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AWS vs GCP

Same estimated price: Est. $30/mo.

$360/year each.

AWS logo: Amazon's cloud: virtual machines, object storage, Lambda, and managed databases.
AWS logo: Amazon's cloud: virtual machines, object storage, Lambda, and managed databases.

AWS

Est. $30/mo

Amazon's cloud: virtual machines, object storage, Lambda, and managed databases.

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Pros of AWS

  • There is a service for most infrastructure problems

  • A lot of docs, libraries, and job listings assume it

  • It can grow past a single app

Cons of AWS

  • The invoice is hard to predict

  • IAM permissions take real time to get right

GCP logo: Google's cloud, with Cloud Run for containers and BigQuery for analysis.
GCP logo: Google's cloud, with Cloud Run for containers and BigQuery for analysis.

GCP

Est. $30/mo

Google's cloud, with Cloud Run for containers and BigQuery for analysis.

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Pros of GCP

  • Cloud Run is a small step up from a simple PaaS

  • BigQuery handles analysis that does not belong in Postgres

  • One account covers Google APIs you may already call

Cons of GCP

  • Fewer copy-paste tutorials than AWS

  • It is easy to enable APIs you never use