AWS vs Microsoft Azure vs Google Cloud Platform competitive framework at the broader hyperscaler renewal cycle. The AWS EDP, Azure ELA, GCP commit frameworks, the multi cloud framework, the workload portability framework, and the eleven move buyer side framework.
The AWS vs Microsoft Azure vs Google Cloud Platform competitive framework anchors the broader hyperscaler cloud framework. It segments the buyer position across the three principal vendors, the commitment and discount instruments inside each estate, and the multi cloud levers that pull across them.
The framework covers the AWS estate (EDP, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans), the Microsoft Azure estate (ELA, MACC, Azure Reservations, Azure Hybrid Benefit), and the Google Cloud Platform estate (commit, CUDs, Anthos). It then layers the multi cloud framework, the workload portability framework, the vendor lock in framework, the competitive cross commitment framework, and the bespoke hyperscaler position at the upper customer scale.
Read the related Vendor Shield, the renewal program, the Microsoft Azure ELA negotiation, the benchmarking practice, and the AWS EDP negotiation guide.
Hyperscaler instrument map
| Vendor | Master commit vehicle | Commitment and discount instruments |
|---|---|---|
| AWS | EDP | Reserved Instances, Savings Plans |
| Microsoft Azure | ELA, MACC | Azure Reservations, Azure Hybrid Benefit |
| Google Cloud | Google Cloud commit | CUDs, Anthos |
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A buyer side framework for the AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud competitive framework. The AWS EDP framework, the Microsoft Azure ELA framework, the Google Cloud commit framework, the multi cloud framework, the workload portability framework, and the buyer side moves.
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The hyperscaler cloud framework anchors the broader cloud commercial framework against three principal vendors. Redress reframed the framework around the customer actual hyperscaler deployment framework, the actual commitment framework, and the actual cross commitment framework. Twenty eight percent saving against the broader hyperscaler framework.
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