Last Updated on : 07-November-2017

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ComputeVirtual Server Amazon EC2 Amazon EC2 Alibaba ECS Alibaba ECS
  • Azure Virtual MachineAzure Virtual Machine
  • Virtual Machine Scale SetsVirtual Machine Scale Sets
Compute Engine Compute Engine
ComputeContainer Registration Service Amazon EC2 Container Registry Amazon EC2 Container Registry Alibaba Container Registry Archives Alibaba Container Registry Archives Azure Container Registry Azure Container Registry Container Registry Container Registry
ComputeContainer Management Service Amazon EC2 Container Service Amazon EC2 Container Service Alibaba  Container Service Alibaba Container Service
  • Azure Container ServiceAzure Container Service
  • Azure Container InstancesAzure Container Instances
Container Engine Container Engine
ComputeMicro Services App Development Platform AWS Lambda AWS Lambda Coming Soon Coming Soon Azure Service Fabric Azure Service Fabric Google Cloud Functions Google Cloud Functions
ComputeVirtual Private Servers Amazon Lightsail Amazon Lightsail Coming soon Coming soon Azure App Service Environment Azure App Service Environment
ComputeBatch Jobs AWS Batch AWS Batch Coming soon Coming soon Azure Batch Azure Batch
ComputeApp Development/ Deployment (Java /.Net /PHP /Python) AWS Elastic Beanstalk AWS Elastic Beanstalk Coming soon Coming soon
  • Azure Web AppsAzure Web Apps
  • Azure Cloud ServicesAzure Cloud Services
Google App engine Google App engine
StorageObject Storage Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) Object Storage Service Object Storage Service Azure Blob Storage Azure Blob Storage Cloud Storage Cloud Storage
StorageVirtual Machine Disk Storage Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS) Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS) Block Storage Block Storage Azure Page Blobs / Premium Storage Azure Page Blobs / Premium Storage Persistent Disk Persistent Disk
StorageFile Storage (SMB Compatible) Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) NAS File Storage NAS File Storage Azure File Storage Azure File Storage
StorageLong Term Cold Storage Amazon Glacier Amazon Glacier Object Storage Archive Object Storage Archive Azure Cool Storage Azure Cool Storage Cloud Storage Cloud Storage
StorageHybrid Storage/Storage Gateway AWS Storage Gateway AWS Storage Gateway Azure Storsimple Azure Storsimple
DatabaseRelational Database Management Service
  • Amazon AuroraAmazon Aurora
  • Amazon RDSAmazon RDS
  • ApsaraDB for RDS MYSQLApsaraDB for RDS MYSQL
  • ApsaraDB for RDS SQL ServerApsaraDB for RDS SQL Server
  • ApsaraDB for RDS PostgreSQLApsaraDB for RDS PostgreSQL
  • Azure SQL DatabaseAzure SQL Database
  • SQL Server Stretch DatabaseSQL Server Stretch Database
  • Azure CosmosDBAzure CosmosDB
  • Azure Database for MySQLAzure Database for MySQL
  • Azure Database for PostgresSQLAzure Database for PostgresSQL
  • Cloud SQLCloud SQL
  • Cloud SpannerCloud Spanner
DatabaseNon Relational Database Management Service
  • Amazon DynamoDBAmazon DynamoDB
  • Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)
Apsaradb for Mongodb Apsaradb for Mongodb
  • Azure CosmosDBAzure CosmosDB
  • Azure Time Series InsightsAzure Time Series Insights
  • Cloud DatastoreCloud Datastore
  • Cloud BigTableCloud BigTable
DatabaseIn-Memory Data Store Amazon ElastiCache Amazon ElastiCache ApsaraDB for Redis ApsaraDB for Redis Azure RedisCache Azure RedisCache
DatabaseData Warehousing Amazon Redshift Amazon Redshift Alibaba MaxCompute ODPS Alibaba MaxCompute ODPS Azure SQL Datawarehouse Azure SQL Datawarehouse Big Query Big Query
Migration ServicesDatabase Migration Services AWS Database Migration Service AWS Database Migration Service Data Transmission Service Data Transmission Service Azure Database Migration Service (Preview) Azure Database Migration Service (Preview)
Migration ServicesServer Migration Services AWS Server Migration Service AWS Server Migration Service
  • Site RecoverySite Recovery
  • Azure Websites Migration AssistantAzure Websites Migration Assistant
Migration ServicesSmall Scale Data Transfer Service AWS Import/Export AWS Import/Export Azure Import/Export Azure Import/Export
Migration ServicesLarge Scale Data Transfer Solution(Petabyte Scale) AWS Snowball AWS Snowball
Migration ServicesLarge Scale Data Transfer Solution(Terabyte Scale) AWS Snowball Edge AWS Snowball Edge
Migration ServicesLarge Scale Data Transfer Solution(Exabyte Scale) AWS Snowball Edge AWS Snowball Edge
Networking & Content DeliveryVirtual Networking Amazon VPC Amazon VPC Virtual Private Cloud Virtual Private Cloud Azure VNet Azure VNet Cloud Virtual Network Cloud Virtual Network
Networking & Content DeliveryNetwork Gateway Amazon VPN Amazon VPN Azure VPN Gateway Azure VPN Gateway Cloud VPN Cloud VPN
Networking & Content DeliveryContent Delivery Network Amazon CloudFront Amazon CloudFront Alibaba Content Delivery Network Alibaba Content Delivery Network Azure CDN Azure CDN Cloud CDN Cloud CDN
NetworkingNetworking & Content Delivery Amazon Route 53 Amazon Route 53 Alibaba Cloud DNS Alibaba Cloud DNS
  • Azure DNSAzure DNS
  • Azure Traffic ManagerAzure Traffic Manager
Cloud DNS Cloud DNS
Networking & Content DeliveryPrivate Connectivity AWS Direct Connect AWS Direct Connect Alibaba Express Connect Alibaba Express Connect Azure Express Route Azure Express Route Cloud InterConnect Cloud InterConnect
Networking & Content DeliveryLoad Balancers Elastic Load Balancing Elastic Load Balancing Server Load Balancing Server Load Balancing Azure Load Balancer Azure Load Balancer Cloud Load Balancing Cloud Load Balancing
Developer ToolsCloud Software Development Kit
  • AWS Code StarAWS Code Star
  • AWS CodeCommitAWS CodeCommit
  • AWS CodeBuildAWS CodeBuild
  • AWS CodeDeployAWS CodeDeploy
  • AWS CodePipelineAWS CodePipeline
  • AWS X-RayAWS X-Ray
Visual Studio Team Services Visual Studio Team Services Cloud Source Repositories Cloud Source Repositories
Developer ToolsCloud Software Development Kit AWS SDK AWS SDK Alibaba Cloud SDK Alibaba Cloud SDK Azure SDK Visual Studio Azure SDK Visual Studio
  • Cloud SDK Cloud Tools for IntelliJCloud SDK Cloud Tools for IntelliJ
  • Cloud Tools for Android StudioCloud Tools for Android Studio
  • Cloud Tools for PowershellCloud Tools for Powershell
  • Google Plugin for EclipseGoogle Plugin for Eclipse
Management ToolsServer Management Services Amazon EC2 Systems Manager Amazon EC2 Systems Manager Azure Operational Insights Azure Operational Insights
Management ToolsCloud Deployment Templates/ Infra as Code AWS CloudFormation AWS CloudFormation Resource Orchestration Service Resource Orchestration Service Azure Resource Manager Azure Resource Manager Cloud Resource Manager Cloud Resource Manager
Management ToolsLogging & Monitoring
  • Amazon CloudWatchAmazon CloudWatch
  • AWS CloudTrailAWS CloudTrail
CloudMonitor CloudMonitor
  • Log AnalyticsLog Analytics
  • Azure portalAzure portal
  • Application InsightsApplication Insights
  • Google StackDriverGoogle StackDriver
  • MonitoringMonitoring
  • LoggingLogging
  • Error ReportingError Reporting
  • TraceTrace
  • DebuggerDebugger
Management ToolsResource/Configuration Inventory AWS Config AWS Config Alibaba Log Service Alibaba Log Service Azure portal(audit logs) Azure portal(audit logs) Cloud Security Scanner Cloud Security Scanner
Management ToolsServer Automation AWS OpsWorks AWS OpsWorks Resource Orchestration Service Resource Orchestration Service
  • Resource ManagerResource Manager
  • Azure AutomationAzure Automation
  • VM ExtentionsVM Extentions
Management ToolsServer Automation AWS Service Catalog AWS Service Catalog
Management ToolsCloud Cost/Performance/Security Advisor AWS Trusted Advisor AWS Trusted Advisor Azure Advisor Azure Advisor Google Cloud Platform Security Google Cloud Platform Security
Management ToolsAlerts and Remediation guidance Service AWS Personal Health Dashboard AWS Personal Health Dashboard Cloud monitoring, Notification and Alerts Cloud monitoring, Notification and Alerts
  • Azure MonitorAzure Monitor
  • Azure Mperations Management Suite (OMS)Azure Mperations Management Suite (OMS)
Management ToolsCloud Management Tools
  • AWS Command Line InterfaceAWS Command Line Interface
  • AWS Management ConsoleAWS Management Console
Alibaba Command Line Interfaces Alibaba Command Line Interfaces
  • Azure Command Line Interface Azure PowershellAzure Command Line Interface Azure Powershell
  • Azure Management ConsoleAzure Management Console
  • Cloud ShellCloud Shell
  • Cloud ConsoleCloud Console
  • Billing APIBilling API
  • Cloud APIsCloud APIs
Management ToolsAutomated Infra Management Services AWS Managed Services AWS Managed Services
Disaster Recovery ServicesAutomated Disaster Recovery Services AWS Disaster Recovery AWS Disaster Recovery Alibaba Disaster Recovery Alibaba Disaster Recovery
  • Azure Site RecoveryAzure Site Recovery
  • Azure BackupAzure Backup
Security & Identity, ComplianceIdentity & Access Management AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Resource Access Management        Resource Access Management Azure Active Directory Azure Active Directory
  • Cloud IAMCloud IAM
  • Cloud Identity-Aware ProxyCloud Identity-Aware Proxy
Security & Identity, ComplianceCloud Security Assesment Service Amazon Inspector Amazon Inspector Azure Security Center Azure Security Center
Security & Identity, ComplianceSecured Socket Layer(SSL) Certificates AWS Certificate Manager AWS Certificate Manager SSL Certificates SSL Certificates App Service Certificate App Service Certificate
Security & Identity, ComplianceHardware Based Security Module AWS CloudHSM AWS CloudHSM Key Management Service Key Management Service Azure KeyVault Azure KeyVault Cloud Key Management Service Cloud Key Management Service
Security & Identity, ComplianceDirectory Services AWS Directory Service AWS Directory Service
  • Azure Active DirectoryAzure Active Directory
  • Azure Active Directory B2CAzure Active Directory B2C
  • Azure Active Directory Domain ServicesAzure Active Directory Domain Services
  • Azure Active Directory Multi Factor AuthenticationAzure Active Directory Multi Factor Authentication
Security & Identity, ComplianceKey Management Services AWS Key Management Service AWS Key Management Service Key Management Service Key Management Service Azure KeyVault Azure KeyVault
Security & Identity, ComplianceConsolidated Manag of Multiple Cloud Accounts AWS Organizations AWS Organizations
Security & Identity, ComplianceDDos Protection Service AWS Shield AWS Shield DDOS Pro and Basic DDOS Pro and Basic
Security & Identity, ComplianceWeb Application Firewall AWS WAF AWS WAF Web Application Firewall Web Application Firewall Azure WAF Azure WAF
Security & Identity, ComplianceSecurity & Compliance Service AWS Artifact AWS Artifact Alibaba Truster Center Alibaba Truster Center Azure Security & Compliance Azure Security & Compliance
Big Data & Advanced AnalyticsBig Data Query as a Service Amazon Athena Amazon Athena E-MapReduce Service E-MapReduce Service Azure Data Lake Analytics Azure Data Lake Analytics
Big Data & Advanced AnalyticsBig Data Managed Cluster as a Service Amazon EMR Amazon EMR E-MapReduce Service E-MapReduce Service Azure HDInsight Azure HDInsight Cloud DataProc Cloud DataProc
Big Data & Advanced AnalyticsCloud Search
  • Amazon CloudSearchAmazon CloudSearch
  • Amazon Elastic Search ServiceAmazon Elastic Search Service
Alibaba Search Coming soon Alibaba Search Coming soon Azure Search Azure Search
Big Data & Advanced AnalyticsStreaming Service Amazon Kinesis Amazon Kinesis Coming soon Coming soon
  • Azure Stream AnalyticsAzure Stream Analytics
  • Azure Event HubAzure Event Hub
Cloud Dataflow Cloud Dataflow
Big Data & Advanced AnalyticsData Warehouse Amazon Redshift Amazon Redshift Alibaba MaxCompute ODPS Alibaba MaxCompute ODPS Azure SQL Datawarehouse Azure SQL Datawarehouse Big Query Big Query
Big Data & Advanced AnalyticsBusiness Intelligence & Data Visualization Amazon QuickSight Amazon QuickSight Data IDE Data IDE PowerBI PowerBI Google Data Studio (Beta) Google Data Studio (Beta)
Big Data & Advanced AnalyticsCloud ETL
  • AWS Data PipelineAWS Data Pipeline
  • AWS GlueAWS Glue
  • Azure Data FactoryAzure Data Factory
  • Azure Data CatalogAzure Data Catalog
Cloud DataPrep (Private Beta) Cloud DataPrep (Private Beta)
Artificial IntelligenceLanguage Processing AI Amazon Lex Amazon Lex Coming soon Coming soon
  • LUIS (Language Understanding Intelligent Service)LUIS (Language Understanding Intelligent Service)
  • Azure Bot ServiceAzure Bot Service
  • Azure Speech Recognition APIAzure Speech Recognition API
Natural Language API Natural Language API
Artificial IntelligenceSpeech Recognition AI Amazon Polly Amazon Polly Alibaba Speech API Alibaba Speech API Bing Speech API Bing Speech API
  • Translation APITranslation API
  • Speech APISpeech API
Artificial IntelligenceImage Recognition AI Amazon Rekognition Amazon Rekognition Alibaba Image Recognition Alibaba Image Recognition
  • Emotion APIEmotion API
  • Face APIFace API
  • Computer Vision APIComputer Vision API
Vision API Vision API
Artificial IntelligenceMachine Learning Amazon Machine Learning Amazon Machine Learning Alibaba Machine Learning Coming Soon Alibaba Machine Learning Coming Soon
  • Azure Machine LearningAzure Machine Learning
  • Azure Machine Learning WorkbenchAzure Machine Learning Workbench
  • Azure Machine Learning Model ManagementAzure Machine Learning Model Management
  • Cloud DataLabCloud DataLab
  • Cloud Machine Learning ServicesCloud Machine Learning Services
Mobile ServicesMobile App Development Services AWS Mobile Hub AWS Mobile Hub Azure Mobile Apps Azure Mobile Apps Cloud Mobile App Cloud Mobile App
Mobile ServicesWeb API Management Service Amazon API Gateway Amazon API Gateway API Gateway API Gateway Azure API Management Azure API Management Cloud Endpoints Cloud Endpoints
Mobile ServicesWeb/Mobile Authentication Services Amazon Cognito Amazon Cognito Azure Mobile SDK,Offline/Sync Azure Mobile SDK,Offline/Sync Firebase Authentication Firebase Authentication
Mobile ServicesConsolidated Mgmt of Multiple Cloud Accounts Amazon Pinpoint Amazon Pinpoint Azure Mobile Engagement Azure Mobile Engagement
Mobile ServicesMobile App Testing Service AWS Device Farm AWS Device Farm Alibaba Mobile Security Alibaba Mobile Security
  • Xamarin Test Cloud (Front End)Xamarin Test Cloud (Front End)
  • Azure DevTest Labs (Back End)Azure DevTest Labs (Back End)
Cloud Test Lab Cloud Test Lab
Mobile ServicesMobile App Software Development Toolkit AWS Mobile SDK AWS Mobile SDK Azure Mobile SDK Azure Mobile SDK
Mobile ServicesApplication Services AWS Step Functions AWS Step Functions Coming soon Coming soon
  • Microsoft FlowMicrosoft Flow
  • Azure Logic AppsAzure Logic Apps
  • Azure FunctionsAzure Functions
  • Azure App Service WebJobsAzure App Service WebJobs
App Engine App Engine
Mobile ServicesMobile App Analytics Amazon Mobile Analytics Amazon Mobile Analytics Hockey App Hockey App Firebase Analytics Firebase Analytics
Application ServicesAPI Management Service Amazon API Gateway Amazon API Gateway Azure API Management Azure API Management
Application ServicesMedia Transcoders Amazon Elastic Transcoder Amazon Elastic Transcoder ApsaraVideo Live ApsaraVideo Live
  • Azure Media ServicesAzure Media Services
  • Live On Demand StreamingLive On Demand Streaming
  • Azure Media PlayerAzure Media Player
  • Content ProtectionContent Protection
  • Media AnalyticsMedia Analytics
Application ServicesQueuing Services Amazon SQS Amazon SQS
  • Service Bus queuesService Bus queues
  • Queue StorageQueue Storage
  • Service Bus topicsService Bus topics
  • Service Bus relayService Bus relay
Cloud Pub/Sub Cloud Pub/Sub
Application ServicesMobile Analytics Amazon Pinpoint Amazon Pinpoint Mobile Engagement Mobile Engagement
Application ServicesEmail Services Amazon SES Amazon SES Direct Mail Direct Mail
Application ServicesNotification Services Amazon SNS Amazon SNS Alibaba Notification Alibaba Notification Azure Notification Services Azure Notification Services
Application ServicesBlockchain Services Blockchain Blockchain Blockchain Blockchain
Application ServicesChatbot Lex Chatbots Lex Chatbots Alibaba Chatbot coming soon Alibaba Chatbot coming soon Microsoft Chatbot Microsoft Chatbot
Business ProductivityOffice Document Solutions
  • Amazon WorkDocsAmazon WorkDocs
  • Amazon WorkMailAmazon WorkMail
  • Amazon WorkSpacesAmazon WorkSpaces
Microsoft Office 365 Microsoft Office 365 G Suite G Suite
Business ProductivityDesktop Application Streaming Amazon AppStream 2.0 Amazon AppStream 2.0
Software MarketPlaceCloud Marketplace AWS Marketplace AWS Marketplace Alibaba Cloud Marketplace Alibaba Cloud Marketplace Azure MarketPlace Azure MarketPlace Cloud Launcher Cloud Launcher
Internet of ThingsIoT Platform AWS IoT Platform AWS IoT Platform Internet of Things Internet of Things Azure IoT Platform Azure IoT Platform Cloud IoT Core Cloud IoT Core
Internet of ThingsIoT Development Solutions AWS Greengrass AWS Greengrass
  • Azure IoT SDKAzure IoT SDK
  • Azure IoT EdgeAzure IoT Edge
Internet of ThingsIoT Hardware AWS IoT Button AWS IoT Button
Game DevelopmentGame Development Amazon Lumberyard Amazon Lumberyard Visual Studio Visual Studio
Development & TestingDevelopment & Testing AWS Dev/Test AWS Dev/Test Azure Dev/Test Azure Dev/Test

Piece of Advice


  • This content gives a service & feature level mapping between the 4 major public clouds i.e.Amazon Web Service, Alibaba Cloud, Microsoft Azure & Google Cloud
  • A Reference manual to help anyone to quickly learn the alternate features & services between clouds
  • This is NOT a comparison chart/material between the cloud providers
  • “None” mentioned against certain services is based on unavailability of certain direct mapping services between cloud providers
  • Strictly No Personal or my Employer opinions expressed in this comparison
  • All the definition & benefits of services mentioned in this presentation is sourced from the respective cloud providers websites and documentations.
  • Listing doesn't include Thirdparty services offered through cloud market places