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AWS Auto Scaling vs Azure Monitor comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

AWS Auto Scaling
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
15th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Azure Monitor
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
5th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Monitoring Software (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of AWS Auto Scaling is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Azure Monitor is 6.0%, down from 8.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

Mbula Mboma - PeerSpot reviewer
Boosts deployment efficiency with seamless automatic scaling capabilities
My primary use case for Auto Scaling is mainly to deploy applications at scale Auto Scaling has made the deployment of applications more efficient, allowing us to manage traffic and maintain performance as user counts increase. Auto Scaling is a cool feature that works well and its automatic…
Muhammad Usman Khawar - PeerSpot reviewer
Native integration simplifies monitoring but documentation and cost improvements are needed
The ease of access in Azure is significant since it's native to the platform and easy to integrate. It has no maintenance overhead, and users don't have to navigate to another portal to get their desired result. It's the handiness that it has, rather than the features. The interpretation from the logs and injection requires custom runbooks. While it's complex, many services provide native insights and workbooks. It does the basic job quite efficiently. They added new kinds of metrics with more integrations to send out metrics. They have even added support for third-party tools that can be integrated. Azure Monitor is working on improvements and becoming more mature. Azure Monitor is stable and scalable. Azure Monitor is evolving with new workbooks and dashboards.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The various scaling options available, such as step scaling, are particularly useful."
"AWS Auto Scaling is cost-effective and very useful for businesses."
"The tool gives you the flexibility to scale up and grow. The solution is also fast to deploy."
"When a lot of traffic comes into our organization, the product scales our instances based on our environment’s requirements."
"Auto Scaling is a cool feature that works well and its automatic scaling capabilities are very useful."
"It can scale."
"I like the graphs provided by the tool."
"I would highly recommend Auto Scaling to others because it is a fantastic feature that simplifies scaling processes and makes deployment efficient."
"Recently, they have improved their integration with other resources, so we get even more robust data."
"Among the valuable features of this solution, Application Insights stands out as one of the most significant. It provides insights into application performance and helps identify issues and bottlenecks."
"The overall product rating is nine out of ten."
"The most valuable feature is that it's stable. It hasn't crossed any thresholds."
"The features that are most valuable are the alerting function and also the logging functionality to analyze certain issues using log analytics"
"It's a Microsoft native tool, so it works well with other Microsoft technologies, which is predominantly what our customer end-user base is."
"For me, the best feature is the log analysis with Azure Monitor's Log Analytics. Without being able to analyze the logs of all the activities that affect the performance of a machine, your monitoring effectiveness will be severely limited."
"I can conclude reports for the monthly, weekly, and peak time of the resources."
 

Cons

"AWS Auto Scaling's documentation could be better."
"Flexibility in configuring the workload is missing in AWS Auto Scaling."
"We can have more auto scaling algorithms implemented in AWS Auto Scaling."
"The speed of the solution must be improved."
"In comparison to other public clouds, the product is costly."
"The product’s security features need improvement."
"It is sometimes very critical to deploy on AWS since some servers are already running in the background. There are challenges for employees on how to deploy at a given time."
"The solution must improve automation."
"We cannot use AI services with the solution."
"The cost skyrockets once you start using it, and there are complaints that the actual cost of the Kubernetes cluster was less than the cost they were incurring for Azure Monitor."
"It might not have all of the capabilities we will need."
"It's really complex to retrieve or query the logs in Azure Monitor."
"The pricing model could be more flexible."
"What I feel is when I open a screen of Azure, some places are very complex to navigate to. It is not very user-friendly when it comes to accessing certain sections."
"Setting up this solution is complex. It's also missing the functionality of assigning alerts."
"No improvements are needed from my perspective."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product has moderate pricing."
"The pricing is good. I have not had any customers that have complained about the price."
"The product is expensive."
"AWS Auto Scaling is an expensive solution."
"AWS Auto Scaling's price is high."
"AWS Auto Scaling is a cheap solution."
"AWS Auto Scaling is a pay-per-use and pay-as-you-use service."
"Since we are using the basic set, it is more cost-effective compared to other third-party APM solutions."
"Azure Monitor is cheaper compared to other third-party monitoring tools."
"Azure Monitor is a low-priced solution, which is why it would work best on small-scale projects."
"The licensing is a monthly fee."
"Customers of Azure Monitor must pay an amount that depends largely on how many services they need to integrate and the storage space required in terms of logs, etc. If they only have a few small services to monitor, the price won't be too high, but on the opposite side of the spectrum, it can certainly get pricey."
"Azure Monitor's price is minimal to the point of being almost negligible."
"The price of the solution is reasonable."
"The solution is expensive, but it is worth the price."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AWS Auto Scaling?
The tool's most valuable feature is vertical auto-scaling, which is easy to use. However, most companies now prefer horizontal scaling. I set up the health check integration to monitor CPU usage. W...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Auto Scaling?
The pricing of Auto Scaling is medium range, neither high nor low.
What needs improvement with AWS Auto Scaling?
It is sometimes very critical to deploy on AWS since some servers are already running in the background. There are challenges for employees on how to deploy at a given time. It requires a downtime ...
How does Splunk compare with Azure Monitor?
Splunk handles a high amount of data very well. We use Splunk to capture information and as an aggregator for monitoring information from different sources. Splunk is very good at alerting us if we...
What do you like most about Azure Monitor?
Azure Monitor is a very easy-to-use product in the cloud environment.
What needs improvement with Azure Monitor?
The primary challenge is the documentation. The major challenge that remains is the costing factor for the logs ingestion. The cost skyrockets once you start using it, and there are complaints that...
 

Also Known As

AWS Auto-Scaling
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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
Rackspace, First Gas, Allscripts, ABB Group
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