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Databases: AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud

Every databases capability, with its name on each cloud. Click a row for the full comparison and differences.

Capability	AWS	Azure	Google Cloud	Match
Managed relational databases	Amazon RDS	Azure Database for PostgreSQL Azure Database for MySQL Azure SQL Database	Cloud SQL	Exact
Cloud-native high-performance relational	Amazon Aurora	Azure SQL Database Hyperscale	AlloyDB for PostgreSQL	Close
Globally distributed SQL	Amazon Aurora DSQL	Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL	Spanner	Close
Managed SQL Server	Amazon RDS for SQL Server	Azure SQL Managed Instance	Cloud SQL for SQL Server	Exact
Oracle Database	Oracle Database@AWS Amazon RDS for Oracle	Oracle Database@Azure	Oracle Database@Google Cloud	Exact
NoSQL key-value / document	Amazon DynamoDB	Azure Cosmos DB	Firestore Bigtable	Close
MongoDB-compatible document DB	Amazon DocumentDB	Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB	Firestore with MongoDB compatibility	Close
Wide-column / Cassandra	Amazon Keyspaces	Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra	Bigtable	Close
In-memory cache	Amazon ElastiCache	Azure Managed Redis	Memorystore	Exact
Durable in-memory database	Amazon MemoryDB	Azure Managed Redis (with persistence)	Memorystore for Valkey	Close
Graph database	Amazon Neptune	Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Gremlin	Spanner Graph	Close
Time-series database	Amazon Timestream	Azure Data Explorer	Bigtable	Partial
Vector search	Amazon OpenSearch Service (vector) Amazon S3 Vectors	Azure AI Search	Vertex AI Vector Search	Close
Database migration	AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)	Azure Database Migration Service	Database Migration Service	Exact

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