AWS vs Azure vs GCP Storage - Comparison

One of the most common questions I see is moving workloads to the cloud:

"Which cloud storage should I use?"

It depends on your stack, latency requirements, and budget, but here's how to think through it.

• Block storage (EBS / Managed Disks / Persistent Disk) → raw performance, databases, VM volumes

• Object storage (S3 / Blob / GCS) → scale-out unstructured data, backups, media

• File storage (EFS, FSx / Azure Files / Filestore) → shared network access, NFS/SMB workloads

• Archive (Glacier / Azure Archive / GCS Archive) → compliance data, long-term retention at minimal cost

The providers mostly overlap on fundamentals:

> AWS — deepest ecosystem, most configuration options, S3 remains the industry gold standard

> Azure — unbeatable for Microsoft-stack organizations, best hybrid cloud story

> GCP — cleanest developer experience, best for analytics-first architectures

If you want the full breakdown:

https://teleglobals.com/blog/aws-vs-azure-vs-gcp-storage-type

Worth bookmarking if cloud architecture decisions are part of your day.

What's your current cloud storage setup? Are you multi-cloud, or committed to one provider?