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.
"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."
"We write a lot of Lambda functions for various services, as well as serverless functions."
"It has many choices of computer options, storage options, and even database options."
"Stable platform with a straightforward setup. It's user-friendly, with more reliable servers compared to the competition."
"The reason I like AWS is that they have a large market share and a large presence. When it comes to our use case, a big positive is that MuleSoft and AWS are working together very well. So instead of competing against each other, they're meshing together."
"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 product's scalability is good."
"The installation and initial setup are easy."
"Compute (App service, and virtual machine scale sets): The ability to manage Windows and Linus virtual machines."
"The solution has high stability."
"We've found the solution to be extremely flexible."
"My experience with technical support so far is very good."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure is the Area feature. Additionally, the SQL Server DB as a serverless pool is useful, storage-wide external tables are helpful, and PolyBase is very good at reading external data. The capacity of Synapse to analyze in analytics is very good and it supports a range of data."
"There are plenty of functions available that we have used extensively. It is a complete platform of services."
"The stability is very good. The performance is excellent."
"The solution has enabled us to provide advanced indicators and analytics to the client on their data."
"Setup is somewhat complex."
"Amazon AWS could improve on security."
"The solution is pretty mature."
"One area that could be improved is in data management. They could improve on the data side. For example, I see others with better cloud services and larger data computing capabilities."
"An easier way to determine estimated costs quickly would be helpful."
"Its price should be lower. The price for in-house usage should be different from production usage."
"I'm just bugged by the charges that I'm not really able to manage."
"There have been some issues in the past when it comes to file integrations in AWS's cloud products. However, there are now alternative solutions out there that are helping to integrate them all."
"Sometimes performance takes a hit on a slow network."
"The technical support is good, but the response time is poor."
"There needs to be better data security. There are organizations that do not want their data to be submitted to Microsoft, they should have strong encryption."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"Integration with more platforms needs improvement."
"Azure installation is complicated. When we first deployed Azure, it was challenging."
"The support, the cost, the way they have the tiers, this could all be improved."
"They need to make storage easy and offer more interconnectivity between solutions."
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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