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.
"They release new solutions almost every quarter and you don't get that kind of innovation from an enterprise company."
"I think the AWS interface is good. It's easy to understand and use."
"The product is nice and stable. Its performance is great."
"I like the auto-scaling functionality and compliance requirements, whichever they are requesting."
"We've built several AI ML solutions and done lots of work on the GPUs available on Amazon servers. We did a lot of work around web spidering, natural language processing, and machine learning or deep learning workloads."
"The capacity to grow dynamically based on our needs is most valuable. We can increase resources dynamically. It is also very reliable and fast to implement."
"The installation and initial setup are easy."
"The payment structure is very good."
"The solution offers very good upgrades and updates regularly."
"The incorporation of several kinds of storage, such as SSD Premium, enhanced the performance of machines."
"The tool's most valuable aspect is the account management side. This involves tasks such as assigning credentials to different individuals, managing user accounts, and implementing Privileged Access Management."
"One of the features I have found to be valuable is the scale set feature."
"It is a reliable solution that is easy to set up."
"The technical support has been excellent."
"It's a cloud-based application, so installation is straightforward and doesn't take much time."
"Azure is stable. I don't have any problems with it."
"It could be made cheaper. I know we spend a lot of money each month on AWS."
"Some of the storage services could be cheaper."
"They currently have fewer regions in Asia, especially in India, China, and other places. They can maybe put more data centers in this region."
"One of the problems that I have seen is that some of the products are not as mature as others."
"Amazon AWS could be improved by lowering the general storage price."
"In a future release, I would like to see more support for AI because it is the future."
"The price could be better."
"Its only cons are on the data warehouse side. AWS' data warehouse Redshift is not as good as it should be."
"Establishing the account in the beginning was very difficult."
"Talking from a networking perspective, when you create a file or a rule in Azure and you want to view this IP group, sometimes the way it is displayed on the GUI, you don't see the name of the group."
"Lacks flexibility in terms of storage or resource allocation."
"The platform should be available at the same price worldwide."
"I have found Microsoft Azure has many components to use and it's very difficult to understand every component."
"Azure calculator could be improved, there are issues with login synchronization."
"More expensive than other solutions without justification."
"The price of the Azure license could be cheaper."
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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