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.
"We can spin up the server anytime and have root access to it."
"It offers durability, high availability, fault tolerance, and a high TCO benefit."
"I like that it helps us do everything really fast, and its advanced services."
"I like that the products are specific and objective. We can resolve a problem using a simple configuration. It's so easy to implement a solution and solve a problem using AWS solutions. AWS has a lot of specific solutions for different use cases. I think that this is the most important thing that made us consider using AWS."
"Our primary use case is to use the solution for running many relatively small instances for back office applications and various other business important applications."
"The technical support is good."
"There are many valuable features, I find the EMR in the platform easy to use and to learn."
"A scalable and secure product"
"Kubernetes service and API management are the most valuable."
"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."
"Microsoft offers free courses and an exam on their products. Many of my colleagues who use Microsoft Azure take advantage of those free courses to help them learn about the solution in depth."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure is its ease of use."
"We didn't have any problems setting it up."
"Technical support has been extremely helpful."
"The stability is very good. The performance is excellent."
"The technical support has been excellent."
"The security right now needs improvement. It's not bad, per se. It's just that there's always room for improvement in security."
"There have been some issues in the past when it comes to file integrations in AWS's cloud products. However, there are now alternative solutions out there that are helping to integrate them all."
"I don't have complaints. Previously, we asked for more end-to-end workshops, examples, and tutorials and these have been added and improved."
"Like anything, Amazon AWS has room for improvement, but it's not bad."
"It's sometimes a challenge to manage billing on this platform. It takes a lot of labor to generate billing for our customers from the service on the cloud."
"This solution could offer more security."
"In some scenarios, Azure will support hybrid cloud better while AWS offers direct connection."
"The setup of the solution is not so easy, it requires various skills to complete it. The whole implementation can take a month."
"There was a time when the solution was updated on their side and all of our functions stopped working. This issue could be worked on to prevent it from happening in the future. They must give us the information of when they are going to updates on the platform side so that we can take the appropriate measures on our side as well."
"I would like to see the console improved."
"The local support is fair but it is sometimes limited, the service could be better."
"There are many bugs in the solutions and we already have a ticket to Microsoft. Their content team is working on that."
"I would like to see more automation and AI with the cloud to help the clients understand more about their clients, their history data, and their predictive analytics. This would help them better manage their clients."
"The cost management and billing section features could be improved."
"The pricing in our region can be a bit high."
"Performance could be 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 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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