With so many options , what cloud service provider should I use ?
Here's a quick pro/cons on each.
AWS
Pros
The are the first and continue to lead
They have the most regions and a ton of awesome features.
Free trial to try it.
Plenty of tools to help you get started with simple vm launching.
Cons
They have ton of awesome features. (overwhelming at times)
AZURE
Pros
Windows and Linux VMs
Command Line client works well
Powershell Modules to orchestrate your stacks.
Cons
Some growing pains. As they transitioning to new hardware.
Better communication of the hardware changes would help plan for downtime , etc.
GCP
Pros
Fast VMs
Command Line tools is awesome.
They have most of the services as the other providers (volumes,compute,remote storate,networking)
Giant internal network across all regions.
Cons
They need to sell to the enterprise
If you are looking for just a VM
Amazon has a VM offering called Light Sail. - https://amazonlightsail.com/