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 installation is quite straightforward."
"I am happy with the dashboard."
"Amazon has a much better understanding of the workflow of data scientists and machine learning processes. This is seen by their SageMaker which offers different versions of the models to be used."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the S3."
"Cloud Trail API log storage."
"The stability of the solution is very good."
"It has a dynamic scaling capacity which is very helpful."
"The availability is good, you can get any service you need immediately."
"The robust encryption services increase the confidence of tech users."
"I appreciate that everything is basically shift forward from a security standpoint."
"One feature I like in Microsoft Azure is its ability to host and run applications on virtual machines. It is a basic yet crucial capability for our team."
"The most valuable feature is the single sign-on with multifactor authentication."
"There are a lot of things that we like about it. It is very easy to provision and configure. It is flexible and scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the possibility of using Microsoft and non-Microsoft services on one environment."
"Feature-wise, I like its stability. Also, it is easy to access the solution and its options."
"Good information protection feature."
"Its only cons are on the data warehouse side. AWS' data warehouse Redshift is not as good as it should be."
"They can launch the Oracle service in Azure, and we expect that this should be possible in Amazon AWS as well."
"When I try to enter the multi-cloud, they provide very poor support. Support is a concern with Amazon."
"AWS could be more scalable."
"Many of our clients prefer in-house cloud rather than the application data sitting in the infrastructure owned and managed by Amazon."
"This solution could be improved by a better licensing model, especially for third-party software. Amazon AWS could also potentially be improved by more free storage, but I think that it's okay when compared to competitors' products."
"The technical support package for free trial users should be built on and improved."
"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."
"Microsoft Azure could improve by having the availability be 100%. Which is difficult, but not impossible."
"Microsoft Azure is not always a user-friendly solution. There are too many people who develop this solution. For the end-users, sometimes it's not really fun to use or simple to use. It could be improved."
"Lacks flexibility in terms of storage or resource allocation."
"If you compare it with AWS, it is not very friendly to use. I find the UI better to work with on AWS."
"The pricing criteria can be improved with broken-down terms that can be understood easily."
"Some of the capabilities available in an on-premise SQL Server aren't available in Azure. For instance, we found Azure Managed Instance to be lacking in certain aspects. One of our clients decided to stay on-premise rather than migrate to Azure because of this reason."
"It should have cost optimization tools. Customers are required to use third-party applications to avoid usage complications."
"More expensive than other solutions without justification."
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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