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.
"Scalability is one of the biggest benefits we have."
"Very good automation and very stable."
"The most important feature is deploying our production in multi-data regions around the world."
"With the pay-as-you-go model, we don't have to predict future IT needs. We can just scale up as we want. That helps with a lot of agility in deploying stuff in our IT infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the S3."
"The best features are flexibility and cost."
"I like S3, load balancers, and Route 53."
"Amazon AWS contains a lot of helpful services."
"It is a very easy-to-use platform, and it is very powerful in terms of data backup and Blob storage. It has very good features, especially if you are using Microsoft products, such as Windows, Microsoft SQL Server."
"It has multiple features that can be used from the start."
"This product is quite easy to use and is available on-demand."
"One advantage of using Azure is that clients can start with a low-cost entry in terms of hardware and scale as their business and user base grows. They don't need to allocate a large budget for infrastructure upfront."
"The stability has been excellent."
"It is stable and collaborative."
"The design of Microsoft Azure is for it to be scalable and it is scalable."
"The ability to quickly create and manage resources is critical to getting things done, Azure just makes getting things done a lot simpler."
"It should be more secure and have more integrations."
"One problem is that the AWS public cloud doesn't have shared storage capabilities. The second thing is the cloud performance versus on-prem."
"They should implement the command shell by default. As it is now, to open the console, you have to download the command application."
"If you have not had previous training or studied guides it will be a little difficult to use the solution. However, the difficulty also depends on what you are using the solution for. They can improve by providing more documentation, such as tutorials and videos."
"The solution could have better security and more integration with other platforms."
"Customer access to APIs is limited so that logs cannot be checked properly."
"The security right now needs improvement. It's not bad, per se. It's just that there's always room for improvement in security."
"It is difficult to hand over legacy applications when migrating them to the cloud."
"Could be more user friendly; initial setup is difficult to understand."
"They are a bit closed on the customization side. If they open the customization then it will be very good."
"I have found Microsoft Azure has many components to use and it's very difficult to understand every component."
"The process by which our customers can switch from one subscription to another should be simplified."
"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."
"Microsoft Azure needs to improve its user interface. New developers and teams have difficulty understanding its lifecycle."
"One area where Microsoft Azure could improve is in offering a broader range of pre-built plugins and tools compared to AWS."
"It can be cheaper, which might simplify things a bit."
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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