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 most valuable feature of the solution is that they offer everything around in just one platform."
"It's very user-friendly."
"It has good reporting and documentation."
"Machine learning is a valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is that it is simple."
"It scales well and is flexible."
"It's easy to manage. We can use a wide range of technologies with AWS."
"There are many valuable features, I find the EMR in the platform easy to use and to learn."
"The time to market is fast compared back to the traditional on-premise hosting. That is one of the better things I can say because there is no need to worry. The Pack services will enable it to start immediately."
"Great features at a good price."
"Azure Data Lake is useful. We are in the process of populating the data lake for our current project. Also, we are directly importing for Power BI to using PowerPlay."
"We didn't have any problems setting it up."
"The focus on security is excellent. We really appreciate that about the solution."
"I like a lot of features. For example, the Windows virtual solution has helped in such a way that our client-based application was converted into a web-based version through the use of the Windows Virtual Desktop."
"It's been pretty useful in terms of migration and disaster recovery strategy."
"The product has been very stable for us so far."
"The AWS documentation is written in a way that is not very intuitive. That's an area they can improve."
"Its price should be lower. The price for in-house usage should be different from production usage."
"While feasible, custom configuration will be more time consuming than standard."
"There's not much room for improvement but that being said, they can improve the overall process of the overall product features and backend."
"There are numerous use cases, and the setup varies from complicated to very simple in some cases."
"AWS has room for improvement on the Kubernetes side. I would like to go a little deeper into the Kubernetes target, Elastic, inner system, and all that. The EKS, target, and all these areas need to be improved, but that is not my key area because I am mostly working on the application side."
"I think that the interface could be improved."
"The pricing of AWS is very unclear. They make it quite confusing."
"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."
"The solution could improve by providing a better user interface and more organized workflows."
"The tool needs to improve its navigation."
"One area where Microsoft Azure could improve is in offering a broader range of pre-built plugins and tools compared to AWS."
"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."
"Its costing can be improved. There should be better cost management."
"The documentation can be outdated and is not as clear in Microsoft Azure as it is in AWS or Google."
"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 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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