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AWS Amplify vs Microsoft Azure App Service comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
8.6
AWS Amplify increased ROI by streamlining development, reducing setup and management time, and boosting productivity without extra staffing.
Sentiment score
5.6
Microsoft Azure App Service delivers cost-effective operational efficiency, reducing workforce needs and streamlining implementation through automation and machine learning.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.3
AWS Amplify offers praised documentation but limited direct support without premium plans, while community and platform communication remain effective.
Sentiment score
6.1
Microsoft Azure App Service support gets mixed reviews; premier packages offer swift help, but response times and consistency vary.
Microsoft provides support for a lot of add-on or customized integration requests.
Project Manager at Inventec
Regions like Europe, the US, Canada, and India provide very good and immediate support.
Cloud Architect at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
While contacting support is not always a pleasant experience, they attended to our needs satisfactorily.
Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
AWS Amplify scales efficiently for web and mobile apps, enhancing scalability with managed services and automatic adjustments for growing demands.
Sentiment score
7.4
Microsoft Azure App Service offers strong scalability and flexibility, accommodating various organization sizes with easy resource adjustments and high user satisfaction.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
AWS Amplify offers stable performance with minimal issues, efficient support, and easy integration, despite tricky initial setup and documentation.
Sentiment score
7.9
Microsoft Azure App Service is highly stable with 99.99% uptime, supporting business needs effectively despite minor configuration issues.
This feature allows us to pinpoint very quickly what is happening when an application is not working correctly.
Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
I find Microsoft Azure App Service to be quite stable.
Cloud Architect at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
 

Room For Improvement

AWS Amplify users seek enhanced flexibility, better integration, improved debugging, UI/UX improvements, and more control over deployments and error handling.
Microsoft Azure App Service needs improvements in deployment, integration, UI/UX, cost transparency, and support for better user experience.
The DynamoDB table and user group API key expires in 365 days, which requires me to renew this API key to persist data.
Adjunct Lecturer at a university with 10,001+ employees
They should improve the learning curve, enhance documentation, and focus on best practices.
Integration Architect at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Deploying Logic Apps in a private network environment becomes complicated due to the extensive white testing and configurations needed at the networking layer.
Cloud Architect at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
The Linux App Service should be more user-friendly, focusing on logging, troubleshooting, and similar features.
Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

AWS Amplify provides cost-effective, scalable pay-as-you-go pricing with initial benefits, separate domain costs, and early discounts.
Microsoft Azure App Service provides flexible pricing plans, generally cost-effective, though high for advanced tiers; free trials are available.
I am paying only for the domain name and access to the DynamoDB table, which I find to be a pretty decent price.
Adjunct Lecturer at a university with 10,001+ employees
If you need to host three, four, or five nodes with high availability, everything is included in the price.
Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The price of Microsoft Azure is comparable to Microsoft AWS and Google.
Head of IT, Infra Operations Industry 4 0 Industrial Information Technology, Ot Specialist Iiot & Innovator at Value chain solutions
Pricing is a concern.
Senior System Engineer at Confiz Solutions
 

Valuable Features

AWS Amplify enhances developer efficiency with integrated CI/CD, real-time sync, scalable deployment, and seamless AWS service integration.
Microsoft Azure App Service provides scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions with seamless integration and robust DevOps capabilities for flexibility and efficiency.
The best features AWS Amplify offers include AppSync, which is very good for authentication and the deployment version.
Adjunct Lecturer at a university with 10,001+ employees
The integration capabilities of Microsoft Azure App Service have greatly enhanced my ability to handle global web operations and support various functions, which were previously challenging without such integration.
Project Manager at Inventec
The best features of Microsoft Azure App Service are its capacity for scalability, security, and basic support functionalities.
Head of IT, Infra Operations Industry 4 0 Industrial Information Technology, Ot Specialist Iiot & Innovator at Value chain solutions
We use the CI/CD inside Azure DevOps and Azure DevOps deploys the applications in Microsoft Azure App Service.
Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Amplify
Ranking in Mobile Development Platforms
17th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Release Automation (11th)
Microsoft Azure App Service
Ranking in Mobile Development Platforms
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Rapid Application Development Software (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Mobile Development Platforms category, the mindshare of AWS Amplify is 0.7%. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure App Service is 4.7%, up from 4.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mobile Development Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Azure App Service4.7%
AWS Amplify0.7%
Other94.6%
Mobile Development Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

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Adjunct Lecturer at a university with 10,001+ employees
Building full-stack apps has been streamlined and supports efficient authentication workflows
The best features AWS Amplify offers include AppSync, which is very good for authentication and the deployment version. It also allows me to easily use DynamoDB tables from AWS. The authentication and deployment features of AWS Amplify help me by ensuring that the authentication flow runs smoothly, as they are integrated and interconnected with GraphQL. I can delete or add users, create groups, reset passwords, and customize the login experience using the sign-in and sign-out features that come with GraphQL. AWS Amplify also has IO components, allowing me to configure files for AWS export to check if there are any builds or configurations missing. The ease of using AppSync and GraphQL is what I appreciate most about AWS Amplify. AWS Amplify is a strong tool for quickly building full-stack applications, which do require a solid understanding of how the underlying AWS services interact. AWS Amplify has positively impacted my work by making things easier, faster, and more efficient, particularly with its continuous integration feature and user management while monitoring app builds. The usage of AWS Amplify is part of my freelance work for different clients rather than directly within a single organization.
AntonioNascimento - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Seamless integration and application hosting enabled through versatile service
When using a Linux App Service or containerized App Services, the logging is not as good as when using the Windows version. The Linux App Service should be more user-friendly, focusing on logging, troubleshooting, and similar features. With Microsoft Azure App Service, it is more difficult with Linux or other container solutions because there are many options. When creating an App Service, you can create it as Linux or Windows. After that, you can choose some stack or use Docker to container. When using Linux with container, the logging functionality is not as robust.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Construction Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise34
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Amplify?
My experience with pricing for AWS Amplify has been generally positive, especially for small to mid-sized applications. Most of our clients required small to mid-sized applications. The pricing mod...
What needs improvement with AWS Amplify?
Currently, I do not believe that AWS Amplify is lacking in features, but one of the main limitations I feel is a lack of flexibility in CI/CD pipelines. The built-in pipeline works well for simple ...
What is your primary use case for AWS Amplify?
My primary use case for AWS Amplify is to build and host full-stack web applications where it handles front-end deployment, authentication via Cognito, and basic back-end integration.
Would you choose Microsoft Azure App Service or PowerApps?
Microsoft Azure App Service is helpful if you need to set up temporary servers for customers to run their programs in locations that other cloud providers do not cater to. When servers are closer t...
Do you recommend Microsoft Azure App Service?
I highly recommend Microsoft Azure. We have been using it for nearly four years. We mostly use it for creating and maintaining websites, such as content management systems like WordPress sites, whi...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure App Service?
You can start with a basic plan, which costs very little. As your necessity and workload increase, you can scale up and add many nodes. If you need to host three, four, or five nodes with high avai...
 

Also Known As

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Azure App Service, MS Azure App Service
 

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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
Real Madrid, Absolut, AccuWeather, Heineken, NBC News, Paramount
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