AWS Market Share: ‘Almost as If There Were No Pandemic’

Amazon Web Services held fast to its status as public cloud leader in the second quarter. If we were a betting publication, we’d guess the vendor will retain that title in the third quarter, even as Azure makes slow inroads. Synergy Research Group calculates AWS’ market share at 33%. The firm attributes that ongoing success to organizations’ “ever-larger” cloud spending increments, especially as COVID-19 continues.

“As far as cloud market numbers go, it’s almost as if there were no COVID-19 pandemic raging around the world,” said John Dinsdale, a chief analyst at Synergy Research Group. “As enterprises struggle to adapt to new norms, the advantages of public cloud are amplified.”

Overall, Synergy projects the public cloud market will grow by well more than 30% this year. For the second quarter, AWS reported slightly slower growth of 29%, compared to 33% in 2020’s first quarter.