Google Cloud → AWS and Azure
AWS and Azure equivalents of Machine type recommendations (Active Assist)
The closest AWS equivalent of Google Cloud Machine type recommendations (Active Assist) is AWS Compute Optimizer; on Azure, Azure Advisor.
About Machine type recommendations (Active Assist)
| Provider | Google Cloud |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | Rightsizing recommendations for VMs and managed instance groups, generated from the last 8 days of Cloud Monitoring metrics. Part of the Recommender / Active Assist portfolio. |
| Documentation | docs.cloud.google.com |
| Pricing | No separate pricing page |
Mappings (1)
| Capability | AWS | Match (GCP vs AWS) | Azure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rightsizing recommendations | AWS Compute Optimizer | Direct match | Azure Advisor |
Rightsizing recommendations Direct match
AWS Compute Optimizer maps to Compute Engine machine type recommendations, part of Google's Recommender / Active Assist portfolio, which also covers idle VMs and other resources.
- Recommendations use the previous 8 days of Cloud Monitoring metrics by default.
- Recommendations appear in the console and the Recommender API rather than a separate service console.