We performed a comparison between Appium and Microsoft Azure App Service based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Mobile Development Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is easy to use."
"Obviously because of automation, it reduces manual testing efforts."
"Appium has easy interaction with mobile."
"It has great documentation and excellent community support."
"The most valuable feature of Appium is it supports iOS and AOS and is open-source."
"It runs completely flawlessly and seamlessly every day."
"The latest versions of the solution are stable."
"We do not need to pay for the solution. It’s free."
"The product is scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to scale the application."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure App Service are its vertical and horizontal scaling, along with its ability to throw a docker image."
"One valuable feature of Azure App Service for us is its integration with Azure DevOps, which we heavily rely on in our development process."
"It is the best because it's easy to use, and there's a plan for every type of workload."
"It allows you to host your App Service on Azure and provides the ability to bypass online."
"The solution overall is very good."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure App Service is customization. It provides the building block from its modularity. You can add what you need with the appropriate code."
"If it had more facility for configuration it would be a spectacular solution."
"There is always a concern about the amount of code that is required to enhance the automation process. The idea of having less code or no code is what we would like to see in future updates."
"Stability is an area that needs some improvement."
"Appium can improve when the case fails, there should be a feature where you can generate the report from Appium. Once you're on a test case, automatically the screenshot should be captured which would avoid manual intervention. These features would be beneficial to migrate to Appium."
"The challenging part with Appium is that installation can be a bit tricky. It can be challenging to set up in Android versus iOS environments."
"The tool needs to add a dependency manager."
"Image recognition could be improved. We have some images in our mobile applications. It should be able to run from the cloud, so we can automate the catcher."
"The initial setup is straightforward if you have previous experience with the solution, but it can be complicated for a novice user."
"The outbound connectivity is not great."
"It would be fantastic if Microsoft morphed after my exit service, removing it from subscriptions and moving it to different regions, especially for that service."
"Can be improved by increasing the number of data centres worldwide."
"Limited integration is an area for improvement in Microsoft Azure App Service. Another area for improvement in the platform is multi-language support."
"In terms of improvement, the technical support could be better."
"Sometimes customer service and support can be challenging."
"The logging and monitoring could improve in Microsoft Azure App Service."
"The configuration is slow without understanding the systematic process."
Appium is ranked 7th in Mobile Development Platforms with 25 reviews while Microsoft Azure App Service is ranked 5th in Mobile Development Platforms with 38 reviews. Appium is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Azure App Service is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Appium writes "It's easy to launch applications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure App Service writes "A solution with great server management and helps improve performance". Appium is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Katalon Studio, Perfecto, Xamarin Platform and SmartBear TestComplete, whereas Microsoft Azure App Service is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Oracle Application Express (APEX), ServiceNow, Pega BPM and Appian. See our Appium vs. Microsoft Azure App Service report.
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