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.
"The most valuable features of Amazon AWS are ease of use, deployment, and short lead time. If you are using an on-premise solution, you need to wait for the hardware, and nowadays it is very difficult, the lead time becomes very long. We propose to our customers to use Amazon AWS because it is very easy, no need to wait for hardware delivery."
"The solution can scale well."
"The storage is most valuable. The gateway and documentation are also quite good."
"It's very stable and the performance is good."
"I like that it helps us do everything really fast, and its advanced services."
"The scalability of the product is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The technical support is good."
"Friendly console for implementation."
"I think the most useful feature has been the remote desktop. It has been very helpful when customers have old applications that are not architected to run remotely."
"Much more intuitive and more visual than AWS. More obvious where things are and how to change their configurations, etc."
"The most valuable feature is the possibility of using Microsoft and non-Microsoft services on one environment."
"The customer service and support are very good. When we raise a ticket, we quickly get feedback or someone assigned to help us identify the problem, which, 90% of the time, was on our end. I'm very happy with the support they provide."
"I like the ExpressRoute because that makes it easy to configure connectivity to Azure-hosted services."
"The application services are the most valuable in Microsoft Azure. I'm not using them directly but I am using the function and the web applications. I don't need to pay a lot for the maintenance. I do not need to have a DevOps employee."
"In terms of scalability, it is perfect."
"There are plenty of functions available that we have used extensively. It is a complete platform of services."
"Integration with in-house applications could be simplified."
"The dashboard can be improved a little bit to provide more information."
"In some scenarios, Azure will support hybrid cloud better while AWS offers direct connection."
"There are numerous use cases, and the setup varies from complicated to very simple in some cases."
"Customer access to APIs is limited so that logs cannot be checked properly."
"The interface is relatively complex."
"The problem with AWS is you have to keep up with the technology. If you don't stay up to date with the technology and its latest changes then you won't know what to use in your infrastructure."
"Their support can be improved. In some cases, their support is not as proficient as it can be. They should be quicker at getting back."
"The support team is not responding to my emails."
"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."
"The pricing needs to be a bit lower. It's an expensive solution right now."
"It could be cheaper."
"Microsoft Azure can be pretty advanced and difficult to understand. I would like it to be simplified. The licensing especially needs to be simplified."
"I would like to see more advanced functionality in terms of information security."
"The initial setup is quite complex because of the number of options that are available."
"Virtual networks might be improved by adding more rules for the validation of protocols and peripheral elements in security assurance."
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 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Google Firebase, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, SAP Cloud Platform and Alibaba Cloud. See our Amazon AWS vs. Microsoft Azure report.
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