazon Inspector | Security Center | Web Security Scanner |
Storage
| Storage | AWS | Azure | GCP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archival storage | S3 Glacier, S3 Glacier Deep Archive | Archive Storage | Archive Storage |
| Backup | AWS Backup | Azure Backup | N/A |
| Block storage | Amazon Block Store (EBS) | Azure Disk Storage | Persistent Disk, Local SSD |
| File storage | Amazon Elastic File Service (EFS), Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, Amazon FSx for Lustre | Avere vFXT for Azure, Azure Files, Azure NetApp Files, Azure FXT Edge Filer | Filestore |
| Object storage | Amazon S3 | Azure Blob Storage | Cloud Storage, Cloud Storage for Firebase |