We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure vs. Salesforce Platform based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Salesforce Platform seems to be a superior solution. All other things being more or less equal, our reviewers found Microsoft Azure to be more difficult to deploy and far less flexible than Salesforce Platform.
"The product makes it easy to spin up new environments and develop new technologies."
"The most valuable features of the solution are ease of use and the enhancements are continually being updated."
"Azure has improved my organization because it is a new technology and so the customers who don't have enough knowledge about the cloud delegate the administration of their cloud infrastructure to us. We incorporate and add a new service to our product lineup about how to manage their Azure. It impacts our business because we're able to incorporate this new service."
"Technical support has been extremely helpful."
"In terms of computer resource management and reduced cost, it is very, very effective. In large environments, it gives you a lot of flexibility to provide different services, like disaster recovery and business continuity with simple and great options because you don't have to spend a lot of time for maintenance, upgrades, and security."
"Reliable with ease of provisional services."
"The solution is useful for handling large amounts of data."
"It is really scalable and easy to use."
"We also use Salesforce to find trends to make informed decisions in terms of events and marketing campaigns."
"A fully integrated solution that provides a seamless experience."
"When compared to Siebel, the Salesforce Platform is easier to use."
"A great platform to import, manage and save customer data."
"The queue management of the solution is its most valuable aspect."
"The solution scales extremely well."
"Intuitive to work with and the overall fundamental of the platform is very strong."
"There is very good documentation available and Salesforce offers good communication with its clients. It's very user-friendly and has a system that is easy to learn."
"When we work with Microsoft Azure we deploy it in a hybrid system. We do many operations with the open stack and I used it for APIs connected to Microsoft Azure. The reduction is because those APIs and our tools that are required to connect are not for the Microsft Azure solution. It has a bit of complexity, nothing to do with Microsoft Azure as a CSP."
"Quite an expensive solution."
"I have found Microsoft Azure has many components to use and it's very difficult to understand every component."
"It would be beneficial if Microsoft could enhance the free version to allow for more exploration and development. That's my only suggestion regarding Azure."
"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."
"Integration with other cloud environments can be tricky at times."
"With a Synapse environment, we might need to switch to Databricks for better scalability."
"Use of the solution could be easier."
"The solution's UI is horrible."
"In Salesforce, every customer is unique and it's not possible to bundle them together effectively if they are from the same company or move companies, et cetera."
"The marketing automation needs improvement."
"It could be maybe a bit more user-intuitive."
"They have some limitations as a cloud solution."
"Salesforce Platform could improve the UI and the responsiveness of their servers. The UI needs to be made user-friendly for all users."
"Salesforce Platform has a cumbersome interface when creating reports, dashboards, and those types of things. They could be a little bit more simple. The administration has to be an aficionado to do any sort of administration and maintenance, for example, setting up the way you want to modify the lead tracks or functions. These systems tend to be quite cumbersome."
"Salesforce's mobile app could be better. Also, it could integrate more seamlessly with Gmail."
Microsoft Azure is ranked 1st in PaaS Clouds with 40 reviews while Salesforce Platform is ranked 8th in PaaS Clouds with 29 reviews. Microsoft Azure is rated 8.4, while Salesforce Platform is rated 8.2. 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 Salesforce Platform writes "Offers out-of-the-box features and provides a wide range of capabilities under what they call "No code," "Low code," and "Pro code" options". Microsoft Azure is most compared with Oracle Cloud Platform, Google Firebase, Amazon AWS, Pivotal Cloud Foundry and Google App Engine, whereas Salesforce Platform is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Oracle Application Express (APEX), Appian, ServiceNow and Amazon AWS. See our Microsoft Azure vs. Salesforce Platform report.
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