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.
"There are a lot of features that I really like including ease of deployment, ease of build and release, and also that it is heavily focused on a PaaS or SaaS model."
"The initial setup is not difficult and it did not take us more than one day."
"You can instantly scale resources up or down as needed, avoiding the need to build infrastructure from scratch."
"Easy to access and secure, two important features."
"The solution has very good Lambda functions within AWS."
"It's easy to manage. We can use a wide range of technologies with AWS."
"This solution offers a very detailed dashboard that has some metrics, such as performance and budget."
"Provisioning and resource administration include billing dashboards, which are very extensive."
"The focus on security is excellent. We really appreciate that about the solution."
"It's very scalable. We can scale up to 80-85% without issues."
"The ability to create the actual resource on the private cloud is easy to manage with Microsoft Azure."
"Microsoft Azure is scalable."
"Good information protection feature."
"Storage has made remote access to files much more painless and easy."
"One advantage of using Azure is that clients can start with a low-cost entry in terms of hardware and scale as their business and user base grows. They don't need to allocate a large budget for infrastructure upfront."
"I like that it is user-friendly and flexible."
"When you are first starting, the initial setup can be a bit complex, but it gets easier after that."
"The pricing could be more competitive."
"While feasible, custom configuration will be more time consuming than standard."
"They do not yet have a complete solution for APM monitoring. But this, along with real user monitoring, is something that they are actively working on improving."
"The pricing structure can be improved and made more straightforward."
"There are some limitations for certain applications that happen regionally and it is an issue for us."
"They currently have fewer regions in Asia, especially in India, China, and other places. They can maybe put more data centers in this region."
"I'd like the solution to be more plug-and-play."
"It would be nice to have faster support."
"Performance could be improved."
"There are so many services available that the interface is a little bit messy, and when you're looking for a specific service, you have to know exactly where to search."
"Integration with other services could be much better."
"They're already doing quite a bit. I'm not unsatisfied with anything that they're doing right now. They can maybe make the transitions a little smoother and improve its pricing. The pricing for the end-user packages is a bit high."
"Microsoft Azure could improve by having the availability be 100%. Which is difficult, but not impossible."
"From a security perspective, it could be improved."
"Its subscription price could be cheaper."
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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