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.
"I like the auto-scaling functionality and compliance requirements, whichever they are requesting."
"The initial setup is simple and straightforward."
"It's very user-friendly."
"The scalability is a valuable feature."
"It offers durability, high availability, fault tolerance, and a high TCO benefit."
"It scales well and is flexible."
"There is less work for the DBAs. Everything is handled in AWS itself."
"Easy to access and secure, two important features."
"Azure is very user friendly. I was able to create some database servers really fast. The user interface is intuitive."
"Azure has the best website amongst all cloud computing platforms. It is simple to utilize, and one can release nearly anything, from app services to host sites."
"There are a lot of things that we like about it. It is very easy to provision and configure. It is flexible and scalable."
"I like that it is user-friendly and flexible."
"Much more intuitive and more visual than AWS. More obvious where things are and how to change their configurations, etc."
"The focus on security is excellent. We really appreciate that about the solution."
"The robust encryption services increase the confidence of tech users."
"It is easy to use. It is also stable."
"The price of the solution is comparatively quite high in comparison with that of Azure."
"IAM must be made simple and straightforward."
"We would appreciate it if the product was cheaper."
"The billing should be more competitive."
"Accessing apps on AWS via my iPhone is awful."
"There was some new learning in terms of IOPS on the EBS storage. The concept of burstable IOPS was new and we did have a few outages when we ran out of IOPS."
"There is no control of downtime."
"While feasible, custom configuration will be more time consuming than standard."
"I would like to see the console improved."
"When we work with Microsoft Azure we deploy it in a hybrid system. We do many operations with the open stack and I used it for APIs connected to Microsoft Azure. The reduction is because those APIs and our tools that are required to connect are not for the Microsft Azure solution. It has a bit of complexity, nothing to do with Microsoft Azure as a CSP."
"There is a need to be better on-premise solutions that are more helpful. However, I don't think that is the goal of Microsoft Azure. They want the solution to be secure cloud solutions with cloud applications. This is their main goal at the moment."
"Technical support needs to be better."
"We have faced some challenges trying to deploy a new ESP application."
"They should include a cybersecurity feature to improve the protection of the systems. They could do better in terms of the pricing model. Its price keeps on changing. Their technical support can also be better."
"Virtual networks might be improved by adding more rules for the validation of protocols and peripheral elements in security assurance."
"I would like to see better policy-based management and everything related to security management could have been better integrated."
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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