01-03 Landscape of CSPs
# Tier-1 (Top Tier)
Early to market, wide offering, strong synergies between services, well recognized in the industry
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Alibaba Cloud
# Tier-2 (Mid Tier)
Backed by well-known tech companies, slow to innovate and turned to specialization
- IBM Cloud
- Fight on AI/ML solutions
- Oracle Cloud
- Fight on price
- Rackspace (OpenStack)
# Tier-3 (Light Tier)
Virtual Private Server (VPS) turned to offer core IaaS offering. Simple, cost-effective
- Vultr
- Digital Ocean
- Linode