We first placed AWS in Adopt seven years ago, and the breadth, depth and reliability of its services have improved in leaps and bounds since then. However, we're now moving AWS back into Trial, not because of any deficiencies in its offering, but because its competitors, GCP and Azure, have matured considerably and selecting a cloud provider has become increasingly complex. We reserve Adopt for when we see a clear winner in a field. For many years, AWS was the default choice, but we now feel that organizations should make a balanced selection across cloud providers that takes into account their geographic and regulatory footprint, their strategic alignment (or lack thereof) with the providers, and, of course, the fit between their most important needs and the cloud providers' differentiating products.
