When comparing Google Compute Engine vs Microsoft Azure, the Slant community recommends Microsoft Azure for most people. In the question“What are the best cloud hosting services for large businesses?” Microsoft Azure is ranked 3rd while Google Compute Engine is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Microsoft Azure is:
Although it's a bit laborious to acquire, BizSpark gets startups a ton of free tools and usage.
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Pros
Pro Strong support for Google
Any organization built on Google Apps will love the easy authentication
Pro Fast DNS
Pro BizSpark
Although it's a bit laborious to acquire, BizSpark gets startups a ton of free tools and usage.
Cons
Con Windows support is lacking
Windows support at the moment is barebones. No SQL Server, no AD etc etc.
Con SSH-Key
Its difficult to generate SSH key for Google Cloud
Con Dashboard is weird to navigate
Looks pretty, but weird to navigate. The whole left to right thing is unintuitive. It's also very sluggish, or just doesn't load on a poor internet connection.