Google Cloud → AWS and Azure
AWS and Azure equivalents of Compute Engine disk snapshots
The closest AWS equivalent of Google Cloud Compute Engine disk snapshots is Amazon EBS snapshots; on Azure, Managed disk snapshots (incremental).
About Compute Engine disk snapshots
| Provider | Google Cloud |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | Incremental, compressed, encrypted backups of disks (standard and archive snapshots), stored regionally or multi-regionally. |
| Documentation | docs.cloud.google.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
Mappings (1)
| Capability | AWS | Match (GCP vs AWS) | Azure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block volume snapshots | Amazon EBS snapshots | Direct match | Managed disk snapshots (incremental) |
Block volume snapshots Direct match
EBS snapshots map to Compute Engine disk snapshots: incremental, compressed, and encrypted, stored regionally or multi-regionally.
- Snapshots are global resources usable in any region of the project, without a copy step.
- Archive snapshots are the counterpart of EBS Snapshots Archive.