AWS vs. GCP vs. Azure: Which Cloud is Best-Priced for OLTP Workloads?

Choosing the best-priced cloud provider for OLTP workloads among AWS, GCP, and Azure requires a nuanced analysis as no single provider universally excels across all use cases. A study detailed in the 2022 Cloud Report evaluated 56 instances across these platforms, revealing that each offers comparable price-for-performance options. Notably, Google's t2d-standard-32 emerged as a top performer, but all three clouds have instances in the $0.04-$0.05 per TPM range, suggesting an effective tie for cost-efficiency. Larger node sizes generally provide better price-for-performance due to lower storage-to-cost ratios, and general-purpose storage solutions are more economical than high-performance options, although the latter may benefit specific workloads. Despite the overall similarity in pricing, individual instance configurations display variability, emphasizing the importance of choosing based on specific workload needs.

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