Google, Microsoft Azure Beat AWS in Cloud Performance

Cloud providers with private networks trumped those that rely solely on the internet, according to a recent ThousandEyes report on cloud performance. Google and Microsoft Azure delivered more predictable performance — especially outside the United States — when compared to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Alibaba Cloud, the report concluded. IBM’s performance varies by region but it also stands apart due to its hybrid approach, which utilizes a private and public internet backbone. However, this variance in performance hasn’t shaken Amazon’s grip on the market. AWS remains the largest cloud provider by market share, followed by Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Alibaba Cloud, and IBM, according to ThousandEyes. While the report found comparable performance among all cloud providers in the U.S. market, the Asia Pacific and Latin American markets continued to experience the highest variations in performance.