AWS vs Microsoft Azure Cloud Comparison

Quick Comparison

MetricAWSMicrosoft Azure
Founded 2006 2010
Headquarters Seattle, USA Redmond, USA
Market Share 29% 22%
Active Services 235 197
Regions 15 12
Latest Revenue $100B $75B

Services by Category

AWS Microsoft Azure

Unique Services

Only in AWS (173)

  • AWS Amplify
  • AWS App Mesh
  • AWS App Studio
  • AWS App2Container
  • AWS AppFabric
  • AWS AppSync
  • AWS Application Migration Service (MGN)
  • AWS Artifact
  • AWS Budgets
  • AWS Certificate Manager
  • AWS Clean Rooms
  • AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)
  • AWS Cloud Map
  • AWS Cloud WAN
  • AWS Cloud9
  • AWS CloudFormation
  • AWS CloudHSM
  • AWS CloudTrail
  • AWS CodeDeploy
  • AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)
  • + 153 more

Only in Microsoft Azure (140)

  • AI Anomaly Detector
  • API Management
  • App Configuration
  • Application Gateway
  • Automation
  • Azure AI Content Safety
  • Azure AI Foundry
  • Azure AI Immersive Reader
  • Azure AI Metrics Advisor
  • Azure AI Model Catalog
  • Azure AI Personalizer
  • Azure AI Services
  • Azure AI Video Indexer
  • Azure API Management
  • Azure Analysis Services
  • Azure App Testing
  • Azure Arc
  • Azure Automanage
  • Azure Backup
  • Azure Bastion
  • + 120 more

Compliance Certifications

Both (13)

SOC 2 Type II ISO 27001 ISO 27017 ISO 27018 HIPAA PCI DSS FedRAMP GDPR CSA STAR C5 SOC 1 Type II ISO 9001 SOC 3

SLA Guarantees

Service TypeAWSMicrosoft Azure
compute 99.99% 99.99%
database 99.99% 99.99%
networking 99.99% 99.99%
storage 99.99% 99.99%

Regions by Continent

ContinentAWSMicrosoft Azure
Africa 1 1
Asia 4 3
Europe 3 3
North America 5 3
Oceania 1 1
South America 1 1
Total 15 12

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