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Updated on Mar 24, 2022

We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Platform based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.

  • Ease of Deployment: While some Microsoft Azure reviewers report the initial setup to be straightforward, others feel that the product has a learning curve, and that the setup can be complex for inexperienced users. Most Oracle Cloud Platform users report the initial setup to be straightforward.
  • Features: Microsoft Azure users are very satisfied with its scalability, flexibility, performance, user friendly interface, and stability. A few Microsoft Azure users would like to see improved integration abilities. Oracle Cloud Platform receives high marks from reviewers for its security and stability and slightly lower grades for its scalability.
  • Pricing: Many Microsoft Azure reviewers think that the price is too high. Oracle Cloud Platform users feel the pricing is fair.
  • ROI: Microsoft Azure users say they are satisfied with the ROI for the product.
  • Service and Support: Microsoft Azure receives mixed reviews for its technical support. Some users are satisfied with the level of support they receive but others say that Microsoft Azure’s response time is slow. Most Oracle Cloud Platform users feel that its technical support is adequate but could be improved.

Comparison Results: Microsoft Azure wins out in this comparison. Our reviewers agree that Microsoft Azure is a robust, easy to manage, and stable solution. Oracle Cloud Platform did come out on top in the Pricing and Ease of Deployment categories.

To learn more, read our detailed Microsoft Azure vs. Oracle Cloud Platform Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"Microsoft has a lot of partners in this area, and they have a lot of information available online, so it's easy to get support.""Feature-wise, I like its stability. Also, it is easy to access the solution and its options.""The incorporation of several kinds of storage, such as SSD Premium, enhanced the performance of machines.""Microsoft Azure has hundred of services that they offer on the platform.""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.""Virtual machine services, in SaaS services, M365, and Data Lake are all popular with our clients.""The automated connectors to some of our critical enterprise systems are an important feature. These are very large, critical, global HCM systems.""The Azure Portal has an advantage in terms of UX making buying resources or downgrading is really easier to understand. AWS has micro, smaller functionalities whereas Azure has more end-to-end focus which makes it easier saving you time and money."

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"I am impressed with the tool's upscaling and resiliency features.""The most valuable feature of this solution is the high level of performance for the databases.""The pricing of the solution is pretty good.""Oracle is valuable for improving performance and addressing issues between the nodes of clusters for private IPs. It provides a private connection between the client and the security cluster.""The deployment is most valuable feature.""The flexibility is most valuable. By having our infrastructure in the cloud, we are able to spin up instances as needed and alter the capacity as needed.""It has improved my company by cutting my time to market.""I like that the program is flexible. I can use it to write Java scripts. I also like the website, because it constantly updates me on things, like artificial intelligence, and the latest technology. I read the articles, on the latest technology that programmers can use."

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Cons
"Dashboards and reporting could be improved.""We have faced some challenges trying to deploy a new ESP application.""For deploying multiple resources in a big number, such as in hundreds, we need a streamlined process and more user-friendly scrips. The scripts have to be more user-friendly, and they should also supply some standard templates to deploy multiple resources at a time. Currently, it is very easy to deploy a couple of resources, but if you want to deploy multiple resources, it becomes complex. The material that they provide for integration with an existing on-prem data center is complex. They have to make them user-friendly. The scripts related to resource management need to be simplified.""The authentication method only allows me to have up to 90 users, and there are 2,300 people in the company.""The tool needs to improve its navigation.""The tool should add an interface that is similar to AWS.""The subscription licensing is very complex and we would like to have it simplified.""The security feature in the solution is an area that needs to be improved."

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"There's one app I have to install on my device, the Articulate Player app. It's only available on Apple and Android, but it's not available for Windows. I can't run the program on my desktop, to use it to learn Java.""The monitoring tool and the migration from on-premise to the cloud should be much easier.""The packaging part of the software needs improvement. It lacks customization abilities for users. Giving them VMs for machine learning or running their own programs like Azure and Amazon, for example. Things like scalability based on the requirement of the tools. Oracle still lacks these kinds of things. For example, if you need a VM from Oracle, you need to pay for a monthly fee. They started developing containership but it's still at the initial stage and it's still lacking. They also need to develop integration between packages.""Amazon AWS has a better solution overall.""The product features related to the manufacturing domain must be improved.""There should be more management automation.""The scalability requires some improvement. This is one of the most important things they need to get better at.""The product roadmap strategy for some of the products is not clear."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Related to pricing and licensing, you have to be careful how you operate with the concept."
  • "Be careful with Azure Cool storage accounts; if you are dealing with high object counts, then it can be more economical to use Hot storage because of the high storage access costs associated with Cool."
  • "Make use of Azure pricing calculator and you will find out that Azure Is still more reasonable that the competition and do your research, when unclear speak with your MS support."
  • "It’s necessary to use third party products or to use good self-management economic tools"
  • "Keep to PaaS to gain the optimal benefits from an OPEX finance and resource perspective."
  • "Several thousand dollars and counting, we haven't needed to upgrade on premises hardware (In fact we eliminated all of the old on-premises hardware and run 100% on Azure) or pay for it's maintenance, power etc."
  • "If you are not aware of costs, pricing, etc., you can end up with a hefty bill. However, I found that the Azure price calculator is a valuable tool to use before starting to deploy VMs in Azure. This tool will give you an overview of the costs you should expect on a monthly, quarterly or yearly basis."
  • "Pricing is very difficult to guesstimate. With so many a la carte options and individual pricing it can be a hassle to understand."
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  • "Make sure you read the fine print."
  • "My ROI has increased."
  • "It's not that expensive. I think it's maybe half or one-fourth of our actual on-prem cost, especially in Oracle Data Integrator. It's pretty cheap. Maybe around $30,000 or $40,000 per month."
  • "There is a subscription cost rather than licensing for this product."
  • "On a monthly basis, we pay around $2,500 for licensing fees, with no additional costs. We do pay extra licensing for other on-premises solutions, but these are not related to Oracle Cloud Platform."
  • "The price is fair, but we have to manage it to keep it low."
  • "The best aspect of the Oracle Cloud Platform is the relation between the performance and the price. When you compare the price with Amazon AWS, Microsft Azure, or any other, the price for performance is the best."
  • "The pricing is reasonable."
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    Also Known As
    Windows Azure, Azure, MS Azure
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    Overview

    Windows Azure is Microsoft's cloud platform, where developers can create, deploy, and maintain their apps. This cloud application platform allows developers to concentrate on the actual applications, while it takes care of all the elements behind the apps.

    Windows Azure works across multiple frameworks and languages. It is fully scalable, localized in that it is hosted globally in many datacenters, and has widespread capabilities with elements of application development, deployment, and management.

    Azure is comprised of several different service modules, including Infrastructure; Web; Mobile; Dev & Test; Big Data; Media;Storage, Backup & Recovery; and Identity & Access Management.

    Microsoft Azure works as a:

    1. Platform as a service (PaaS)
    2. Software as a service (SaaS)
    3. Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

    Microsoft Azure is available:

    • On-premises
    • Hybrid
    • Multi-cloud
    • At the edge

    Compared to its competitors, Microsoft Azure:

    • Has more affordable features
    • Has easier migration for organizations already using other Microsoft tools
    • Has several educational resources available
    • Provides robust support
    • Is ideal for small and large businesses

    Microsoft Azure Features:

    • Scalability
    • Stability
    • Flexibility
    • Azure Site Recovery
    • Active Directory
    • Monitoring features
    • Cloud-based
    • Automated tasks
    • Change capability cadence
    • Showback capabilities
    • Information protection
    • Azure Data Lake
    • Excellent portal
    • Intuitive user interface
    • Remote desktop
    • Fast provisioning
    • Data security
    • Data resiliency
    • Speed of service
    • Integrated delivery pipeline
    • Disaster recovery
    • Robust templates
    • Flexible coding languages
    • Virtual systems testing

    Benefits of Microsoft Azure:

    • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): Because Microsoft Azure is an IaaS, organizations can deploy as well as manage applications easily and quickly. Azure also provides you with the ability to customize the cloud software to meet your specific business needs.
    • Seamless integration: Microsoft Azure is built to seamlessly integrate with existing IT departments via hybrid databases, secure private connections, and storage solutions.
    • Cost-effective: Because Azure can harmoniously exist in your business environment with your data center, it is a very cost-effective solution.
    • Analytics support: Azure is designed with built-in support that is used to analyze data and provide key insights. Azure offers Cortana Analytics, Stream Analytics, Machine Learning, and SQL services.
    • Unique storage system: Compared to other cloud services, Microsoft Azure has more data centers and delivery points, which helps create an optimal user experience and also helps deliver content faster. In addition, Microsoft Azure makes it possible for organizations to exchange content across several virtual machines.
    • Enhanced flexibility: Azure provides extreme flexibility by allowing you to choose any level of functionality you require. It also supports many of the same technologies IT teams and developers usually depend on, making it easier for them to manage.
    • Easy implementation: Microsoft Azure is easy and quick to deploy. If necessary, you can change web apps to Azure with almost zero downtime.

    Reviews from Real Users:

    "It is a flexible solution that is straightforward to use," says the principal consultant at a computer software company.

    OmarJ., future datacenter consultant: Microsoft Azure Cloud at a tech company, adds that "The user interface is very nice and makes everything easy to use."

    You can build an environment in minutes. It's very good in terms of being an infrastructure as a service, and I found that really fascinating,” says an information technology consultant at a computer software company.

    "I think Azure's level of automation to achieve efficiency or agility is valuable. I also like the change capability cadence, the showback capabilities, and understanding what our costs are," says an enterprise architect at an energy/utilities company.

    Marco C., Ing. at Wolters Kluwer, says "The valuable features of Microsoft Azure are that it is cloud-based and has good storage. The storage is completely managed by Azure. We do not need to do any patching of security because it is handled by Azure which is a benefit. The solution is fully compatible with the Microsoft technology stack and is very scalable."

    "The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure is it has everything together in one place. It is one large tool with lots of small tools that are updated often," says the owner of a media company.



    Oracle Cloud Platform is a Product as a Service Cloud (PaaS) solution that consists of two main product categories - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Cloud Applications. Through its many products, Oracle Cloud Platform offers a shared scalable platform for the consolidation of existing applications and the development and deployment of new applications.

    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is Oracle Cloud Platform's segment for running applications in a faster and more secure way. It offers services for migration, building, and running IT, and allows users to do these things from existing enterprise workloads to new native cloud applications and data platforms. This part of Oracle Cloud Platform supports Oracle applications, custom applications, and ISV applications. Some of the capacities of OCI include:

    • Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)
    • Analytics and BI
    • Big data
    • Cloud regions
    • Compute
    • Containers and functions
    • Database services
    • Data lakehouse
    • DevOps
    • Government cloud
    • Hybrid cloud
    • Integration
    • Networking
    • Observability and management

    Part of Oracle Cloud Platform applications segment is Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). This is a suite that provides users with advanced capabilities such as AI, analytics, and automatic updates. These functions facilitate several processes for users, including automating manual processes to save time, reacting to market shifts in real time, and gaining competitive advantage through accelerating workflow. The suite includes features for:

    • Financial management
    • Procurement
    • Project management
    • Risk management and compliance
    • Enterprise performance management

    Another aspect of Oracle Cloud Platform applications features is Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM). This set of products allows organizations to respond quickly to changing market conditions, demand, and supply by connecting their supply chain to a network that is especially created for them. This part of the product includes:

    • Supply chain planning
    • Inventory management
    • Manufacturing
    • Maintenance

    Another set of products from this solution are the ones in Oracle Advertising and Customer Experience (CX). This is a connected suite of applications that upgrades basic customer relationship management (CRM) and helps companies create, manage, and serve effective customer relationships. Through these products, clients of Oracle can manage:

    • Advertising
    • Marketing
    • Sales
    • Service
    • Content

    The final set that completes Oracle Cloud Platform is called Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM). This is a complete cloud solution that connects every human resource process across clients' enterprises. It achieves this through the management of:

    • Human resources
    • Talent management

    The complete set of products from Oracle Cloud Platform allows users to utilize cloud features across all processes of their organization and benefit from the frequent upgrades of the solution.

    Oracle Cloud Platform Features

    This product has various features, across all functions that it offers. The main capabilities of Oracle Cloud Platform can be grouped in the following ways:

    • Availability: Through Oracle Cloud Platform, users can benefit from features for high data availability, which is crucial for real-time applications. This ensures the high performance of applications and minimizes downtimes and failures.

    • Backup and recovery: The product offers various features for the backup and recovery of data. These cover almost all kinds of failures possible. This set of Oracle Cloud Platform features allows users to access unaffected parts of data while the affected ones are being recovered.

    • Scalability: There are various features across Oracle products that enhance performance and make applications more scalable.

    • Security: This platform puts security as one of its top priorities and ensures it by providing several mechanisms to control data access and usage.

    Oracle Cloud Platform Benefits

    Oracle Cloud Platform has many benefits for its users across different industries. Some of the greatest advantages of using this solution include:

    • Oracle Cloud Platform utilizes various methodologies and principles to increase performance.

    • The solution supports managing multiple databases, allowing greater flexibility for its users.

    • Oracle Cloud Platform has different editions, catering to the needs of different clients, which allows them to purchase only what they actually need.

    • The solution ensures high data availability by utilizing clusters.

    • Oracle Cloud Platform has a strong failure recovery system that ensures the files are secured even during downtimes and outages.

    • The solution consists of multiple products which are organized by use cases, allowing users to access them easily and obtain the information they require for their work.

    • Clients from all levels, from personal to enterprise, can use the features of this platform, making it highly accessible.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Daniel M., an IT Architect at Orbis Data, thinks that Oracle Cloud Platform is a great database with good stability and a very good interface.

    Marcio A., a senior database administrator at BCIE, likes Oracle Cloud Platform because it eases the deployment of Oracle Linux server instances and provides good database performance.

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    Computer Software Company22%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Comms Service Provider9%
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    Educational Organization35%
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    Midsize Enterprise15%
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    Midsize Enterprise40%
    Large Enterprise46%
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    Microsoft Azure vs. Oracle Cloud Platform
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    Microsoft Azure is ranked 1st in PaaS Clouds with 40 reviews while Oracle Cloud Platform is ranked 4th in PaaS Clouds with 18 reviews. Microsoft Azure is rated 8.4, while Oracle Cloud Platform is rated 7.6. 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 Oracle Cloud Platform writes "Along with automation and testing features, the tool also focuses on following the global standards set for finance". Microsoft Azure is most compared with Google Firebase, Amazon AWS, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, SAP Cloud Platform and OpenShift, whereas Oracle Cloud Platform is most compared with Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, IBM Public Cloud, OpenShift and SAP Cloud Platform. See our Microsoft Azure vs. Oracle Cloud Platform report.

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