We performed a comparison between Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Because Microsoft Azure has a more difficult initial setup and weaker support, Amazon AWS ultimately wins out in this comparison.
"I like that it helps us do everything really fast, and its advanced services."
"The initial setup is easy. The deployment is fast."
"Its scalability is powerful. We are providing services for people to schedule an appointment for the vaccine and for COVID testing to see whether they are positive or negative. In one night, we can have 240,000 people in one minute to schedule an appointment. I am very happy with the scalability."
"I like S3, load balancers, and Route 53."
"The most valuable feature is the backup ability. Most people are used to one type of backup solution that they're using, but most of these solutions have features that make it difficult to transfer to the cloud. I know that Veeam now gives people the opportunity to backup some on-premises solutions to the cloud. This feature is something that a lot of people are looking for."
"The product is highly scalable."
"This solution offers a very detailed dashboard that has some metrics, such as performance and budget."
"AWS is easy to manage."
"The application services are the most valuable in Microsoft Azure. I'm not using them directly but I am using the function and the web applications. I don't need to pay a lot for the maintenance. I do not need to have a DevOps employee."
"I like the familiarity of this solution."
"In terms of scalability, it is perfect."
"I have not had a problem with the stability. It is reliable."
"With the Azure solution, you can get more value from your cloud investment no matter what your future goals are. It depends on your level of familiarity with the cloud you are using or with your computing. Azure helps you with every stage of the cloud."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration between all of the components in Azure."
"We have not had any issues with the performance, or the stability."
"Microsoft Azure is scalable."
"The features that should be improved are that there should be better clarity on their invoicing. There are so many things they charge for - high line items in the invoice. I think there should be more clarity and more ease of use with their billing. I'd like to see better ease of use of with the billing console and a clear dashboard to understand the usage."
"There is a bit of a learning curve. That said, it's likely no different than learning any other cloud."
"Their support can be improved. In some cases, their support is not as proficient as it can be. They should be quicker at getting back."
"They could lower the cost. The setup could also be easier."
"I'd like to see AWS implement consolidated billing for businesses operating under one group. We want to consolidate the functionalities but keep the billing separate. That is a challenge we've faced, and I feel it's something they can improve on. For example, maybe you have three businesses that are operating under one group, and you want each entity to have a separate bill for the respective workload that they're using."
"AWS could be more scalable."
"We have had several issues with the products and services but as of now, there are no good alternatives."
"I would like to see CloudFormation made more in the programming way of thinking."
"The cost of the product is too high. It would be ideal if they could lower it a bit for their customers."
"Ease of use could be improved."
"There could be more documentation and video tutorials to incorporate each and every feature. This way one can easily get the knowledge and implement it."
"I have found Microsoft Azure has many components to use and it's very difficult to understand every component."
"The price of the Azure license could be cheaper."
"There should be be better support for microservices and containers."
"They should create integrations with more platforms."
"It can be improved in terms of ease of billing or monitoring of the billing. That gets to be a little difficult."
Amazon AWS is ranked 2nd in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 150 reviews while Microsoft Azure is ranked 1st in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 161 reviews. Amazon AWS is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Azure is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Amazon AWS writes "Flexible, scales well, and offers good stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure writes "Optimized cloud solution with reliable recovery and fail services". Amazon AWS is most compared with Linode, SAP Cloud Platform, OpenShift, Oracle Cloud Platform and IBM Public Cloud, whereas Microsoft Azure is most compared with Oracle Cloud Platform, Google Firebase, SAP Cloud Platform, Pivotal Cloud Foundry and IBM Public Cloud. See our Amazon AWS vs. Microsoft Azure report.
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I have worked with AWS for 4 years now and I agree with the recommendation.
If you make some research AWS will be shown as the top solution in many white papers. We made an evaluation to compare it with Google and Azure. In our case, AWS is the most cost-effective.
Depending on the solution you are running you need to check the license cost for your servers. If you have a lot of Windows solutions Azure may be a better fit.
Regarding performance, we did have an incident where the complete region was unreachable. So, make sure to consider recovery sites.
I would like to recommend MS Azure to start with.
The reasons are:
1. I bet you're using many Microsoft tools, like Office 365, Team, etc. so you're pretty familiar with the MS UX which is excellent.
2. It's easy to start/learn Azure and configurations, they have very detailed documentation online.
3. It's relatively cheaper with Azure IaaS with good starting numbers of notes/services.