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 services that we are using have frequent updates, at least twice a year. They provide a new version that has more capabilities or features that fit our process and procedures."
"The most valuable feature is scalability, as it is very easy to scale."
"The features that I have found most valuable are their compute and their Relational Database Service."
"The scalability is a valuable feature."
"They integrate well with various other solutions."
"The best thing is scalability."
"The initial setup is simple and straightforward."
"Cloud Management has been a valuable feature."
"The user interface is very nice and makes everything easy to use."
"The incorporation of several kinds of storage, such as SSD Premium, enhanced the performance of machines."
"One of the most valuable features of Azure is that it's a very integrated solution. You have to learn how to use it properly, but it's not that hard, and you can define your whole scrum process and deploy it from one place. It was a really nice surprise to see how easily integrated this tool is."
"The advantage of Microsoft Azure is its simplicity. It's easy to launch a project. However, the problem with this kind of solution is the reliability for the customers. You have to be sure to stay with Microsoft."
"Its ability to scale is most valuable. There are certain periods of the year when we are busier, and we're able to scale up and scale down with Azure depending upon our needs."
"Feature-wise, I like its stability. Also, it is easy to access the solution and its options."
"It's a reasonably priced solution."
"It's a cloud service, so it's always up to date."
"They should have a better big data stack."
"Requires better integration with other cloud products."
"It could be made cheaper. I know we spend a lot of money each month on AWS."
"There is a feature called Kinesis, which has to do with image processing. There are a few artificial intelligence tools that Amazon AWS should improve on."
"The interface needs a bit of work. It's not intuitive."
"The sorting model in AWS is a little bit complicated. When you are going through any component, you can get some surprising results."
"The initial setup was very complex."
"Could be more user friendly and include additional applications."
"We would like it to be cheaper. As a customer, we always want to pay less."
"I would say an improvement could be allowing for more external, third-party tools. However, I think that's their vision, how they develop the product."
"It should have cost optimization tools. Customers are required to use third-party applications to avoid usage complications."
"If the price were reduced then it would be an improvement."
"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."
"Azure ARM console can be a bit overwhelming at the beginning."
"Dashboards and reporting could be improved."
"One area where Microsoft Azure could improve is in offering a broader range of pre-built plugins and tools compared to AWS."
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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