Google Cloud → AWS and Azure
AWS and Azure equivalents of Compute Engine
The closest AWS equivalent of Google Cloud Compute Engine is Amazon EC2; on Azure, Azure Virtual Machines.
About Compute Engine
| Provider | Google Cloud |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | Google Cloud's IaaS for virtual machine and bare metal instances, with per-second billing and live migration during host maintenance. |
| Documentation | docs.cloud.google.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
Mappings (1)
| Capability | AWS | Match (GCP vs AWS) | Azure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virtual machines (IaaS) | Amazon EC2 | Direct match | Azure Virtual Machines |
Virtual machines (IaaS) Direct match
The Google Cloud equivalent of Amazon EC2 is Compute Engine, which runs VM and bare metal instances in zones within regions.
- Compute Engine live-migrates most VMs during host maintenance instead of scheduling reboot events.
- Instances and disks are zonal resources inside a project; VPC networks are global, with regional subnets.
- Some machine series get sustained use discounts automatically, with no commitment.