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.
"This solution is used as the basic requirement for any virtual machines use cases, the storage is used for each use case."
"The initial setup is not difficult and it did not take us more than one day."
"Amazon AWS is very user-friendly."
"There are many valuable features, I find the EMR in the platform easy to use and to learn."
"The most valuable feature is the availability, as we work in different availability zones."
"I like that the products are specific and objective. We can resolve a problem using a simple configuration. It's so easy to implement a solution and solve a problem using AWS solutions. AWS has a lot of specific solutions for different use cases. I think that this is the most important thing that made us consider using AWS."
"It's very user-friendly."
"The experience with Amazon AWS is error-free. That was also, of course, something that I really appreciate. That means it's really well-tested and, as published or as declared."
"The user interface is very nice and makes everything easy to use."
"The Azure Portal has an advantage in terms of UX making buying resources or downgrading is really easier to understand. AWS has micro, smaller functionalities whereas Azure has more end-to-end focus which makes it easier saving you time and money."
"We use Microsoft Azure for operations, email, and office applications."
"The ability to create the actual resource on the private cloud is easy to manage with Microsoft Azure."
"Feedback and error messages make much more sense in Azure than in AWS."
"It is easy to use and flexible."
"The product makes it easy to spin up new environments and develop new technologies."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the Access Management and the PIN modules."
"It can be daunting because of the number of AWS products there are."
"Monthly costs can be high if you don't maintain your usage"
"More complete and specific training for many of the technologies, specifically with Python Django and the CMS (Mezzanine)."
"It should be more secure and have more integrations."
"Some of the storage services could be cheaper."
"We like everything about the solution except for the general price."
"Instead of using some third-party solutions, Amazon should include them as part of its offering."
"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."
"Microsoft Azure could improve by being more user-friendly and the interface could be better."
"Its pricing should be better. In terms of features, I am yet to explore the whole solution, and the current features seem okay."
"Microsoft Azure is not always a user-friendly solution. There are too many people who develop this solution. For the end-users, sometimes it's not really fun to use or simple to use. It could be improved."
"They can add more documentation about the solution."
"With a Synapse environment, we might need to switch to Databricks for better scalability."
"Technical support could be better. They need to be more responsive."
"The third-party data-sharing features must be improved."
"Microsoft Azure can be pretty advanced and difficult to understand. I would like it to be simplified. The licensing especially needs to be simplified."
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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