AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud: Which Should Your Team Learn?
By Karthick Selvam · Published · Updated
The three largest public clouds share core concepts but differ in strengths and ecosystem.
AWS
Amazon Web Services is the longest-established and offers the broadest catalogue of services.
Microsoft Azure
Strong fit for organisations using Microsoft 365, Active Directory (Entra ID) and Windows workloads, with services like Azure Data Factory and Microsoft Fabric for data.
Google Cloud
Known for data and analytics (BigQuery), Kubernetes (GKE originated from Google's work on Kubernetes) and AI services.
Choosing what to learn
Learn the cloud your organisation uses or plans to use. Core concepts like compute, storage, networking, identity and cost management transfer across all three.
Frequently asked questions
Should teams learn multiple clouds?
Go deep on one first; multi-cloud knowledge is useful later for architects.
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