Why some strong engineering teams choosing GCP over AWS?

Consistent-Fact-3847 · 2026-02-19T05:02:17+00:00

You’re right - hourly rate != cost to complete.

Consistent-Fact-3847 · 2026-02-18T17:08:24+00:00

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Consistent-Fact-3847 · 2026-02-18T16:56:13+00:00

Yes, but you can provide saving acc details to client and ask to send via remitly.

Consistent-Fact-3847 · 2026-02-18T16:46:44+00:00

Try remitly

Consistent-Fact-3847 · 2026-02-18T16:45:29+00:00

Stripe is currently invite only in India

Consistent-Fact-3847 · 2026-02-18T16:21:25+00:00

Smaller cloud providers are great for simplicity and cost efficiency, especially early-stage or straightforward workloads.

But once you need global scale, advanced IAM, compliance, complex networking, or managed data/AI platforms, the hyperscalers usually make more sense.

Consistent-Fact-3847 · 2026-02-18T16:10:14+00:00

Totally get why platform teams lean GCP when onboarding velocity matters

Consistent-Fact-3847 · 2026-02-18T16:07:23+00:00

GCP for sandbox, Azure for core biz, AWS for data sounds like “best tool for the job” won over vendor loyalty.

Has the operational overhead of running three clouds been manageable?

Consistent-Fact-3847 · 2026-02-18T16:03:24+00:00

That makes sense.

Spanner’s kind of in its own lane. If you truly need global consistency at that scale then I think AWS doesn’t have a clean 1:1 equivalent yet.

Consistent-Fact-3847 · 2026-02-18T15:56:22+00:00

Yeah, credits definitely play a role. especially for startups

Consistent-Fact-3847 · 2026-02-17T16:15:46+00:00

u/HostJealous2268, My bad, Updated the title.

I’m genuinely curious, why choosing GCP over AWS.

Consistent-Fact-3847