AWS Vs. Azure Vs. Google Cloud: 5 Cloud Spending Trends

March 24, 2022, 01:44 PM EDT

Read where cloud-decision makers are placing their public cloud bets regarding spending and adoption of Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure, according to Flexera’s new 2022 State of the Cloud Report.

Enterprise Spending On AWS, Azure, GCP

Implementing cloud-first policies and investing in cloud migration are top of mind for senior IT leaders, particularly in the enterprise. As a result, enterprises are rapidly increasing public cloud spending and workload volumes.

According to Flexera’s report, AWS holds a slight lead among enterprises spending over $12 million annually.

Approximately 18 percent of enterprises spend $12 million or more annually on AWS. By comparison, 15 percent spend $12 million or more annually on Azure. Approximately 7 percent of enterprises reported spending $12 million or more annually on Google Cloud Platform.

Looking at other figures, 53 percent of enterprise Azure customers spend at least $1.2 million annually, compared with 52 percent for AWS, and 33 percent for GCP.

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Mark Haranas

Mark Haranas is an assistant news editor and longtime journalist now covering cloud, multicloud, software, SaaS and channel partners at CRN. He speaks with world-renown CEOs and IT experts as well as covering breaking news and live events while also managing several CRN reporters. He can be reached at mharanas@thechannelcompany.com.