Google Cloud → AWS and Azure
AWS and Azure equivalents of Workflows
The closest AWS equivalents of Google Cloud Workflows are AWS Step Functions and Lambda durable functions; on Azure, Azure Logic Apps and Durable Functions & Durable Task Scheduler.
About Workflows
| Provider | Google Cloud |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | Fully managed orchestration that runs steps written in YAML or JSON, calling Google Cloud services and HTTP APIs, billed per step executed. |
| Documentation | docs.cloud.google.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
Mappings (2)
| Capability | AWS | Match (GCP vs AWS) | Azure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual workflow orchestration | AWS Step Functions | Partial match | Azure Logic Apps |
| Durable workflows written as code | Lambda durable functions | Partial match | Durable Functions & Durable Task Scheduler |
Visual workflow orchestration Partial match
AWS Step Functions maps partly to Workflows, a managed orchestrator whose steps are written in YAML or JSON.
- Workflows has no visual designer like Step Functions Workflow Studio; definitions are code.
- Workflows calls Google Cloud APIs through connectors and any HTTP endpoint.
Durable workflows written as code Partial match
Lambda durable functions have no direct counterpart. Workflows provides durable, managed execution, but the steps are written in its YAML/JSON syntax rather than in a general-purpose language.
- For code-first durable execution, teams run open-source engines such as Temporal on GKE.