The Cloud Has Won
On-premise servers are declining. Cloud computing offers on-demand resources, global scale, and pay-as-you-go pricing. Every serious company uses cloud infrastructure now.
AWS – Market Leader (32%)
- Strengths: Broadest service catalog (200+ services), most certifications, biggest community
- Key services: EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, CloudFront, DynamoDB
- Best for: General-purpose cloud, startups, any workload
Microsoft Azure (23%)
- Strengths: Active Directory integration, Windows workloads, enterprise support
- Key services: VMs, Blob Storage, Azure SQL, Azure DevOps
- Best for: Microsoft shops, enterprise, hybrid cloud
Google Cloud Platform (12%)
- Strengths: BigQuery, AI/ML, Kubernetes (they invented it), networking
- Key services: Compute Engine, BigQuery, Cloud Run, GKE
- Best for: Data analytics, ML/AI workloads, containers
Service Comparison
| Category | AWS | Azure | GCP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute | EC2 | Virtual Machines | Compute Engine |
| Storage | S3 | Blob Storage | Cloud Storage |
| Database | RDS | Azure SQL | Cloud SQL |
| Serverless | Lambda | Azure Functions | Cloud Functions |
| Kubernetes | EKS | AKS | GKE |
How to Choose
- Want the most jobs? Learn AWS
- Microsoft ecosystem? Azure
- Data/ML focus? GCP
Start with one, learn its services deeply, then expand. Cloud skills are among the most in-demand in tech today.