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Compute Containers & Kubernetes Serverless Storage & Backup Databases Networking & Content Delivery Security, Identity & Compliance AI & Machine Learning Analytics & Data Application Integration Developer Tools & CI/CD Management, Monitoring & Cost Migration & Transfer Internet of Things Media & Communications End-user & Business Apps Compute Virtual machines and servers to run your applications, from a single small server to large fleets.
AWS Amazon EC2 Resizable virtual servers (instances) in the cloud, with a wide choice of CPU, memory, storage and networking. AWS Amazon Lightsail Simple virtual private servers with predictable monthly bundles of compute, storage and data transfer. AWS AWS Auto Scaling Automatically adds or removes capacity for EC2 and other services so applications keep performance at the lowest cost. AWS AWS Elastic Beanstalk Upload your application code and Beanstalk provisions and manages the servers, load balancing and scaling for it. AWS AWS Batch Runs batch computing jobs at any scale, managing the queue and the compute resources for you. AWS AWS Outposts AWS-managed hardware installed in your own data centre, running AWS services on-premises. AWS AWS Local Zones AWS infrastructure placed close to large cities for single-digit-millisecond latency. AWS AWS Wavelength AWS compute and storage embedded in telecom 5G networks for ultra-low-latency mobile applications. AWS EC2 Image Builder Automates building, testing and patching of server images (AMIs) and container images. Google Cloud Compute Engine Virtual machines on Google's infrastructure, from small shared-core VMs to large GPU machines. Google Cloud App Engine Fully managed platform that runs web applications and scales them automatically. Google Cloud Batch Schedules and runs batch jobs on Compute Engine, provisioning resources for you. Google Cloud Google Distributed Cloud Google Cloud infrastructure and services delivered at the edge or in your own data centre. Google Cloud Google Cloud VMware Engine Run VMware workloads natively in Google Cloud without changing them. Google Cloud Bare Metal Solution Dedicated physical servers in Google Cloud regions for specialised workloads such as Oracle. Containers & Kubernetes Run applications packaged as containers, with managed Kubernetes and container registries.
Serverless Run code and APIs without managing servers; you pay for what actually runs.
Storage & Backup Object, block and file storage, archives and backups for any amount of data.
AWS Amazon S3 Object storage for any amount of data, with high durability, versioning and lifecycle rules. AWS Amazon S3 Glacier Very low-cost archive storage classes in S3 for data you rarely need to read. AWS Amazon EBS High-performance block storage volumes (virtual disks) for EC2 instances, with snapshots. AWS Amazon EFS Serverless, elastic shared file system (NFS) that many servers can use at once. AWS Amazon FSx Fully managed file systems such as Windows File Server, Lustre, NetApp ONTAP and OpenZFS. AWS AWS Backup Central, policy-based backups across AWS services such as EC2, EBS, RDS, DynamoDB and EFS. AWS AWS Storage Gateway Hybrid storage that gives on-premises applications access to virtually unlimited cloud storage. AWS AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery Replicates servers to AWS so you can recover quickly from outages or ransomware. Google Cloud Cloud Storage Object storage with Standard, Nearline, Coldline and Archive classes for any amount of data. Google Cloud Persistent Disk & Hyperdisk Durable block storage volumes for Compute Engine and GKE, with snapshots. Google Cloud Filestore Managed NFS file servers for applications that need a shared file system. Google Cloud Backup and DR Service Centrally managed backup and disaster recovery for VMs, databases and file systems. Google Cloud NetApp Volumes Fully managed NetApp file storage (NFS and SMB) in Google Cloud. Databases Managed relational, NoSQL, in-memory and specialised databases.
AWS Amazon RDS Managed relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, Oracle) with backups and patching handled for you. AWS Amazon Aurora MySQL- and PostgreSQL-compatible database built for the cloud, with high performance and availability. AWS Amazon DynamoDB Serverless NoSQL key-value and document database with single-digit-millisecond performance at any scale. AWS Amazon ElastiCache Managed in-memory caching with Redis OSS, Valkey or Memcached for very fast data access. AWS Amazon DocumentDB Managed document database compatible with MongoDB workloads. AWS Amazon Neptune Managed graph database for highly connected data. AWS Amazon Keyspaces Serverless, managed database compatible with Apache Cassandra. AWS Amazon Timestream Time-series database for IoT and operational measurements. AWS Amazon MemoryDB Durable in-memory database compatible with Redis and Valkey. AWS Amazon QLDB Ledger database with an immutable, cryptographically verifiable history of changes (being retired by AWS; existing users are moving to Aurora PostgreSQL). Google Cloud Cloud SQL Managed MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQL Server with automatic backups, patching and replication. Google Cloud AlloyDB for PostgreSQL PostgreSQL-compatible database for demanding transactional and analytical workloads. Google Cloud Spanner Globally distributed, strongly consistent relational database with virtually unlimited scale. Google Cloud Firestore Serverless NoSQL document database with real-time sync and offline support. Google Cloud Bigtable Wide-column NoSQL database for very large, low-latency workloads. Google Cloud Memorystore Managed in-memory data store for Redis, Valkey and Memcached. Google Cloud Datastream Serverless change data capture that replicates database changes into BigQuery and other targets. Networking & Content Delivery Private networks, DNS, load balancing, CDN and connectivity between your sites and the cloud.
AWS Amazon VPC Your own isolated private network in AWS, with subnets, route tables and security controls. AWS Amazon CloudFront Global content delivery network (CDN) that delivers websites, video and APIs with low latency. AWS Amazon Route 53 Highly available DNS service with domain registration, health checks and traffic routing. AWS Elastic Load Balancing Distributes incoming traffic across servers, containers and functions (Application, Network and Gateway load balancers). AWS AWS Direct Connect Dedicated private network connection from your premises to AWS. AWS AWS Site-to-Site VPN Encrypted IPsec VPN tunnels between your office network and your AWS VPC. AWS AWS Transit Gateway A central hub that connects many VPCs and on-premises networks. AWS AWS PrivateLink Private connectivity to services across VPCs without exposing traffic to the internet. AWS AWS Global Accelerator Routes users over the AWS global network to improve availability and performance. AWS AWS Cloud Map Service discovery for cloud resources so applications always find current endpoints. AWS Amazon VPC Lattice Application networking that connects, secures and monitors service-to-service communication. Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Global private networking for your Google Cloud resources, with subnets, routes and firewall rules. Google Cloud Cloud CDN & Media CDN Content delivery on Google's edge network for websites, downloads and video. Google Cloud Cloud DNS Scalable, reliable managed DNS for public and private zones. Google Cloud Cloud Load Balancing Global and regional load balancing behind a single IP address, with autoscaling backends. Google Cloud Cloud Interconnect Dedicated or partner high-bandwidth connections between your network and Google Cloud. Google Cloud Cloud VPN Encrypted IPsec VPN connections between your office and your Google Cloud VPC. Google Cloud Cloud NAT Managed network address translation so private resources can reach the internet safely. Google Cloud Network Connectivity Center Hub-and-spoke model to connect VPCs, on-premises sites and other clouds. Google Cloud Private Service Connect Private access to Google APIs and published services from inside your VPC. Google Cloud Service Directory A single place to publish, discover and connect services. Google Cloud Network Intelligence Center Network monitoring, verification and troubleshooting tools. Security, Identity & Compliance Identity and access, encryption keys, secrets, firewalls, threat detection and compliance.
AWS AWS IAM Controls who can access which AWS resources, using users, roles and fine-grained policies. AWS AWS IAM Identity Center Single sign-on for your workforce across AWS accounts and business applications. AWS AWS Organizations Centrally manage and govern multiple AWS accounts with policies and consolidated billing. AWS AWS KMS Create and control encryption keys used to protect data across AWS services. AWS AWS Secrets Manager Stores and rotates passwords, API keys and other secrets securely. AWS AWS Certificate Manager Provisions and renews SSL/TLS certificates for AWS services at no extra cost for public certificates. AWS AWS WAF Web application firewall that blocks common web attacks and bad bots. AWS AWS Shield Protection against DDoS attacks for applications running on AWS. AWS Amazon GuardDuty Intelligent threat detection that monitors accounts and workloads for malicious activity. AWS AWS Security Hub Central view of security alerts and automated checks against best-practice standards. AWS Amazon Inspector Automated vulnerability scanning of EC2 instances, container images and Lambda functions. AWS Amazon Macie Discovers and protects sensitive data such as personal information in S3. AWS Amazon Cognito Sign-up, sign-in and user management for web and mobile apps, including social and enterprise login. AWS AWS CloudHSM Dedicated hardware security modules in the cloud for keys you fully control. AWS AWS Network Firewall Managed network firewall and intrusion prevention for your VPCs. AWS Amazon Detective Analyses and visualises security data to investigate the root cause of suspicious activity. AWS AWS Artifact On-demand access to AWS compliance reports and agreements. AWS AWS Audit Manager Continuously collects evidence to help you prepare for audits. Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) Fine-grained access control for Google Cloud resources using roles and policies. Google Cloud Resource Manager & Organization Policy Organise projects in folders under an organisation and enforce guardrail policies. Google Cloud Cloud Key Management Service Create and manage encryption keys, including hardware-backed (HSM) and external keys. Google Cloud Secret Manager Stores API keys, passwords and certificates securely with versioning and access control. Google Cloud Certificate Manager Provisions and manages TLS certificates for Google Cloud load balancers. Google Cloud Cloud Armor DDoS protection and web application firewall for apps behind Google load balancers. Google Cloud Security Command Center Central security and risk management: misconfigurations, vulnerabilities and threats. Google Cloud Sensitive Data Protection Discovers, classifies and masks sensitive data such as personal information (formerly Cloud DLP). Google Cloud Identity Platform Customer identity and sign-in for your apps, with social, enterprise and multi-factor login. Google Cloud Cloud Next Generation Firewall Distributed, fully managed firewall with intrusion prevention for your VPC. Google Cloud VPC Service Controls Creates security perimeters around Google Cloud services to reduce data exfiltration risk. Google Cloud Binary Authorization Only lets trusted, signed container images deploy to GKE and Cloud Run. Google Cloud reCAPTCHA Protects websites and apps from bots, spam and fraud. Google Cloud Google Security Operations Cloud SIEM and SOAR for collecting security data, detecting threats and responding. AI & Machine Learning Generative AI, model training and hosting, and ready-made AI for vision, speech and language.
AWS Amazon Bedrock Build generative AI applications with leading foundation models through one managed API. AWS Amazon SageMaker Build, train and deploy machine learning models with managed infrastructure and tools. AWS Amazon Q Generative AI assistant for business data and for software development. AWS Amazon Rekognition Image and video analysis: objects, text, faces and unsafe content. AWS Amazon Textract Extracts text, forms and tables from scanned documents. AWS Amazon Comprehend Natural language processing to find sentiment, entities and topics in text. AWS Amazon Transcribe Automatic speech-to-text for audio and video. AWS Amazon Polly Turns text into lifelike speech in many voices and languages. AWS Amazon Translate Neural machine translation between many languages. AWS Amazon Lex Build conversational chat and voice bots. AWS Amazon Personalize Real-time personalised recommendations using the same technology as Amazon.com. AWS Amazon Kendra Intelligent enterprise search across your documents and data sources. AWS Amazon Forecast Time-series forecasting using machine learning (no longer open to new customers; SageMaker is the recommended path). Google Cloud Vertex AI Unified AI platform: Gemini and other foundation models, model training, tuning, deployment and agents. Google Cloud Gemini for Google Cloud AI assistance for building, operating and coding on Google Cloud (Gemini Code Assist and Cloud Assist). Google Cloud Vertex AI Search & Recommendations Google-quality search and recommendations for your websites, apps and documents. Google Cloud Vision AI Image analysis with pre-trained models: labels, text (OCR), faces and explicit content. Google Cloud Video Intelligence API Detects objects, scenes, text and activities in video. Google Cloud Document AI Extracts structured data from documents such as invoices, receipts and forms. Google Cloud Natural Language AI Analyses text for sentiment, entities, syntax and categories. Google Cloud Speech-to-Text Converts speech to text in many languages, including Indian languages. Google Cloud Text-to-Speech Turns text into natural-sounding speech with many voices and languages. Google Cloud Translation AI Fast, dynamic machine translation for websites, documents and apps. Google Cloud Dialogflow & Conversational Agents Build chat and voice agents that understand natural language. Google Cloud Customer Engagement Suite (Contact Center AI) AI for contact centres: virtual agents, agent assist and conversation insights. Google Cloud Cloud Healthcare API Stores and exchanges healthcare data in FHIR, HL7v2 and DICOM formats. Analytics & Data Data warehouses, big-data processing, streaming, ETL and business intelligence.
AWS Amazon Redshift Cloud data warehouse for fast SQL analytics across large datasets. AWS Amazon Athena Serverless SQL queries directly on data stored in S3. AWS AWS Glue Serverless data integration (ETL) and data catalog. AWS Amazon EMR Managed big-data platform for Apache Spark, Hadoop, Hive and Presto. AWS Amazon Kinesis Collects and processes real-time streaming data and video. AWS Amazon MSK Fully managed Apache Kafka for streaming data. AWS Amazon QuickSight Business intelligence dashboards and reports, with natural-language questions. AWS Amazon OpenSearch Service Managed OpenSearch for search, log analytics and observability. AWS AWS Lake Formation Builds, secures and manages data lakes with fine-grained access control. AWS Amazon DataZone Catalogue, discover, share and govern data across an organisation. AWS AWS Data Exchange Find, subscribe to and use third-party datasets in the cloud. Google Cloud BigQuery Serverless data warehouse for fast SQL analytics on large datasets, with built-in ML. Google Cloud Dataflow Serverless stream and batch data processing based on Apache Beam. Google Cloud Dataproc Managed Apache Spark and Hadoop clusters and serverless Spark. Google Cloud Pub/Sub Global, scalable messaging and event ingestion between applications. Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka Fully managed Apache Kafka clusters on Google Cloud. Google Cloud Looker & Looker Studio Business intelligence: governed data models, dashboards and free self-service reports. Google Cloud Dataplex Data governance and catalogue across data lakes and warehouses. Google Cloud Analytics Hub Securely share and exchange datasets across organisations using BigQuery. Google Cloud Cloud Data Fusion Visual, code-free data integration for building ETL/ELT pipelines. Application Integration Queues, pub/sub messaging, event buses, workflows and API management that connect systems.
Management, Monitoring & Cost Monitoring, logging, infrastructure as code, governance and cost management.
AWS Amazon CloudWatch Monitoring and observability: metrics, logs, alarms and dashboards for AWS resources and apps. AWS AWS CloudTrail Records account activity and API calls for auditing and security analysis. AWS AWS CloudFormation Infrastructure as code: model and provision AWS resources with templates. AWS AWS CDK Define cloud infrastructure in familiar programming languages, deployed through CloudFormation. AWS AWS Systems Manager Operate servers at scale: patching, remote commands, inventory and parameter store. AWS AWS Config Tracks resource configurations and checks them against rules. AWS AWS Control Tower Sets up and governs a secure multi-account AWS environment with guardrails. AWS AWS Trusted Advisor Recommendations for cost, security, performance and fault tolerance. AWS AWS Cost Explorer & Budgets Visualise, understand and forecast cloud spend, with budget alerts. AWS AWS Service Catalog Publish approved, pre-configured products that teams can deploy on their own. AWS Amazon Managed Grafana Managed Grafana dashboards for operational data. AWS Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus Prometheus-compatible monitoring for containers at scale. Google Cloud Cloud Monitoring Metrics, dashboards, uptime checks and alerts for Google Cloud, hybrid and other clouds. Google Cloud Cloud Logging Real-time log management and analysis at scale. Google Cloud Cloud Audit Logs Records who did what, where and when in your Google Cloud resources. Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus Fully managed Prometheus-compatible monitoring for Kubernetes and apps. Google Cloud Infrastructure Manager (Terraform) Deploys and manages Google Cloud infrastructure using Terraform. Google Cloud VM Manager Patching, OS inventory and configuration management for Compute Engine VMs. Google Cloud Cloud Asset Inventory Inventory and history of all your Google Cloud resources and policies. Google Cloud Active Assist (Recommender) Recommendations to cut cost, improve security and right-size resources. Google Cloud Cloud Billing & Budgets Billing reports, cost breakdowns, budgets and alerts. Migration & Transfer Move servers, databases and data into the cloud.
Internet of Things Connect, manage and analyse data from devices and sensors.
End-user & Business Apps Virtual desktops, workplace tools and business applications delivered from the cloud.