AWS, MICROSOFT AND GOOGLE each offer well over 100 cloud

services. It's hard enough keeping tabs on what one cloud

offers, so good luck trying to get a handle on the products

from the three major providers.

Even trying to compare what's available in each cloud

can quickly get convoluted, since naming conventions vary

by vendor and service. For example, you can be forgiven

for not knowing AWS Fargate, Microsoft Azure Container

Instances and Google Cloud Run all essentially serve the

same purpose.

So, if you ever feel at a loss for what's what, hopefully this

cloud services cheat sheet will help. Consider it a guide for

cloud directories—a quick reference sheet for what each

vendor calls the same service.

However, you can also use this as a starting point. You'll

need to do your homework to get a more nuanced understanding of what distinguishes the offerings from one another. Follow some of the links throughout this piece and

take that next step in dissecting these offerings.

That's because not all services are equal—each has its

own set of features and capabilities, and the functionality

might vary widely across platforms. And just because a

provider doesn't have a designated service in one of these

categories, that doesn't mean it's impossible to achieve the

same objective. For example, Google Cloud doesn't offer an

explicit disaster recovery service, but it's certainly capable

of supporting DR.

Here is our cloud services cheat sheet of the services

available on AWS, Google Cloud and Azure. The list is broken down by category to help you start your cross-cloud

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