Comparative Study of Various Cloud Service Providers: A Review

Cloud computing refers to a location in which information can be accessed remotely. By storing files and apps on remote servers, cloud service providers allow their customers to access them via the Internet. This implies that the user does not need to be at a specific location to obtain access to it, allowing them to work remotely. In addition, Cloud computing offers several advantages and problems to small, medium, and big businesses. Any corporation, whether in the financial, technological, or engineering sectors, may discover a valuable cloud component for the organization's demands. There are various cloud service providers that exist in the present market and are highly sought after by enterprises to meet their demands, but Amazon Web Services, Oracle Compute, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and IBM Cloud are the most extensively utilized. The aim of this review paper is to present a comparative study of the various cloud service providers with respect to the pricing model, compute services, storage services, key cloud tools, database services, networking services, management services, and security services. Furthermore, its key benefits and drawbacks are also present so that it becomes easier to select the most appropriate one for deployment and research development.