We performed a comparison between DigitalOcean and Microsoft Azure based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The user interface is nice, and it is very easy to use. Anyone can use it."
"The solution is easy to set up."
"The customer support team are very responsive."
"I like Kubernetes integration."
"The solution is very stable."
"The most valuable feature is the ease with which you can create a phishing server and use it."
"The most outstanding aspect of DigitalOcean is its user interface and ease of use. Compared to more complex solutions, such as AWS, DigitalOcean's platform is highly intuitive and user-friendly."
"It's been a good choice for us for some services. We generally have several deployments. For instance, for some static Angular applications, it was a clear choice to run them on Cloudflare, which performs very well in this context. All the assets go on DigitalOcean."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration between all of the components in Azure."
"In general, the entire suite of PaaS is valuable. It enables a true breakdown of IT siloes and allows an organization to embrace DevOps."
"It is stable and scalable. It is useful for many applications and services, such as SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and OneDrive."
"The management part of it is good. Its UI is simple to use. The cost management and billing part is also good. These are the top things that I like in Azure."
"It has multiple features that can be used from the start."
"The solution is similar to a plug-and-play system, it is easy to use."
"It is a reliable solution that is easy to set up."
"If you have large traffic amounts, Microsoft Azure will continue to provide our customers with the best storage experience."
"We found the solution to be a bit expensive."
"The solution could improve by having integration with GitHub."
"I would like to see improvements to the logging and user interface. The verification process could be more streamlined."
"The technical support for this solution could be improved."
"The issue with DigitalOcean is primarily the latency. So, when you have a mixed system with some components staying here, and then we encounter network latency, it's not optimal. Our"
"I would like to see an automation feature added to send emails out using the open-source solution."
"I think something needs to be done in terms of technical support."
"Other solutions are proving the monitoring feature, like AWS having GuardDuty and SAP having services for logs and monitoring. DigitalOcean doesn’t have any other benefits."
"Azure ARM console can be a bit overwhelming at the beginning."
"The deployment was quite complex."
"There are times when using a service in Microsoft Azure can be confusing because you have four or five options that do similar operations. It would be helpful if there was a clear decision tree around those features. Microsoft does provide a lot of decision trees around a lot of their services, but it's not for everything."
"Something that could be added to the solution is the use of deep learning, which is going to grow in the near future."
"The pricing can be reduced."
"Because it has a lot of features, a person just coming into Microsoft Azure might feel that it is a bit complex."
"The solution must improve its pricing."
"A good strategy would be to include a feature for integrating with external ecosystems."
DigitalOcean is ranked 12th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 9 reviews while Microsoft Azure is ranked 1st in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 299 reviews. DigitalOcean is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Azure is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of DigitalOcean writes "Testing new systems is affordable. Backup/snapshots does not always restore properly". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure writes "Promotes clear, logical structures preventing impractical configurations and offers seamless integration ". DigitalOcean is most compared with Amazon AWS, Google Firebase, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Alibaba Cloud and SAP S4HANA on AWS, whereas Microsoft Azure is most compared with Google Firebase, Amazon AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Alibaba Cloud and Pivotal Cloud Foundry. See our DigitalOcean vs. Microsoft Azure report.
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