We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure and SAP Cloud Platform based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Although SAP is easier to deploy and has better service, Microsoft is a branded, well-known product and numerous organizations worldwide are an active part of the Microsoft Azure Universe. It is strong and powerful and many users are simply more familiar and comfortable using a solution they feel confident will help them get the job done well and that clients can more easily integrate with such a stable product.
"The scalability is good."
"There is the potential to scale."
"The solution has enabled us to provide advanced indicators and analytics to the client on their data."
"We find Azure particularly beneficial when working with clients who are heavily invested in Microsoft solutions. It necessitates that we also leverage Azure for our solutions and services."
"The system is more secure, and this is valuable."
"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."
"We've got multiple tools on Azure, which is a very good feature of Azure. Our Palo Alto firewall and other things are hosted in Azure. We're using Sentinel as well, which is a security tool that is being used by our SOC teams. I've also used AWS, and I find Azure to be more Windows-driven. Although Azure is newer as compared to AWS, it is growing fast. Microsoft is working towards the betterment of Azure."
"There are many different components such as SaaS, PaaS, and API so every month they are releasing a few hundred new features."
"The solution can scale."
"It's suitable for various sizes of companies. I have used it with big companies and with small ones as well."
"SAP Cloud Platform's most valuable features are its exhaustiveness, scalability with minimum maintenance, and functionality."
"The ability to expand it whenever required has been great — it's very simple."
"It is a stable solution, as I never encountered issues when using it."
"It’s great that we have the entire suite of SAP at our fingertips."
"The mapping transformation allows us to connect our on-premise ECC to the cloud system."
"The HANA replications are very useful."
"They need to make storage easy and offer more interconnectivity between solutions."
"Microsoft should have one package for all their solutions in one place to be found."
"We had issues with the Mobile Service ORM and the Azure SQL Database (cloud version of SQL Server). At times, the queries that are created automatically from the ORM mapping are not very well optimized for this database and that can lead to performance and stability issues. On occasion, the connection manager from the ORM does not handle the database connections very well."
"The main issue is the lack of notifications for updates. Processes for certain operations, like connecting to Git repositories, have changed without sufficient communication. A system to announce or update users about these changes would be very helpful."
"As compared to AWS, Azure can improve its functionality. In terms of the feature list, it is still lacking a bit as compared to AWS. AWS supports lots of types of operating systems, which Azure is still catching up with. Azure is mainly focused on the Windows system, and it is not yet there in terms of integration with other operating systems like Linux, Unix. Azure is slowly catching up."
"I would like it if Microsoft communicated better about upcoming changes before they roll them out. Sometimes when Microsoft implements changes, they don't notify the users promptly enough. I would like to know about new features, especially Office 365."
"Navigating the frequent changes in the interface has been a challenge, requiring effort to keep up with updates. Options or features that were once located in one window may unexpectedly move to another, making it hard to stay current with the changes."
"The solution needs to offer more data analysis services."
"They are still developing this product. It does not really have 100% of the necessary features available to properly service business clients"
"The solution requires more flexibility overall."
"I've observed a few bugs in SAP. One recent bug I found in Content Modifier is that when using a predefined header to call the current date, it prints the previous date. These are small bugs I found."
"The main problem is that there aren't any easy migrations from SAP PO to SAP CPI, so from process orchestration to cloud platform integration."
"The product needs improvement for serverless native integrations. They should opt for serverless features as all the customers worldwide choose cloud-based products."
"The product could be improved for consistent user interfaces."
"SAP Cloud Platform's installation is not straightforward. You need a person with knowledge to handle it."
"The price of the solution could improve."
Microsoft Azure is ranked 1st in PaaS Clouds with 299 reviews while SAP Cloud Platform is ranked 6th in PaaS Clouds with 38 reviews. Microsoft Azure is rated 8.4, while SAP Cloud Platform is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure writes "Promotes clear, logical structures preventing impractical configurations and offers seamless integration ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Cloud Platform writes "Provides seamless integration with CTI for streamlined data synchronization but complexity and challenges in migrating existing applications to the low-code model for custom application development". Microsoft Azure is most compared with Google Firebase, Amazon AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Pivotal Cloud Foundry and Alibaba Cloud, whereas SAP Cloud Platform is most compared with Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Mule Anypoint Platform, webMethods.io Integration and Mendix. See our Microsoft Azure vs. SAP Cloud Platform report.
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The choice between SAP Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure depends on your specific requirements, business needs, and existing technology landscape.
SAP Cloud Platform is designed primarily for running and extending SAP applications. If your organization heavily relies on SAP interfaces other software and services, it might be a more suitable choice as it offers seamless integration with SAP products.
On the other hand, Microsoft Azure is a comprehensive cloud platform with a wide range of services, including infrastructure, and databases. It's well-suited for businesses looking for a combination of SAP and AZ Cloud as scalability enterprise-wide supports to seamless OS authentication and SAP with two levels of security.
In conclusion, It is essential to evaluate both platforms based on your organization's existing infrastructure, and future growth plans to scalability if SLA is adaptable.
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One of the best features of SAP Cloud Platform is that it is web-based and you can log in from anywhere in the world. SAP Cloud Platform is suitable for companies of any size; it works well with both large and small companies. Its stability is great and the ability to expand is very simple. SAP Cloud Platform offers smooth integration and data synchronization - the push and pull of data is extremely valuable.
The functionality with SAP Cloud Platform can be difficult. We have experienced some challenges with usability and not being able to get all of the information we need. We would also like to see improvement with security, authentication, and reporting.
Microsoft Azure is extremely scalable with the capability to build an environment quickly. The automation and agility of Microsoft Azure is very valuable. It offers a great information protection feature - you can create custom labels for different documents and files. This keeps data more organized and secure.
Support with Microsoft Azure depends on the plan you purchase; lower-tier plans get limited support. Microsoft Azure can be a very expensive solution overall and can be complex to set up and manage. Integration with other products needs to be better. Microsoft Azure seems to be a bit slow in catching up with what other solutions have to offer.
Conclusion
Microsoft Azure’s biggest downside is the lack of functionality. SAP Cloud Platform provides better integration with other operating systems.
If you or your clients are fully committed to the Microsoft ecosystem, then Microsoft Azure is probably the best option for you.
For those that use other ecosystems, SAP Cloud Platform would be a better fit as they offer better integration with other solutions and broader overall functionality.
I think it's based on the context of your environment and what you want to do. The LinkedIn article by Murali Shanmugham gives you some perspective here.
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If you use SAP applications extensively, extending them with various services offered by SAP on the SAP Cloud platform would be very useful.
In fact, SAP has made this platform available on hyperscalers like MS Azure, AWS, etc.