Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling vs Virtual Machine Scale Sets vs Managed Instance Groups (MIGs)
VM autoscaling groups, side by side on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.
Compute
VM autoscaling groups
Exact match
AWS
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
Azure
Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Google Cloud
Managed Instance Groups (MIGs)
What's different
Google MIGs can be regional and auto-heal on health checks by default. Azure VMSS 'Flexible' orchestration mixes VM sizes; AWS uses mixed-instance policies.
Quick answers
What is the Azure equivalent of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling?
The Azure equivalent of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is Virtual Machine Scale Sets. They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.
What is the Google Cloud equivalent of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling?
The Google Cloud equivalent of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is Managed Instance Groups (MIGs). They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.
What is the AWS equivalent of Virtual Machine Scale Sets?
The AWS equivalent of Virtual Machine Scale Sets is Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling. They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.
What is the Google Cloud equivalent of Virtual Machine Scale Sets?
The Google Cloud equivalent of Virtual Machine Scale Sets is Managed Instance Groups (MIGs). They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.
What is the AWS equivalent of Managed Instance Groups?
The AWS equivalent of Managed Instance Groups is Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling. They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.
What is the Azure equivalent of Managed Instance Groups?
The Azure equivalent of Managed Instance Groups is Virtual Machine Scale Sets. They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.