We performed a comparison between Amazon AWS and Salesforce Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two PaaS Clouds solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It has helped reduce the cost by rationing the computing power and paying only on a per usage basis, instead of provisioning unneeded, idle, or unutilized computing power that is used only at 20% of its capacity or time."
"I especially like the flexibility and scalability of the solution."
"There is less work for the DBAs. Everything is handled in AWS itself."
"The installation and initial setup are easy."
"Amazon AWS is very user-friendly."
"Some of the valuable features I have found to be the virtual server is easy to understand, a secure environment, and AWS has a fast community for finding solutions to problems you might be facing."
"Great scalability."
"I like many features, like the recently released useful analytics features. There are many from the data analytics or database side."
"he solution has improved over the years and the inputting of opportunity information is done a lot better and the GUI is good. The ability to customize dashboards and other elements was useful, we were able to move things around, for example, the forecasts. Most of the cells and input places were set, but we can customize the view and what we were looking at, such as on a daily, or weekly basis."
"The reporting tools are very solid."
"There are no major performance issues in the solution."
"One of the main features of the solution is it is flexible."
"It works beautifully. I haven't had any errors."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"We use this solution to track customer activities, opportunities and contact information."
"Marketing and Sales Lead, Forecasting, Campaign management."
"We like everything about the solution except for the general price."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of hybrid Kubernetes management."
"Setup is somewhat complex."
"If you have not had previous training or studied guides it will be a little difficult to use the solution. However, the difficulty also depends on what you are using the solution for. They can improve by providing more documentation, such as tutorials and videos."
"The customization could improve. However, it depends on the customization needed."
"The feedback we are getting from our customers, especially here in Turkey where the exchange rate fluctuates regularly, is that the solution is quite expensive."
"In some scenarios, Azure will support hybrid cloud better while AWS offers direct connection."
"They should implement the command shell by default. As it is now, to open the console, you have to download the command application."
"It does need very specific resources to help deploy it and buy in from the users. It's one of those items it's pretty disruptive and if it's not deployed properly and if it doesn't get utilized efficiently, it won't be effective."
"I think the search needs to be improved so as to allow for a broader keyword search."
"They have some limitations as a cloud solution."
"This platform is indeed on the expensive side."
"Pricing is the biggest factor. The cost right now is too high and I've had a lot of clients leave."
"They need an easy way of getting details and then adding to it and then being able to do it in a more simplified way"
"The management of Salesforce could be quite a task. Old and unusable contacts can add up over time. If I could wave a magic wand, it would be to initiate a self-cleaning feature."
"Integration needs improvement."
Amazon AWS is ranked 2nd in PaaS Clouds with 250 reviews while Salesforce Platform is ranked 8th in PaaS Clouds with 81 reviews. Amazon AWS is rated 8.4, while Salesforce Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon AWS writes "Reliable with good security but is difficult to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Salesforce Platform writes "Reliable with good reporting and custom dashboards". Amazon AWS is most compared with Linode, OpenShift, Microsoft Azure, SAP Cloud Platform and VMware Tanzu Application Service, whereas Salesforce Platform is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Oracle Application Express (APEX), Microsoft Azure, Appian and Pega BPM. See our Amazon AWS vs. Salesforce Platform report.
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