Scoring 20 criteria: AWS edges Azure 84.7 to 82.7 as best public cloud, GCP trails at 78.9
DavidLinthicum · x · 2026-10-24
Architect David Linthicum built a weighted scoring model across 20 criteria—security, cost, reliability, AI readiness, hybrid cloud, and more—to rank the big three public clouds: AWS 84.7, Azure 82.7, Google Cloud 78.9.
- AWS wins on the highest-weighted areas: security, compute, storage, reliability, ecosystem maturity
- Azure fits Microsoft-centric enterprises best: compliance, hybrid cloud, identity, enterprise agreements
- Google Cloud suits AI-native, data-heavy, cost-sensitive workloads
He stresses real-world answers are almost always heterogeneous multi-cloud setups, so "best cloud" remains "it depends."
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