We performed a comparison between Google Compute Engine and Microsoft Azure based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"One of GCE's best features is the managed instance groups."
"From a feature perspective, I find API integration, automation capabilities, and features like preemptive and Spot instances valuable. Migration tools have also been useful."
"The support for ephemeral instances has been particularly valuable for me. It allows me to significantly reduce costs for temporary virtual machines by automatically destroying them once they are no longer needed, which can result in cost savings of up to 90 percent. Additionally, the solution is easy to use."
"The main motive for choosing Google Compute Engine is pricing."
"The most valuable feature is auto-scaling."
"Everything is simple and useful. The initial setup is not challenging."
"It's the most engineer-friendly product compared to Amazon AWS or Azure."
"The initial setup is reasonably straightforward. It's a handful of networks and a handful of computers."
"The most valuable aspect of Azure is the flexibility you have for all the services and solutions it offers, even if you use IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS, you have the option to only pay for the services you use."
"Azure Data Lake is useful. We are in the process of populating the data lake for our current project. Also, we are directly importing for Power BI to using PowerPlay."
"I think the single sign-on functionality and the ease with which you can deposit things on the cloud have been valuable. Azure has very robust security functionalities and authentication features, which come with mobility, along with backup and credential checks."
"I like that it is user-friendly and flexible."
"I use a virtual machine for remote desktop and Microsoft Azure is user-friendly."
"Easy to deploy services"
"The most valuable feature is the instant availability of resources."
"The platform's user-friendliness eliminates the need for lengthy training periods, enabling swift navigation for new users."
"It is not very user-friendly for non-experienced users"
"I would like to improve the solution’s UI while deploying a container. It is sometimes hard to figure out the container’s details and format that you want to deploy. The tool does not give you a guide to find out the error and why the container is not starting up which could be because you have configured it wrong. This is always a hit on the setup."
"The biggest problem is that it's got a very archaean and complex security environment that has to be very carefully set up and is easy to break."
"There have been instances when a customer has tried to deploy a certain number of VMs inside a project, and they come across quota issues."
"I rate the product's stability around five to six out of ten."
"The licensing process is not a very straightforward process."
"It would be better if there was an option to change the background. Like in Gmail, there's an option to change your theme."
"Google Compute Engine needs to have multi-region support. It would also be nice to have a tracking mechanism."
"We need more customization and support for doing so."
"The design of the platform is not so easy to navigate. It's not very user-friendly."
"I have found Microsoft Azure has many components to use and it's very difficult to understand every component."
"We have faced some challenges trying to deploy a new ESP application."
"I would recommend some enhancement regarding integration features."
"Microsoft Azure needs to be simplified to make it better understood for users."
"The security must be improved."
"Pricing is one area where Azure has room for improvement. There should be some due consideration. Azure has solved some issues with pricing from the development team's standpoint, but it is still quite costly. They should also offer a trial period for the individual platform solutions. I think that would be pretty handy for the developers."
Google Compute Engine is ranked 11th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 13 reviews while Microsoft Azure is ranked 1st in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 299 reviews. Google Compute Engine is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Azure is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Google Compute Engine writes "A cost-effective and quite an elastic solution ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure writes "Promotes clear, logical structures preventing impractical configurations and offers seamless integration ". Google Compute Engine is most compared with Google App Engine, IBM Public Cloud, SAP Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Amazon AWS, whereas Microsoft Azure is most compared with Google Firebase, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Amazon AWS, Pivotal Cloud Foundry and SAP Cloud Platform. See our Google Compute Engine vs. Microsoft Azure report.
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