Hi everyone, author here. I wrote this article to summarize my thoughts on using the Google Cloud vs Amazon.<p>TL;DR: Although AWS has a lot more cloud products, unless you need the additional options, IMHO the Google Cloud is more intuitive, cheaper and offers better cost structure (e.g. by-the-minute pricing instead of by-the-hour).<p>So if you’re starting a new project, I would highly recommend that you give the Google Cloud a try.
This blog post really just compares EC2 vs GCE. That's a valuable comparison to make, but covers a fairly narrow use case. I'd love to see comparisons that that say "for EDW X wins over Y", "for high volume message passing Z is best", "for data archival Q wins" etc
If price is your thing, Linode for compute and Backblaze for storage; 4 CPU and 8GB RAM for $40 a month and 1/2 cent per month per gig. For full feature cloud I find Azure a better competitor to AWS as far as features/price/interface and per minute billing.