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.
"There is no downtime. The solution is reliable."
"The product has a lot of new functionality."
"Almost everything is good. It is a whole ecosystem. It is not only the storage, computing, or networking. It is interesting in the way all things are combined to form this ecosystem. It is a very well-built and logical ecosystem that has some small building blocks. These building blocks can be used in the right way to build a much bigger ecosystem that is robust, secure, scalable."
"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 features that I have found most valuable are its cloud storage and compute services."
"I think Amazon AWS is easy to use, and it's a good service. I also like Amazon EKS because it's good."
"AWS's containerization is the most useful feature for us."
"This solution is a good option if you are looking for cloud-based storage. Using a cloud-based solution, it is not required to accommodate a full workload. You can start with a basic version and scale up as needed."
"There are a lot of valuable features in Microsoft Azure, such as Kubernetes, pipelines, and development environments."
"Technical support, from what I understand, is quite helpful and we speak with them regularly."
"The solution is secure and easy to use."
"I have found the solution to be flexible, easy to use, and the documents are straightforward to understand."
"The solution has proven to be quite stable so far."
"It is a reliable solution that is easy to set up."
"Its resiliency is most valuable. It is also a very scalable solution, so you can spend the resources on demand."
"The redundancy across different regions is the most valuable. It provides a big value for cloud services, especially for Microsoft."
"Some of their well-listed services are not super configurable."
"They currently have fewer regions in Asia, especially in India, China, and other places. They can maybe put more data centers in this region."
"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."
"We would like the system documentation for configuring this solution to be improved, in order to provide better process clarity."
"The customization could improve. However, it depends on the customization needed."
"In a future release, I would like to see more support for AI because it is the future."
"When I try to enter the multi-cloud, they provide very poor support. Support is a concern with Amazon."
"AWS could be improved with more integration, but I can see that they're developing these features and working very hard on their platform."
"Dashboards and reporting could be improved."
"The pricing could be better."
"It would be beneficial if Microsoft could enhance the free version to allow for more exploration and development. That's my only suggestion regarding Azure."
"They should create integrations with more platforms."
"I have found Microsoft Azure has many components to use and it's very difficult to understand every component."
"The design of the platform is not so easy to navigate. It's not very user-friendly."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"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."
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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