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 has good reporting and documentation."
"I like many features, like the recently released useful analytics features. There are many from the data analytics or database side."
"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."
"This solution is stable and reliable."
"The technical support is good."
"It integrates well."
"AWS's containerization is the most useful feature for us."
"The ecosystem offered by the product has almost everything."
"The best feature in Microsoft Azure is that I don't have to change computers. I don't have to upgrade or if something breaks or a hard drive crashes. The lack of a physical aspect is the major feature for me."
"The valuable features of Microsoft Azure are that it is cloud-based and has good storage. The storage is completely managed by Azure. We do not need to do any patching of security because it is handled by Azure which is a benefit. The solution is fully compatible with the Microsoft technology stack and is very scalable."
"The tool’s stability is good."
"We use Microsoft Azure for operations, email, and office applications."
"Microsoft Azure has hundred of services that they offer on the platform."
"We've found the solution to be extremely flexible."
"Data analytics is one of the efficient features as well."
"Azure is stable. I don't have any problems with it."
"The technical support package for free trial users should be built on and improved."
"They should implement the command shell by default. As it is now, to open the console, you have to download the command application."
"When you are first starting, the initial setup can be a bit complex, but it gets easier after that."
"Monitoring still needs to be improved."
"The invoicing procedure of Amazon AWS needs to be improved. It can be difficult to manage."
"This solution could be improved by a better licensing model, especially for third-party software. Amazon AWS could also potentially be improved by more free storage, but I think that it's okay when compared to competitors' products."
"Some of the storage services could be cheaper."
"The AWS documentation is written in a way that is not very intuitive. That's an area they can improve."
"We need more security to be available on our smartphones and mobile devices."
"The solution is too expensive."
"It is impossible to sell a cloud-based model here in Venezuela because we have strong inflation and most of our clients are immigrating to on-premises solutions."
"Predictability and quality. Make sure things work predictable, as expected, and documented."
"There are a number of services offered by AWS that are not yet available on Azure."
"I would like to see this solution support integration."
"They're already doing quite a bit. I'm not unsatisfied with anything that they're doing right now. They can maybe make the transitions a little smoother and improve its pricing. The pricing for the end-user packages is a bit high."
"Their backup strategy is a little complex which racks up the VM to other sole storage areas. This should be improved."
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 298 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 OpenShift. See our Amazon AWS vs. Microsoft Azure report.
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