We compared Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: When comparing Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS, Azure is praised for its manageable setup, support, and documentation. It offers a wide range of features, an intuitive interface, and strong integration with other Microsoft solutions. However, it may be challenging for beginners and lacks user-friendliness in certain aspects. On the other hand, AWS provides quick deployment, extensive features, and strong integration capabilities. Users appreciate its scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. However, some users find AWS pricing to be high and suggest improvements in areas like user interface, security, and billing.
"I like the storage, all the codes like Lambda and Amazon EMR."
"I am very impressed by the solution's stability."
"The price forecasting and billing dashboard by service, with billing budgets and alerts, have helped us shut down resources that were accruing costs that we no longer needed, saving us money."
"Scalability is one of the biggest benefits we have."
"AWS has large community support."
"I have found the trusted advisor tool works well, we are using it to get some insight into the security status and the processing of the applications."
"Amazon AWS has a good Redshift database."
"It improves the speed for us to access vendors."
"Azure Active Directory: Has powerful security and auditing capabilities that we use to secure all our apps."
"The pricing is quite good, and it is designed as pay-per-use."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is its ease of use."
"We have found the most valuable feature to be the pricing calculator."
"It is easy to use and flexible."
"It's a cloud service, so it's always up to date."
"I would rate my experience with the initial setup an eight out of ten, with ten being easy."
"Microsoft has a lot of partners in this area, and they have a lot of information available online, so it's easy to get support."
"The solution could improve by being more secure."
"The dashboard can be improved a little bit to provide more information."
"Amazon AWS could improve by being more secure and adding more features."
"Our API Management solution is integrated with Lambda, and last year, we had an issue while upgrading Lambda from version 8.0 to version 10. It seemed like Lambda runtime was changed by AWS, and there was a bug that caused the downtime. The loading of the dashboard is slow. It could be because I am located in China."
"It should be easier to monitor the performance and generate analytic information so that we can determine how to provide better support for our clients."
"The pricing structure can be improved and made more straightforward."
"The solution could offer better integration capabilities."
"We have had some difficulty figuring out how to monitor how many EC2 instances have been networked into our entire enterprise. We usually try to create a diagram outside of AWS. The types of information we are trying to determine are, for example, what hardware devices are interconnected, and when was the interconnection made."
"The solution’s learning curve could be improved."
"Improving transparency in billing is crucial for us. Understanding how billing works only becomes clear once we start using the services. A more accurate billing calculator would help us anticipate costs associated with using specific services."
"The solution could improve by providing better tutorials and documentation."
"They can add more documentation about the solution."
"I would like to see this solution support integration."
"The tool should add an interface that is similar to AWS."
"There are so many services available that the interface is a little bit messy, and when you're looking for a specific service, you have to know exactly where to search."
"When we are doing transfers of records in large amounts, for example, petabytes of data or few long datasets, the performance should not degrade as it does."
Amazon AWS is ranked 2nd in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 250 reviews while Microsoft Azure is ranked 1st in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 299 reviews. Amazon AWS is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Azure is rated 8.4. 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 Microsoft Azure writes "Promotes clear, logical structures preventing impractical configurations and offers seamless integration ". Amazon AWS is most compared with Linode, OpenShift, SAP Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Pivotal Cloud Foundry, whereas Microsoft Azure is most compared with Google Firebase, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Pivotal Cloud Foundry, SAP Cloud Platform and Alibaba Cloud. See our Amazon AWS vs. Microsoft Azure report.
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