SQL Azure Reviews

Name: SQL Azure
Brand: Microsoft
Rating: 4 (90 reviews)

Vendor: Microsoft

4.3 out of 5

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Microsoft Azure SQL Database is a relational database-as-a-service that delivers predictable performance, scalability, business continuity, data protection, and near-zero administration to cloud developers and solution architects. This is the deep technical library for Azure SQL Database.

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SQL Azure is the #2 ranked solution in top Database as a Service vendors. PeerSpot users give SQL Azure an average rating of 8.6 out of 10. SQL Azure is most commonly compared to Amazon RDS: SQL Azure vs Amazon RDS. SQL Azure is popular among the midsize enterprise segment, accounting for 64% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a educational organization, accounting for 61% of all views.

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Sakiru Dosumu

Head, Development Chapter (DevOps) at First Bank of Nigeria Ltd.

Oct 8, 2022

Our primary use case is creating management-related items for SQL for the development of a variety of items we are working with I would like to see the cloud connectivity environment improved. I have been using SQL Azure for the past year or more. The stability is excellent because it is easier…

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Praveen Chaudhary

Service Delivery Manager at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

Aug 22, 2023

While we have a trader client or warehouse management, we use SQL Azure because the volume of trading activity keeps changing. Maintaining on-premises solutions or infrastructure for this is difficult, as the user demand can fluctuate significantly throughout the month. For example, at the end of…

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Al Mcpherson

Data Architect at Octopus

Apr 28, 2023

I am using SQL Azure for migrating existing SQL Databases into the cloud. The most valuable features of SQL Azure are its reliability and quick scalability. SQL Azure could improve the feature set. They are catching up to Microsoft SQL Server. I have used SQL Azure for approximately nine years.…

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SQL Azure market share

As of March 2024, the market share of SQL Azure in the Database as a Service category stands at 15.5%, marking a decrease of 15.0% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Valuable Features

"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"The automated scalability feature of SQL Azure has proven to be highly beneficial, particularly when deployed in the cloud."

Room for Improvement

"Operational cost needs improvement."
"There are certain shortcomings when it comes to the stability of the product, especially if I consider the fact that there can always be some bug-related issues in the tool."
"The product's pricing needs improvement."

Pricing

"You can use it for smaller instances and pay less. You can also go for the premium product with all the security, scalability, and business continuity features, but you have to pay a premium amount."
"I recommend considering a pay-as-you-go pricing model initially."
"Compared to other providers, the pricing is definitely on the affordable side."

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