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Manoj Kambli - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Consultant at Hexaware Technologies Limited

Many customers compare Azure Synapse with Snowflake. Snowflake has good capabilities in data-sharing and the marketplace.

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AtulChaurasia - PeerSpot reviewer
Operational Technical Security at Metro Bank

I evaluated other options, but I chose Microsoft because it is a little bit easier. We can get it right away.

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Mohit Vohra - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Arevpay

We evaluated Google Cloud, IBM Cloud, and AWS. 

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Prateek Agarwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam

We evaluated AWS and GCP, but Azure's features and services matched our requirements better.

AWS had similar options, but their prices were higher, and they didn't have the same regional availability. The bandwidth and the data-processing charges were quite high with AWS, compared to Azure.

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Felicia Bently - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Analyst at AA New Zealand

I have not evaluated any other platforms.

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MP
IT Cybersecurity and Compliance Coordinator at Plaenge

I Conducted Evaluations of Google Cloud (GCP), Oracle Cloud (OCP), and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

We opted for Azure based on familiarity and expertise as a Microsoft-driven organization.

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Deborah Gamelin - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President at Asset Track for Cloud, LLC

We considered both Azure and AWS for my current company. When we began, the company already had an existing website running with AWS, but I had more experience with Azure. We did extensive research to compare the two and we found that Azure was definitely the way to go.

We were already using several other Microsoft products, which means that our environment is more compatible using Azure.

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IW
Cloud Architect at a legal firm with 10,001+ employees

Right now we're looking at Microsoft TFS, Azure on DevOps. However, all of the features have to be configured by someone. It's not that ADO can't do it, it's just that it would take a lot of time — we'd have to have someone physically come in and do it. That would require Microsoft Professional Services which costs a lot of money. Often, people can just buy stuff off the shelf when they want to use another product. For example, all the ALM tools actually integrate with TFS. So, if we have a product that already has that capability, why are we purchasing those new products? Why are we doing a POC for that? So that's what kind of hat I wear here.

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Shylaraj AK - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Architect at a construction company with 10,001+ employees

We are planning to migrate our SAP system to the cloud, so we have been looking at and comparing different cloud solutions. We are analyzing and comparing Google Cloud Platform, Amazon, and the IBM Cloud. After we compare them all we will make a decision.

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IP
Cyber Security Consultant at Ukroboronprom

We haven't looked at other solutions. We prefer sticking with Azure.

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Wade Timmings - PeerSpot reviewer
Commercial Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Microsoft Azure offers a better all-in-one package than Google Workspace or G Suite. Compared to its competitors, Microsoft Azure is a much better option for mature businesses.

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OJ
Future Datacenter Consultant: Microsoft Azure Cloud. at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees

I haven't used AWS or Google Cloud, therefore I don't really ever compare this solution to them. I don't say "this platform has that and I like how this works". For me, Azure just works and it's fine and I don't need to go in-depth and look at other options.

The company I am working at new does use AWS and we're planning to introduce new cloud technologies as well. 

I'm not a salesperson, however, I can say that we would move the client to whichever technology made sense to them after doing an evaluation of their requirements. That, of course, is handled by a different department.

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it_user105252 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
AWS and Elastic Beanstalk. View full review »
GS
Strategic Sourcing Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We evaluated other options. We decided to go with Azure because we understood the licensing and VMs and how all of that worked together. Prior to the merger, we were looking at bringing the platform onto AWS. It wasn't that we were necessarily exclusive; we just felt that this was our best first step.

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Fed Yunis Zapata - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Solutions Architect at Canvia

We use Microsoft Azure and AWS, depending on what the client wants. Some clients like to compare prices between the two, it depends on the workload that my client would like to migrate also.

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it_user265281 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Manager / Senior Network Engineer at Warnock, Tanner & Associates

I know AWS is another great solution, but have not tackled it yet. I do have plans to experiment with Amazons solution to determine for my own the differences. 

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RL
Enterprise Architect at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Microsoft Azure was a strategic choice. We wanted to go with a multi-cloud model, but we felt like we didn't know enough about clouds. We just kind of thought Microsoft was one of our strategic partners and decided to go with them and learn before we took the multi-cloud approach.

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MS
Software Architect at a security firm with 51-200 employees

I evaluated Google Cloud too and compared AWS with Azure. Azure is definitely the best for me; I am more productive because I understand the tech architecture better.

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RR
Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

We choose Microsoft Azure after doing the proper comparisons and proof of concepts. We did a complete pros and cons list for our vendor selection process.

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JO
Principle consultant at Active Data Consulting Services Pty Ltd

We looked at AWS, but we chose Azure because we use a lot of Microsoft Products and it just felt more integrated.

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it_user394479 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer at HubStor

We considered the Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), but decided to use Microsoft Azure for a few reasons.

First, we believe that Microsoft will emerge as the preferred public cloud provider for the enterprise-class workloads and scenarios. Second, for our development goals, we could not spread ourselves thin by supporting multiple public cloud providers. Another reason is that most of our clients are using Office 365 and are Microsoft Azure clients themselves. Thus, it is more efficient for our solution and for the work that we perform, to be local to their existing applications/data. Finally, Microsoft Stack is something that we are already familiar with, and Azure being Microsoft, we felt it matched best with our knowledge and expertise.

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CL
Owner at a media company with 1-10 employees

Some of our customers are looking for on-premise solutions other than Microsoft Azure which is cloud-based. We help them find the solutions they need.

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EP
Senior Technical Consultant at The Instillery

In addition to AWS, I also trialed Oracle Cloud (on a smaller scale) and it is great if you are running Oracle Databases. You can also stand up your VMs and build your environment. A cool feature of Oracle Cloud is you can run a private cloud version in your data center, exactly the same experience if you are running it on a private or public cloud. The private cloud solution comes in the form of an Oracle appliance which gets configured, deployed and installed by Oracle directly in your data center.

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it_user657774 - PeerSpot reviewer
Server and StorageIO Group (Storage IO): Independent IT Advisor, Author, Blogger and Consultant with 1-10 employees

We looked at AWS, Rackspace, Google, Microsoft, Bluehost, and VMware.

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it_user281949 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We evaluated the Google Cloud and AWS. All have a varying range of features and paradigms. Some appear to be cheaper, but when you add up the costs and read the fine print, you find that this may not be the case. We do plan to offer services on other platforms as well, but that is a different project. I have done research on all platforms to make sure the core system is compatible with all others. Azure is so far my favourite. The support is great, and the pricing is easy to work out. Other options had a lot of fine print and stipulations. Also the API is very easy to use, with plenty of references on MSDN.

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it_user685371 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We did evaluate other solutions and, in some cases, we also advised for this product, as it is specific to certain workloads. AWS and Google are the other vendors that we looked at.

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BB
Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We looked at AWS, a locally based cloud provider and a datacentre.

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JC
Data Engineer at Prodxia

We evaluated HostGator VPS before choosing this solution.

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AS
Digital Ad-Operations at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We evaluated AWS. 

If I were advising a colleague in my organization who is looking for a solution and is comparing AWS and Azure, I would prefer that they go for Azure, or any software using Microsoft technologies because we have had good experiences with them. If I were advising on Java, I wouldn't advise him to specifically use another tool rather he should do research and use my comparison history on IT Central Station.

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it_user120534 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

We looked at other solutions such as AWS, Google's Cloud Platform and Terremark/Verizon.

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VG
Systems Architect at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees

I have also worked with Amazon AWS. In general, AWS is fairly good too. I also know that many people also look at Google Cloud, which offers similar features and services. 

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RV
Director of Technology at WinSoft IT, C.A.

We are researching how we can migrate all old legacy applications using Docker. In Venezuela, the software installed with all of our clients is legacy. 

We have clients with Windows Server 2003, 2008, and applications with older operating systems who need to move to the cloud, but it is impossible because the cloud doesn't support those operating system versions. For this reason, we are considering using Docker to encapsulate the applications to see if it is feasible to migrate to the cloud or if we require new equipment on-premises.

Most of their software is not updated and won't be able to migrate to the cloud.

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JA
Software Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

We did a quick check with cloud computing, but we didn't find anything really efficient outside of the Google Kubernetes Engine that was better than the Azure Kubernetes Service or the Kubernetes service in AWS. But it was just a quick check and it was documented.

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MC
Senior Services Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Yes. We have a in-house Cloud CoE, that ensures the changes introduced by CSPs i.e. update on the new services that are provisioned as well as the periodic commercials impacts for the Services being consumed across all CSPs - Amazon AWS and Google Cloud

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PB
Independent consultant

AWS is good, but Azure's license is reasonably priced, and Microsoft is gaining market share with a competitive package overall. Moreover, Microsoft is well ahead of AWS in terms of ease of use and billing, so I think I still love Microsoft. Obviously, both have a market, but customers working on development projects or using Microsoft products often go for Azure because of the license benefits and product support. 

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RR
Country Manager at Orion Consultores C.A

We didn't look at any other options because we are not business partners with other cloud solutions or providers. We only have Azure so we try to solve everything with Azure. If a customer asks us for a proposal to move or create some interesting tool in the cloud, we all use Azure. We never compared it to other cloud providers.

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RR
Mobile Lead Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

We checked the big players in MBaaS, particularly Kony and Kinvey. Kony was extraordinary (circa 2013) but the price was prohibitive. Kinvey was also very good and prices were slightly better but not affordable at all for our customers. We started using WAMS, Windows Azure Mobile Services, the previous version of Azure App Service, which was one of the first MBaaS solutions. Microsoft improved a lot the platform with App Service.

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it_user711615 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Software Architecture at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I evaluated the Amazon AWS option, but the simplicity of creating services was better in Azure.

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it_user229761 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant | Architect at DHL

We evaluated Google and Amazon.

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it_user88620 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT & PMO Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

We looked at AWS. In our case, Microsoft had very competitive pricing due to our Office 365 agreement.

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JP
IT Architect at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

I did not really evaluate other solutions before going with Microsoft Azure. 

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SS
Information Technology Consultant at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

I've looked at other solutions, such as Hitachi and Netapp.

The biggest struggle a person would have these days, as an architect, is to determine what the cost-benefit of going to Azure would be rather than going to a storage device such as a Hitachi or a NetApp. Which has better value? What's going to be better in the next couple of years? You can really get screwed if you're going to be pulling data down from the cloud. If you pull a lot of data from the cloud, it's going to cost you. You don't get charged for putting it up. You get charged for pulling it down.

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MM
AVP (Enterprise Architecture) at National Stock Exchange of India Limited

We are also looking into other platforms. Perhaps an open-source platform.

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MG
Web Developer at Indiana

Yes, we searched Google and Amazon.

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FO
Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We evaluated some other competitive products and decided to go with Azure as its suit and meet our business requirement.

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AM
RPA Developer

Before choosing Microsoft Azure, we evaluated AWS and GoDaddy.

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JG
General Manager at a tech company with 11-50 employees

We are launching a new platform for software as a service. We create our software, and for a new concept and architecture, we are comparing AWS with Azure. We are exploring AWS. It is a different stack, and we don't have much experience with it. So far, we don't have a lot of information about production on AWS because the product is not live yet. It will take a couple of months to be finished.

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it_user719895 - PeerSpot reviewer
Diretor de Sistemas de Informação at a transportation company with 5,001-10,000 employees
SH
IT strategist at Convergent Wireless Communications

The fact is I, as a customer or anybody else for that matter, will value the choices in front of them before deciding. In this case, the functionality on offer and the price helped us choose Microsoft Azure. If I get something better in terms of these two variables tomorrow, I will certainly switch.

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it_user493200 - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre-Sales/System Architect at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Yes. On-Premise and other solutions inside the company.

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it_user159600 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Operations at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I also use AWS. While AWS is ahead in the IaaS technology, for a Microsoft shop, Azure is more aligned to skills.

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it_user698010 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Engineer Solutions at a media company with 51-200 employees

We are a Microsoft Gold Partner, so we only use MS products.

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it_user76884 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner with 51-200 employees
Yes for every project we will compare Azure with Amazon, with virtual servers with a physical server. But in almost every case choosing Azure will be a no brainer. View full review »
VG
Senior Director at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

Lately, I have been researching technical comparisons between Azure and AWS for SAP HANA 2.0 migration from on-premises to the cloud.

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it_user713808 - PeerSpot reviewer
Azure Portfolio & Innovation Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
it_user312267 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Infrastructure at Whistl

We evaluated Lab.

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KB
CEO at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Before we used this solution we evaluated other cloud platforms, such as Google and Amazon. We choose Azure due to data policy reasons.

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it_user269952 - PeerSpot reviewer
President and Founder with 51-200 employees

AWS, Huawei, FireHost

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it_user809565 - PeerSpot reviewer
DBA
EW
Technical Pre-Sales at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We didn't evaluate other solutions. We trusted Azure because it is a Microsoft product, and Microsoft has been in the industry for a long time. Microsoft has been providing solutions for businesses for a long time, whereas other vendors mostly provide solutions for consumers.

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it_user654165 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director General with 11-50 employees
Buyer's Guide
Microsoft Azure
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Microsoft Azure. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.