The cloud infrastructure market continues to grow at double-digit rates. This infographic breaks down the latest market share data, pricing comparisons, and growth trends for the three major providers.
Cloud Infrastructure Market 2026
Sources: Synergy Research, Gartner, Canalys (Q4 2025)
Market Share (IaaS + PaaS)
Pricing Comparison (Standard VM, 4 vCPU / 16GB RAM)
Sources: Synergy Research Group Q4 2025, Gartner Cloud Forecast, provider pricing pages (March 2026)
Key Takeaways
AWS maintains the market share lead at 31%, but Azure continues to close the gap, now at 25%. Google Cloud is the fastest-growing at 28% YoY, though still significantly smaller. For standard compute workloads, pricing is nearly identical across all three providers — the real differentiation is in specialized services, AI/ML capabilities, and enterprise support.
FAQ
Which cloud provider is cheapest?
For standard compute, pricing is virtually identical. The real savings come from commitment models (Reserved Instances on AWS, Savings Plans on Azure, Committed Use on GCP) which can save 30-60% on on-demand pricing. GCP also offers sustained use discounts automatically.