Vendor-neutraler Direktvergleich von Microsoft Azure und Google Cloud: Services, Rechenzentren, Kosten und Souveränität — datenbasiert auf comparison.cloud.
| Service | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Count of Services | 200+ | 100+ |
| Cost Rating | 5.7/10 | 5.6/10 |
| Saving Plan | 62% | 57% |
| Datacenter | 300 | 39 |
| Countries | 36 | 25 |
| SEAL Score | 4.4/10 (44%) | 4.3/10 (43%) |
| USP | Leading in data analytics, AI, and Kubernetes | Leading in data analytics, AI, and Kubernetes, adjustable vCPU/RAM ratio |
| Recommendation | Recommended for enterprises heavily invested in Microsoft. | Recommended for data-driven organizations and developers focused on innovation |
| Service | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Interpretation | Sensitive data should be encrypted by BYOK and Confidential VMs. Use EU-Boundaries to keep data processing in EU. | Sovereign Folder is encrypted by Telekom. Google has no access to KMS |
| SEAL | SEAL 1 | SEAL 1 |
| Residency | US | US |
| Shared Resources | Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty | Sovereign Folder by Telekom |
| Dedicated Resources | Dedicated Host | Sole-Tenant Nodes |
| Dedicated Cloud | Azure Local | Google Distributed Cloud |
| Encryption | Dedicated HSM | Cloud HSM |
| Service | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Sovereignty Score | 4.4/10 (44%) EU Data Boundary strong; US jurisdiction limits sovereignty | 4.3/10 (43%) Open technology helps; US jurisdiction limits sovereignty |
| SOV-1 Strategic (15 %) | 3/10 US parent (Microsoft); EU partner clouds are separate offers | 3/10 US parent (Alphabet); sovereignty via partners (S3NS, T-Systems) |
| SOV-2 Legal & Jurisdictional (10 %) | 2/10 Subject to US CLOUD Act & FISA 702 | 2/10 Subject to US CLOUD Act & FISA 702 |
| SOV-3 Data & AI (10 %) | 7/10 EU Data Boundary completed; strong confidential computing | 6/10 Sovereign controls & external key management |
| SOV-4 Operational (15 %) | 4/10 EU-based processing & support improved; global ops model | 4/10 Partner-operated sovereign models; global ops otherwise |
| SOV-5 Supply Chain (20 %) | 3/10 Global proprietary hardware & software supply chain | 3/10 Global proprietary infrastructure supply chain |
| SOV-6 Technology (15 %) | 4/10 Proprietary platform, notable lock-in; hybrid options exist | 5/10 Strong open source (Kubernetes); moderate lock-in |
| SOV-7 Security & Compliance (10 %) | 8/10 BSI C5, ISO 27001, extensive compliance portfolio | 7/10 Broad certifications; SecNumCloud via partner S3NS |
| SOV-8 Environmental (5 %) | 8/10 Carbon negative by 2030 commitment | 8/10 24/7 carbon-free energy goal by 2030 |
| Service | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| DACH Presence | Germany | Germany |
| Presence Europe | Ireland Dublin | Belgium St. Ghislain |
| Presence North America | USA Virginia, Iowa, Texas, California … | USA Iowa, Virginia, Oregon, Texas … |
| Presence South America | Brazil São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil São Paulo |
| Presence Asia-Pacific | Australia Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra | Taiwan Changhua |
| Presence Middle East & Africa | UAE Dubai, Abu Dhabi | Qatar Doha |
| Availability Zones | 400+ | 39 |
| Multi-AZ | ||
| Regions | 70+ | 40+ |
| Countries | 30+ | 20+ |
| Continents | 6 | 6 |
| Point of Presence | 192 | 100+ |
| Dedicated Backbone | ||
| DDoS |
| Service | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Shared Instance | Virtual Machine 1vCPU-832vCPU | Compute Engine 1vCPU-416vCPU |
| Dedicated Instance | Isolated VM | – |
| GPU Instance | Cloud GPU | Compute Engine |
| Windows Server | Virtual Machine | Compute Engine |
| Serverless | Functions | Cloud Run |
| ARM Instance | Cobalt Arm64 VMs | Axion (C4A) |
| Confidential Computing | Confidential VMs | Confidential VMs |
| Service | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | Disk Storage | Persistent Disk |
| Assets | Blob Storage(Hot) | Cloud Storage |
| Managed NetApp | NetApp Files | Cloud NetApp Volumes |
| File | Files | Filestore |
| Service | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| VM Backup | Blob Storage (Cool) | Coldline Storage |
| Volume Backup | Blob Storage(Cool) | Persistend Disk Snapshot |
| Archive | Blob Storage (Archive) | Coldline Storage |
| Tape | Blob Storage (Archive) | Archive Storage |
| Disaster Recovery | Site Recovery | Backup and DR Service |
| Service | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| MySQL | Database for MySQL | Cloud SQL |
| PostGre | Database for PostgreSQL | Cloud SQL |
| MS SQL | Azure SQL Database | Cloud SQL for SQL Server |
| Oracle | Oracle Database@Azure | Oracle Database@Google Cloud |
| Document-Oriented | Cosmos DB | MongoDB Atlas |
| Distributed Wide-Column | Cosmos DB for Cassandra | Cloud BigTable |
| TSDB | Azure Data Explorer | BigQuery |
| Cache | Cache for Redis | MemoryStore |
| Search Engine | AI Search | Cloud Search |
| Knowledge Graph | Cosmos DB | Enterprise Knowledge Database |
| Service | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Network | Virtual Network | Virtual Private Cloud |
| Public IP | Public IP | Public IP |
| Gateway | API Management | API Gateways |
| Load Balancer | Application Gateway Load Balancer | Cloud Load Balancer |
| Public DNS | DNS | Cloud DNS |
| Private DNS | Private DNS | Cloud DNS - Private Zone |
| Firewall | WAF | Cloud Armor |
| Private Connectivity | Express Route | Cloud VPN |
| Dedicated Connectivity | Express Route Direct | Cloud Interconnect |
| DDoS Protection | DDoS Protection | Cloud Armor |
| CDN | CDN | Cloud CDN |
| Service | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Container Registry | Azure Container Registry | Artifact Registry |
| Orchestration | Azure Kubernetes Service(AKS) | Google Kubernetes Engine(GKE) |
| Service | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Hypervisor | Hyper-V kein direkter Zugang | KVM kein direkter Zugang |
| Instance as a Service | Virtual Machines | Compute Engine |
| Managed Virtualization Platforms | Azure VMware Solution | Vmware Engine |
| Bare Metal Virtualization | Dedicated Host | Bare Metal Solution |
| Edge Virtualization | Azure Local | Google Distributed Cloud |
| Workload-specific Virtualization | SAP HANA on Azure | SAP RISE on Google Cloud |
| Service | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Identity Management | Entra ID | Cloud Identity |
| IaC | Resource Manager | Deployment Manager |
| Audit Trail | Activity Log | Cloud Audit Logs |
| Mail Service | Communication Services | – |
| Command Line | Azure CLI | gcloud CLI |
| CO2 Calculator | Sustainability Calculator | Cloud Carbon Footprint |
| Service | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Dashboards | Monitor | Cloud Monitor |
| Data Streaming | Stream Analytics | Datastream |
| Messaging | Service Bus | Cloud Pub/Sub |
| Business Analytics | Power BI | Looker |
| Big Data Processing | Data Lake | Dataproc |
| Big Data Plattform | Data Factory | BigQuery |
| Log Monitoring | Monitor | Cloud Monitoring |
| Service | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant | AI Bot Service | Dialogflow |
| Translation | AI Translator | Translation AI |
| Audio Analysis | AI Speech | Speech-to-Text API |
| Computer Vision | AI Vision | Vision AI |
| NLP | AI Language | Natural Language API |
| Image Generation | OpenAI Service | Vertex AI |
| Machine Learning | Machine Learning | Vertex AI |
| AI Router | AI Foundry | AI Studio |
| Document Intelligence | Form Recognizer | Document AI |
| Service | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Emulator | Quantum Simulator | Cirq |
| Engine | Quantum | Quantum AI |
| Service | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 5.7/10 | 5.6/10 |
| CPU\nvCPU/h | 4.0/10 0,0352750 € | 4.2/10 0,0331370 € |
| GPU\nH100/h | 5.4/10 5,9330000 € | 3.5/10 9,4010000 € |
| RAM\nGB/h | 3.6/10 0,0080750 € | 3.9/10 0,0075308 € |
| VMware\nCPU/h | 4.1/10 0,2911250 € | 4.5/10 0,2544576 € |
| Managed MySQL\nRatio1/4 | 5.5/10 0,1293863 € | 7.4/10 0,0958082 € |
| Block Storage\nGB/h | 3000 IOPS | 10.0/10 0,0001105 € | 9.9/10 0,0001110 € |
| S3 Storage\nGB/h | 4.4/10 0,0000233 € | 3.8/10 0,0000274 € |
| Archive Storage\nGB/h | 5.2/10 0,0000116 € | 6.3/10 0,0000071 € |
| Tape\nGB/h | 8.4/10 0,0000025 € | 7.0/10 0,0000030 € |
| Kubernetes-Service-Premium\nCluster/h | 8.2/10 0,5100000 € | 8.8/10 0,0850000 € |
| Serverless-Request\nper 1 Mil Requests | 8.8/10 0,1700000 € | 4.4/10 0,3400000 € |
| Serverless-Compute\nGB-Sec | 5.6/10 0,0000136 € | 5.4/10 0,0000196 € |
| Generative AI-Token Input\nLLama3.3-70B per 1Mil tokens | 9.2/10 0,7301500 € | 10.0/10 0,6120000 € |
| Generative AI-Token Output\nLLama3.3-70B per 1Mil tokens | 9.2/10 0,7301500 € | 10.0/10 0,6120000 € |
| Egress\nper GB | 3.0/10 0,0705500 € | 3.0/10 0,1020000 € |