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.
"It's easy to manage. We can use a wide range of technologies with AWS."
"Easy to deploy through the channel model for serverless architecture and easy to integrate through the organization model."
"Amazon is a really good solution with high performance. They offer more connectors than some of their competitors, such as Microsoft Azure."
"Easy to access and secure, two important features."
"We can spin up the server anytime and have root access to it."
"They provide cutting-edge features compared to other cloud vendors."
"Amazon AWS has good performance and easy management."
"Amazon AWS is very user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure is its ease of use."
"Databricks is really nice because you have the power to process lots of data and you can create queries and provide big analysis for the business using a robust cluster."
"I have found Microsoft Azure to be stable. We have large corporate customers and it is working great."
"The solution is very simple to set up."
"Feedback and error messages make much more sense in Azure than in AWS."
"We have found the user interface to be intuitive. Microsoft is a master at UI."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ease of use."
"The user interface is very nice and makes everything easy to use."
"Monitoring still needs to be improved."
"We would like the system documentation for configuring this solution to be improved, in order to provide better process clarity."
"Amazon AWS could be improved by lowering the general storage price."
"If Amazon AWS can offer more self-paced learning tools, on their website, on CBT, it'll be easier for more people to familiarize themselves with their service. Especially when they are delivering new services from time to time. Educational tools that can help users familiarize themselves with their service. It would be great."
"You'll probably experience some sticker shock with AWS. You attempt to understand the cost, but you don't realize what you're paying until you get your first bill. I don't know if Amazon does that on purpose, but costs can get out of control quickly if you don't have someone who specializes in AWS cost management."
"Monthly costs can be high if you don't maintain your usage"
"The billing should be more competitive."
"A person with no AWS experience might find it overwhelming at first."
"Specifically, I would like to see better Azure Data Analytics and monitoring RF."
"I have found Microsoft Azure has many components to use and it's very difficult to understand every component."
"I think Azure Active Directory and also the backup solutions provided in Azure need to be improved by Microsoft. The backup solution is not a very enterprise solution, and it is very simple. I think in comparison with other backup solutions like Nakivo and Veeam Backup, it can be improved to have a lot of options."
"Compared with other cloud solution providers, Microsoft is not good at local support."
"The pricing criteria can be improved with broken-down terms that can be understood easily."
"We like that they have the new capabilities, but sometimes they're deprecating capabilities faster than we can handle. If we had to improve it, we would want to stay on some of these older capabilities a bit longer."
"A good strategy would be to include a feature for integrating with external ecosystems."
"I would say an improvement could be allowing for more external, third-party tools. However, I think that's their vision, how they develop the product."
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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