Amazon Web Services vs Google Cloud Platform

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Criteria	Amazon Web Services	Google Cloud Platform
Weighted Score	3.5/5	3.8/5
Pricing	Highly complex pay-as-you-go model with costs based on granular resource consumption, data egress, and managed services.	Usage-based pay-as-you-go model with $300 in free credits and complex resource-specific SKUs.
Platform Type	hosting	hosting
Performance & delivery	4.6/5	4.7/5
Scale & traffic-spike resilience	4.8/5	4.8/5
Security & compliance	4.8/5	4.8/5
Platform & developer workflow	3.8/5	3.8/5
Uptime SLA & remedies	3.2/5	4.0/5
Support & migration	3.0/5	3.5/5
Strengths	✓ Infinite scalability for traffic spikes ✓ Global content delivery via CloudFront	✓ Infinite global scalability ✓ Industry-leading AI and data analytics
Limitations	✗ Extreme technical complexity ✗ No publisher-specific application support	✗ Extreme technical management overhead ✗ No native publisher-specific features

Amazon Web Services

3.5

Rating

★ 3.5/5

Pricing

Highly complex pay-as-you-go model with costs based on granular resource consumption, data egress, and managed services.

Platform

hosting

Scores

Performance & delivery

4.6

Scale & traffic-spike resilience

4.8

Security & compliance

4.8

Platform & developer workflow

3.8

Uptime SLA & remedies

3.2

Support & migration

3.0

Strengths

✓ Infinite scalability for traffic spikes

✓ Global content delivery via CloudFront

Limitations

✗ Extreme technical complexity

✗ No publisher-specific application support

Google Cloud Platform

3.8

Rating

★ 3.8/5

Pricing

Usage-based pay-as-you-go model with $300 in free credits and complex resource-specific SKUs.