AWS vs. Other Cloud Providers: Why Should a Wise CEO Choose AWS?

There is a range of cloud service providers that exist on the market today but the most famous ones are AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. Each of them has some advantages and disadvantages but we choose AWS over its competitors and advise businesses to do so too. There are a number of reasons for that. Let's discuss them.

We will compare AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud according to the following criteria: services, pricing, security, innovation, and support.?

Services

AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud offer a wide range of services, including storage, computing, databases, networking, and analytics. However, AWS has a larger selection of services, including more specialized offerings in areas like machine learning, AI, and IoT.

Pricing?

AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud have different pricing models, but all of them offer a pay-as-you-go option where you pay for the services you use on an hourly or per-minute basis, without any upfront costs or long-term commitments.?

AWS is generally more cost-effective for smaller businesses, while Google Cloud and Azure are often considered to be more cost-effective for larger businesses or for those with a lot of data to process. However, practice shows that AWS handles large businesses with stable or variable usage patterns very well too. For example, our client, one of the biggest online stores for cosmetics in Europe, has great performance and stability with monthly traffic of >800TB.

Security?

Generally, AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud are highly secure, but they use different security models. AWS is more focused on providing a variety of tools and features for businesses to secure their infrastructure. This includes features such as encryption, access control, and network security. Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud are more focused on using their expertise in machine learning and AI to detect and prevent security breaches.

Innovation?

AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud are highly innovative and regularly introduce new services and features. However, Google Cloud is known for its expertise in AI and machine learning and Azure is good at hybrid cloud environments.

At the same time, AWS offers great expertise in IoT and big data while also providing good opportunities for businesses that want to integrate AI and machine learning or their on-premises infrastructure with their cloud infrastructure.

Support?

All three cloud service providers offer support options, but AWS has better customer service and support than Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure.

In addition to offering high security, cost-effectiveness, culture of innovation, and great customer care and partner support, AWS also provides flexibility and reliability. Flexibility allows companies to tailor their infrastructure to their specific needs and to respond quickly to changing demands, while reliability ensures high levels of uptime and availability that allow businesses to rely on their infrastructure to operate smoothly and consistently.

To sum it up, AWS is a great choice for businesses looking for a flexible, reliable, secure, cost-effective, and innovative cloud service provider that offers many specialized services and tools.?

Our team from IT-Magic has expertise in AWS and we pay attention to every detail of your business and to such major things as business needs, objectives, current state, overall complexity, and development potential. So, if you are considering AWS as your potential cloud service provider, contact me for a free consultation.?