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.
"The payment structure is very good."
"The storage on offer is excellent."
"The interface of the solution is good."
"I like the storage, all the codes like Lambda and Amazon EMR."
"It is flexible. It is quite comfortable to use for organizations."
"The scalability is a valuable feature."
"We have seen an improvement in our infrastructure, as the code makes it very easy to deploy quickly to AWS."
"This solution is stable and reliable."
"The customer service and support are very good. When we raise a ticket, we quickly get feedback or someone assigned to help us identify the problem, which, 90% of the time, was on our end. I'm very happy with the support they provide."
"It's stable, easy to use, reliable, and cheap."
"Everything is very good by way of performance."
"Microsoft Azure has thousands of services and products."
"We've found the solution to be extremely flexible."
"Microsoft Azure has proven to be beneficial for our organization due to its quick deployment capabilities. Setting up virtual machines or any required infrastructure is fast."
"Data analytics is one of the efficient features as well."
"The most valuable features of the solution are for management, such as dashboards."
"The setup of the solution is not so easy, it requires various skills to complete it. The whole implementation can take a month."
"There is room for improvement in cost. Everyone complains about AWS being expensive. The initial cost starts small but can skyrocket unexpectedly."
"I would like to see CloudFormation made more in the programming way of thinking."
"It could be made cheaper. I know we spend a lot of money each month on AWS."
"They should really consolidate and make things simpler rather than offer you hundreds of random options. The way everything is arranged really forces users to figure out everything on their own and then, on top of that, to calculate the total costs. There's an infinite number of combinations even just with cost calculations. It's just too much."
"AWS could be more scalable."
"I have trouble with the AWS command-line interface."
"In terms of improvement, they should try to give more emphasis to the VoIP system."
"The only thing is regarding the management of multi-cloud environments. That's not really possible."
"The interface for configuring the environment is not very intuitive. Certain things are at different places, and it is not easy to navigate. They should have a more transparent licensing model. Currently, Microsoft's licensing is a bit clunky, and it keeps changing depending on the type of subscription you have. Different features are included, and sometimes, it is very hard to figure out the right licensing. So, the commercial aspect of the licensing can be improved, and they can make it easier to understand all the features that are included."
"The microservices and analytics of Azure are good areas that could be improved."
"The process by which our customers can switch from one subscription to another should be simplified."
"From a security perspective, there is always something that can be improved as we serve our customers."
"The Azure Billing API could be so much better. It only provides billing metrics for a set duration."
"More expensive than other solutions without justification."
"Azure calculator could be improved, there are issues with login synchronization."
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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