We performed a comparison between Amazon Lightsail and Microsoft Azure based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two PaaS Clouds solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial setup is pretty easy."
"We use Amazon Lightsail for hosting security components in-house and AI modules."
"In Lightsail, they simplified to do it in as few clicks as possible. So, around ten clicks, I have a virtual machine deployed."
"The most valuable features are the usability and customer service."
"Azure is very user friendly. I was able to create some database servers really fast. The user interface is intuitive."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure is that it is easy to use."
"The tool’s stability is good."
"The platform's user-friendliness eliminates the need for lengthy training periods, enabling swift navigation for new users."
"Technical support, from what I understand, is quite helpful and we speak with them regularly."
"There is the potential to scale."
"Easy to deploy services"
"The user interface is very nice and makes everything easy to use."
"Currently, there is limited support available while installing or configuring it, and resources are primarily available through community-contributed articles."
"I don't see this solution as enterprise-ready, for bigger companies like banks."
"To improve, I feel the disk management is too basic. I can't easily partition the disk for the operating system. I have to follow the main configuration that is already set up in the template. To partition the disk, I would need to deploy the operating system first and then make changes, but it's not an ideal method. I would recommend improving the disk management."
"When you need to add some custom rules to Amazon Lightsail, the auto scaling feature is a bit difficult."
"The solution could improve by having more security features around my data and the platform."
"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."
"It would be ideal if they could reduce costs a bit. Right now, we find the product to be expensive."
"The solution's email hosting pricing could be improved."
"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 support, the cost, the way they have the tiers, this could all be improved."
"Use of the solution could be easier."
"It would be helpful if Azure provided more information on the various add-ons to give people an understanding of what they are used for, and how they're applied by other companies or businesses."
Amazon Lightsail is ranked 14th in PaaS Clouds with 4 reviews while Microsoft Azure is ranked 1st in PaaS Clouds with 299 reviews. Amazon Lightsail is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Azure is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Amazon Lightsail writes "Provides preconfigured templates for common setups and allows for easy configuration of firewall settings directly from the console". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure writes "Promotes clear, logical structures preventing impractical configurations and offers seamless integration ". Amazon Lightsail is most compared with Google Cloud, Heroku, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Google App Engine and Pantheon, whereas Microsoft Azure is most compared with Google Firebase, Amazon AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Pivotal Cloud Foundry and SAP Cloud Platform. See our Amazon Lightsail vs. Microsoft Azure report.
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