When starting your cloud journey this the first thought which comes in and question which needs a lots of researching and brain storming. Or something you just do what you’re others friends are doing. In this article we won’t help you either, we will just make your question a lot easier. Our conclusion is straight both these service providers are the leaders in their business of cloud while AWS had a smooth sail , Azure lucky number is 2020 which makes them the board leaders in cloud market. And we support them both with same love and expertize in our heart and hand.
To give you some perspective before you check those sales number and help you understand it better - Lamborghini starting price in India is INR 3.15Cr (~$2 Million)
AWS in 2020
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) was the leading cloud service provider again in Q4 2020.
- Accounting for 34% of cloud market in with USD $9.9B (4950 Lamborghini*)
- This fueled 28% growth year on year for AWS in cloud in 2020.
- AWS is making investments across its global partner ecosystem to sustain its momentum, and new partnerships as it extends its hybrid cloud strategy.
Azure in 2020
- Microsoft’s Azure growth rate accelerated once again, up by 50% in Q4 2020
- Market share in the global cloud services market to 21% with number disclosed (we are guessing at least 3000 Lamborghini*)
- Microsoft has focused on driving Azure consumption across all customer segments through annuity sales programs and customer success investments, as well as targeted incentives for its global partner channel.
What does the services and numbers have to say?
While Amazon were the first one to step into the world of cloud , Microsoft started its journey late in cloud with some initial hickups.
| AWS | AZURE |
|---|---|
| Launched in 2002, early in the competition | Launched in 2010, with some set backs |
| Availability Zones : 42*(increasing with 8 ) | Availability Zones : 34*(increasing with 4 ) |
| Public Cloud market share – 47.1% | Public cloud market share – 10% |
| Clients like – Netflix , Airbnb , Sportify | Clients like – HSBC , Rolls-Royce , Henikien |
Jobs in Market for AWS and Azure today (*India only)
The job market is flourished with Cloud jobs, what is lacking is the people with right skills. And we are here just to make that gap smaller while training you and get you job ready. Check the numbers which will surely bring smile on your face.
AWS Cloud Jobs on Naukri.com today – 77,014
AWS Cloud Jobs on LinkedIn today – 30,000
Azure Cloud Jobs on Naukri.com today – 83,162
Azure Cloud Jobs on LinkedIn today – 23,000
Pay scale of AWS and Azure roles
Below are the mid-level cloud role pay scales (Source: Glassdoor) --
This or that - Cloud is the future: How ready are you?
Cloud has immense up side to companies which were still is black hood until 2009. But now if you are not on cloud you not only are losing business but also paying more. The advantage of being on cloud has now become hard to count of fingers. To name a few here --
- Reduced IT costs
- Scalability
- Pay-as-you-go
- Disaster Recovery
Companies that are not well prepared to this change will be falling behind the race and lose a huge market share easily. And so is gaining cloud computing skill today would be worth the effort and time which will definitely give you great job opportunities with high pay. Let us know your thoughts around it and in case we made you more confused feel free to reach out to us to help you guide in your career.
Amol Bhandari June 14, 2021 Reply
Learnt a lot. Thank you for sharing.
Shivangi Nigam June 17, 2021 Reply
Glad you enjoyed it
Siddhika Kamat June 17, 2021 Reply
This was great thank you Shivangi
Arjun Kumar June 18, 2021 Reply
Great article. Fantastic comparison between the two platforms. Certainly has given more perspective to me.