Google Cloud → AWS and Azure
AWS and Azure equivalents of Compute Engine bare metal instances
The closest AWS equivalent of Google Cloud Compute Engine bare metal instances is Amazon EC2 bare metal instances; on Azure, Azure Dedicated Host and Azure VMware Solution.
About Compute Engine bare metal instances
| Provider | Google Cloud |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | Bare metal machine types (for example C3, C4, C4A, C4D, X4, and Z3 metal) with direct access to the host CPU and memory, managed like other Compute Engine instances. |
| Documentation | docs.cloud.google.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
Mappings (1)
| Capability | AWS | Match (GCP vs AWS) | Azure |
|---|---|---|---|
| General-purpose bare-metal servers | Amazon EC2 bare metal instances | Direct match | Azure Dedicated Host, Azure VMware Solution |
General-purpose bare-metal servers Direct match
EC2 bare metal instances map to Compute Engine bare metal instances, offered as -metal machine types in series such as C3, C4, C4A, C4D, X4, and Z3.
- Bare metal instances are created and managed with the same Compute Engine APIs as VMs.
- Bare Metal Solution is a separate, older offering for specialized workloads such as Oracle databases.