AI & Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning services for building smart applications.
Up to date: Nov 2025
| Use Case | AWS | Azure | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Agents (Autonomous Workflows) | Amazon Bedrock Agents | Azure AI Agent Service | Vertex AI Agents / Agent Builder |
| Generative AI Platforms | Amazon Bedrock | Azure AI Foundry
Formerly Azure AI Studio | Vertex AI |
| Natural Language Processing | Amazon Comprehend | Azure AI Language | Natural Language API |
| Generative Video Models | Amazon Nova | Azure OpenAI Service (Sora Preview) | Google Veo (via Vertex AI) |
| AI-powered Assistant | Amazon Q | Microsoft Copilot | Gemini for Google Cloud |
| AI Containers | AWS Deep Learning Containers | GPU support on AKS | Deep Learning Containers |
| Chatbot Builder | Amazon Lex | Azure AI Bot Service | Dialogflow / Vertex AI Conversation |
| Inference Accelerator | AWS Inferentia / Trainium2 | GPU support on AKS | Cloud TPU / Trillium (TPU v6) |
| Machine Learning Chips | AWS Trainium / Inferentia | Azure Maia 100 | Cloud TPU / Trillium TPU |
| Managed ML Platform | Amazon SageMaker | Azure Machine Learning | Vertex AI |
| Image Recognition | Amazon Rekognition | Azure AI Vision | Vision AI |
| Data Warehousing | Amazon Redshift | Azure Synapse Analytics | BigQuery |
| Big Data Processing | Amazon EMR | Azure HDInsight | Dataproc |
| Real-time Data Streaming | Amazon Kinesis | Azure Stream Analytics | Dataflow / Pub/Sub |
| Data Visualization (BI) | Amazon QuickSight | Microsoft Power BI | Looker |
| Data Catalog / Governance | AWS Glue Data Catalog | Microsoft Purview | Dataplex |
| Interactive Query | Amazon Athena | Azure Synapse Analytics | BigQuery |
| API Management | Amazon API Gateway | Azure API Management | Apigee |
| Message Queues | Amazon SQS | Azure Service Bus | Pub/Sub |
| Event Bus | Amazon EventBridge | Azure Event Grid | Eventarc |
| Workflow Orchestration | AWS Step Functions | Azure Logic Apps | Workflows / Cloud Composer |
| Collaboration Tool Suite | N/A | Microsoft 365 | Google Workspace |
| Document Sharing & Storage | Amazon WorkDocs | Microsoft Word | Google Docs / Workspace Essentials |
| Email & Calendar | Amazon WorkMail | Microsoft Outlook | Gmail |
| Low-code / No-code | Amazon QuickSight / Amplify | Microsoft Power Apps | AppSheet |
| Video Calls & Chat | Amazon Chime | Microsoft Teams | Google Meet |
| Voice Assistant | Amazon Alexa / Lex | Azure AI Speech | Google Assistant |
| ARM-based General Purpose Processors | AWS Graviton4 | Azure Cobalt 100 | Google Axion |
| Virtual Machines (VMs) | Amazon EC2 | Azure Virtual Machines | Compute Engine |
| Serverless Functions | AWS Lambda | Azure Functions | Cloud Run functions |
| Autoscaling | AWS Auto Scaling | Azure VM Scale Sets | Compute Engine MIGs |
| Quantum Computing | Amazon Braket | Azure Quantum | Google Quantum AI (Virtual Machine) |
| Batch Processing | AWS Batch | Azure Batch | Batch |
| Extended Infrastructure (Hybrid) | AWS Outposts | Azure Stack | Google Distributed Cloud |
| VMware Integration | VMware Cloud on AWS | Azure VMware Solution | Google Cloud VMware Engine |
| PaaS | AWS Elastic Beanstalk | Azure App Service | App Engine |
| Containerized Web Apps | AWS App Runner | Azure Container Apps | Cloud Run |
| Serverless Containers | AWS Fargate | Azure Container Instances | Cloud Run |
| Managed Kubernetes | Amazon EKS | Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) | Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) |
| Container Registry | Amazon ECR | Azure Container Registry | Artifact Registry |
| Serverless Containers | AWS Fargate / App Runner | Azure Container Apps | Cloud Run |
| Container Migration | AWS App2Container | Azure Migrate | Migrate to Containers |
| Cost Management & Billing | AWS Cost Explorer | Microsoft Cost Management | Cloud Billing |
| Budgets & Alerts | AWS Budgets | Azure Cost Management | Cloud Billing Budgets |
| Reserved Instances / Savings | Savings Plans / RIs | Azure Reservations / Savings Plans | Committed Use Discounts |
| Relational RDBMS | Amazon RDS / Aurora | Azure SQL Database | Cloud SQL / AlloyDB |
| NoSQL: Key-Value | Amazon DynamoDB | Azure Cosmos DB | Bigtable / Firestore |
| NoSQL: Document | Amazon DocumentDB | Azure Cosmos DB | Firestore |
| Vector Database / Search | OpenSearch Serverless (Vector Engine) | Azure AI Search | Vertex AI Vector Search |
| In-Memory Data Store | Amazon ElastiCache | Azure Cache for Redis | Memorystore |
| Graph Database | Amazon Neptune | Azure Cosmos DB (Gremlin) | Spanner Graph / Neo4j |
| Time-Series Database | Amazon Timestream | Azure Data Explorer | Bigtable |
| CI/CD Pipelines | AWS CodePipeline | Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions | Cloud Build |
| Code Repositories | AWS CodeCommit | Azure Repos / GitHub | Cloud Source Repositories |
| IDE / Cloud Editor | AWS Cloud9 | VS Code / GitHub Codespaces | Cloud Workstations / IDX |
| Infrastructure as Code | AWS CloudFormation | Azure Resource Manager (ARM) / Bicep | Cloud Deployment Manager |
| IoT Device Management | AWS IoT Core | Azure IoT Hub | IoT Core (Retired/Partner Solutions) |
| IoT Edge | AWS IoT Greengrass | Azure IoT Edge | Google Distributed Cloud Edge |
| Monitoring & Observability | Amazon CloudWatch | Azure Monitor | Cloud Operations (Stackdriver) |
| Infrastructure Configuration | AWS Config | Azure Automation | Cloud Asset Inventory |
| Policy & Governance | AWS Organizations | Azure Policy | Organization Policy Service |
| Cost Management | AWS Cost Explorer | Microsoft Cost Management | Google Cloud Billing |
| Database Migration | AWS Database Migration Service | Azure Database Migration Service | Database Migration Service |
| Server Migration | AWS Application Migration Service | Azure Migrate | Migrate to Virtual Machines |
| Data Transfer Appliance | AWS Snowball | Azure Data Box | Transfer Appliance |
| Customer Multichannel Comm. | Amazon Connect | Azure Communication Services | Contact Center AI |
| End-user Communications | Amazon Pinpoint / SES | Azure Notification Hubs | Firebase Cloud Messaging |
| Gaming | Amazon GameLift | Azure PlayFab | Google Cloud for Games |
| Geolocation Services | Amazon Location Service | Azure Maps | Google Maps Platform |
| Media Services | AWS Elemental | Azure AI Video Indexer | Transcoder API / Video Stitcher |
| Robotics App Development | AWS IoT (RoboMaker deprecated) | Azure AI / IoT Operations | Google Cloud Robot (Intrinsics) |
| Satellite Ground Stations | AWS Ground Station | Azure Orbital Ground Station | N/A |
| Virtual Desktop | Amazon WorkSpaces | Azure Virtual Desktop | Chrome Enterprise Premium |
| Virtual Network (VPC) | Amazon VPC | Azure Virtual Network (VNet) | Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) |
| Content Delivery Network (CDN) | Amazon CloudFront | Azure Front Door | Cloud CDN |
| Load Balancing | Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) | Azure Load Balancer / App Gateway | Cloud Load Balancing |
| DNS Management | Amazon Route 53 | Azure DNS | Cloud DNS |
| Dedicated Network Connection | AWS Direct Connect | Azure ExpressRoute | Cloud Interconnect |
| Private Connectivity | AWS PrivateLink | Azure Private Link | Private Service Connect |
| 5G / Edge Infrastructure | AWS Wavelength | Azure Private 5G Core | Google Distributed Cloud Edge |
| Network Hub / Transit | AWS Transit Gateway | Azure Virtual WAN | Network Connectivity Center |
| VPN Connectivity | AWS Site-to-Site VPN | Azure VPN Gateway | Cloud VPN |
| Global Traffic Management | AWS Global Accelerator | Azure Traffic Manager | Cloud Load Balancing |
| Identity & Access Management (IAM) | AWS IAM / IAM Identity Center | Microsoft Entra ID
Formerly Azure Active Directory | Cloud Identity / IAM |
| DDoS Protection | AWS Shield | Azure DDoS Protection | Google Cloud Armor |
| Web Application Firewall | AWS WAF | Azure WAF | Cloud Armor |
| Key Management | AWS KMS | Azure Key Vault | Cloud Key Management |
| Security Posture Management | AWS Security Hub | Microsoft Defender for Cloud | Security Command Center |
| Sovereign / Regulated Cloud | AWS European Sovereign Cloud | Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty | Google Distributed Cloud Hosted |
| Secrets Management | AWS Secrets Manager | Azure Key Vault | Secret Manager |
| Threat Detection | Amazon GuardDuty | Microsoft Defender for Cloud | Security Command Center |
| Vulnerability Management | Amazon Inspector | Microsoft Defender for Cloud | Security Command Center |
| Data Privacy / Discovery | Amazon Macie | Microsoft Purview | Sensitive Data Protection |
| Customer Identity (CIAM) | Amazon Cognito | Microsoft Entra External ID | Identity Platform |
| Compliance Reports | AWS Artifact | Service Trust Portal | Compliance Reports Manager |
| Object Storage | Amazon S3 | Azure Blob Storage | Cloud Storage |
| Block Storage | Amazon EBS | Azure Disk Storage | Persistent Disk / Hyperdisk |
| File Storage | Amazon EFS / FSx | Azure Files / NetApp Files | Filestore |
| Archival Storage | Amazon S3 Glacier | Azure Archive Storage | Archive Storage |
| Backup | AWS Backup | Azure Backup | Backup and DR Service |
| Data Transfer (Online) | AWS DataSync | Azure Storage Mover | Storage Transfer Service |
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