Editor's note
Over the last few years, Amazon Web Services had become a household name for public cloud providers. But other cloud providers, such as Microsoft Azure and Google, are close on AWS' heels for customers and revenue.
In this guide, we examine the two top competitors in the public cloud space -- AWS and Google -- and compare them side by side on performance, cost, features and services. Armed with this information, you'll better understand where each infrastructure as a service (IaaS) provider stands in the cloud market to make the best decision for your organization.