Virtual Machine (VM) vs. Container
3 min readNov 24, 2020
In this article, I would like to compare virtual machines (VMs) with containers and outline the main differences on a high level. Further sources are linked at the end of the article to dig deeper into this topic. Virtual machines (VMs) and containers are two of the main pillars of modern cloud architecture to run services, and both are in the service portfolio of Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS. The following picture describes an overview of the following description.
