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.
"It has a dynamic scaling capacity which is very helpful."
"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."
"IaaS with easy management and rapid implementation using Python Django Mezzanine."
"The most valuable feature is the backup ability. Most people are used to one type of backup solution that they're using, but most of these solutions have features that make it difficult to transfer to the cloud. I know that Veeam now gives people the opportunity to backup some on-premises solutions to the cloud. This feature is something that a lot of people are looking for."
"It is easy to use."
"In general, the cost management in Amazon is complicated. It's not too straightforward."
"Setting up AWS was pretty easy. It was straightforward to set up, and it took us a year to develop and migrate our mobile banking solution to the AWS cloud. Our migration experience was quite positive."
"It has several valuable features, but the load balancer, auto-scaling, and RDS database are the main ones. It is a complete cloud infrastructure solution."
"Easy to deploy services"
"The most valuable feature is the interface."
"The product has been quite stable."
"There are a lot of things that we like about it. It is very easy to provision and configure. It is flexible and scalable."
"It is stable and scalable."
"We are going to use Microsoft Azure to move some on-premise servers into the cloud so that our data can be held there."
"I appreciate that everything is basically shift forward from a security standpoint."
"I come from the DBA side so for me it's the easy maintenance; backups are very easy as well."
"As far as the automation is concerned, the backups should be scaled."
"We would like the system documentation for configuring this solution to be improved, in order to provide better process clarity."
"Amazon AWS could be improved with cheaper licensing costs."
"They are mainly generalists without access to the operating system. As such, they can provide container level insights,not necessarily at the application level."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of hybrid Kubernetes management."
"Our API Management solution is integrated with Lambda, and last year, we had an issue while upgrading Lambda from version 8.0 to version 10. It seemed like Lambda runtime was changed by AWS, and there was a bug that caused the downtime. The loading of the dashboard is slow. It could be because I am located in China."
"Some features may be better in Azure or some other portal. AWS could add some of those features."
"The user interface (UI) needs improvement. Right now, it's not the best."
"Navigating the frequent changes in the interface has been a challenge, requiring effort to keep up with updates. Options or features that were once located in one window may unexpectedly move to another, making it hard to stay current with the changes."
"I would recommend some enhancement regarding integration features."
"The design of the platform is not so easy to navigate. It's not very user-friendly."
"The subscriptions are complicated."
"Could be more user friendly; initial setup is difficult to understand."
"There were also a lot of constraints with the serverless parts."
"The Azure Billing API could be so much better. It only provides billing metrics for a set duration."
"I would like to see the console improved."
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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