Earlier this year, independent benchmarking firm Cloud Spectator tested the overall price-performance, VM performance, and block storage performance of four major cloud service providers: Google Compute Engine, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and IBM SoftLayer.

The result is a rare apples-to-apples comparison among major CSPs, whose distinct pricing models often makes them difficult to compare. Download the complete report for more on the wide variance in cloud performance between these familiar vendors.