We have outlined the study conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group for each platform.
Note: Most of this data is based on their clients' experiences.
AWS:
AWS empowers customers to reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) with serverless and fully managed services, eliminating the need for infrastructure maintenance.
Committed to sustainability, AWS aims to power 100% of its operations with renewable energy by 2025 and achieve net-zero carbon by 2040.
With AWS Cloud Infrastructure, businesses can enhance agility, drive digital transformation, and cut infrastructure costs by up to 66%, ensuring a future-proof cloud solution.
- 63% lower cost of compute
- 66% lower cost of networking
- 69% lower cost of storage
- 77% reduction in licenses required
- 43% lower time to market for new features
Source: AWS, Migrating to AWS Cloud Infrastructure
Azure:
- 47% saving when shifting on-premises workloads to SQL server on Azure VMs over a 3-year period
- Save up to 55% for non-production scenarios
- Save up to 55% off pay-as-you-go rates
- Achieve 40%-60% in operational savings by migrating from on-premises infrastructure, as experienced by Azure SQL customers.
- Develop apps 40% faster for quicker time to value.
Source: Azure, Cloud Migration Trends
This study shows that how Microsoft Cloud services are better than traditional enterprise datacenters
Azure Compute:
Azure Compute is 52%–79% percent more energy efficient.
92%-98% percent lower carbon emission.
Azure Storage:
71%–79% percent more energy efficient.
79%-83% percent lower carbon emission.
SharePoint Online:
22%–93% percent more energy efficient.
72%–97% percent lower carbon emission.
Source: Carbon Benefits
GCP:
- Save 30% when migrating on-premises Windows server workloads.
- Save 38% for cloud SQL with SQL server.
- Save 88% for cloud SQL with MySQL.
- Save 38%-88% when moving on-premises workloads to Google Cloud SQL managed database.
- Sole-tenant instances can provide savings of up to 32% compared to alternative cloud service providers.
Source: Google Cloud
Ultimately, the best platform depends on your specific business goals—AWS for broad agility, Azure for eco-friendly operations, and GCP for database optimization and scalability.