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 a very flexible and customizable service"
"Amazon AWS has a good Redshift database."
"The most important feature is deploying our production in multi-data regions around the world."
"The most valuable features of Amazon AWS are the EC2 instance for web applications with CDN Networks."
"Its scalability is powerful. We are providing services for people to schedule an appointment for the vaccine and for COVID testing to see whether they are positive or negative. In one night, we can have 240,000 people in one minute to schedule an appointment. I am very happy with the scalability."
"Newly introduced features advance capabilities."
"AWS has many integrations and plenty of tools available for anyone to take advantage of. There are new features being added all the time."
"Microsoft Azure has hundred of services that they offer on the platform."
"Azure virtual machines are stand-out."
"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."
"The solution provides multiple well integrated services which happen to work together seamlessly and provide flexibility and scalability for use cases all around the industry."
"The solution is very stable for Windows setups."
"We have found the user interface to be intuitive. Microsoft is a master at UI."
"The technical support has been good."
"My experience with technical support so far is very good."
"The pricing could be adjusted to provide more advantages versus current on-premise solutions for business applications."
"Not all of the functionality is available in Europe and our customers in France want to be able to use features that are only available in the US."
"I'm not an expert on the product, but if I had to suggest one improvement, I know a feature that would allow a person to backup his on-premise solution to the cloud directly with one click would be useful. This solution should be agnostic because sometimes a product that was backed up with Veeam is highly compatible with Commvault. I think it would be better if these backup features were agnostic. Viewing a build could also be improved. It's not easy to follow up on your consumption and see how much you're paying and how much you will be paying. Viewing the build could be more clear."
"When I try to enter the multi-cloud, they provide very poor support. Support is a concern with Amazon."
"The technical support package for free trial users should be built on and improved."
"Their support can be improved. In some cases, their support is not as proficient as it can be. They should be quicker at getting back."
"I'd love to see an Amazon data center here in Peru."
"The response time of technical support could be better."
"I have found Microsoft Azure has many components to use and it's very difficult to understand every component."
"Maybe Azure could add an address code to create your analysis without SQL or Python because some business users don't want it to code. So it's good to have a service application that connects to the data lake to conduct analysis and simplify the business process."
"The integration pipeline could be a bit more broad in terms of applications."
"The price could be improved as well as the interface speed, and technical support."
"Quite an expensive solution."
"Ideally, Microsoft Azure should be compatible with the applications that we are using in my environment."
"The initial setup could be simplified."
"The solution should be more intuitive and provide better support. We often do not receive frequent updates or comprehensive support, even as partners."
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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