Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services features three providers in the leader’s quadrant and these are Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Each of these offers cloud computing free trials which include free credit to help you get started and this is how they compare:
| Google Cloud Platform (GCP) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Microsoft Azure |
| GCP has a free trial and free tier: – USD300 to use within the first 90 days following your initial sign-up date; – 20+ free services which don’t expire. | AWS also have a Free Tier which offers: – a number of services free short-term (from a few days to a few months depending on the service); – a number of services free for 12 months following your initial sign-up date; – a number of other services which are always free. | Azure has a free account that gives you: – USD200 to use within the first 30 days following your initial sign-up date; – a number of services free for 12 months following your initial sign-up date; – 40+ other services which are always free. |
You can find more details about the free services offered by following the respective links above.
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