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AWS Auto Scaling vs Azure Monitor comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

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:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
1.0
AWS Auto Scaling optimizes costs and delivers significant ROI, reducing expenses for businesses and proving its financial value.
Sentiment score
6.4
Azure Monitor's ROI is mixed: some value its cost-effectiveness and insights, while others question its expense.
Azure Monitor helps prevent impacts on their system.
Cloud Solution Architect at Cloudzant
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
4.4
Users praise AWS Auto Scaling's customer service for being efficient and helpful, despite occasional slow response times.
Sentiment score
6.1
Azure Monitor's customer service is praised for responsiveness, especially with premium support, but can improve on general knowledge and speed.
AWS support is very good.
AWS Cloud at AeonX Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Users end up getting no resolution from their team because they're outsourced vendors, and they don't have deeper expertise over any of the products they are referring to.
Software Engineer (DevOps/ SRE) at Sensys LLC
However, the second-line support is good.
Snr. Infrastructure Architect (Data Centre) at LogicEra
It was not as straightforward as the normal telemetry endpoints, meaning that you had to be on the VPN and do all of that.
Consultant at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
AWS Auto Scaling offers easy, robust scalability for medium to large enterprises, efficiently handling user increases and traffic spikes.
Sentiment score
7.8
Azure Monitor provides scalable solutions for businesses, supports auto-scaling, integrates with tools, but requires careful cost management.
Scalability is impressive, as it allowed us to go from 1,000 to 10,000 active users within a week during a traffic spike.
AWS Cloud Re-Start Program Specialist at Orange RDC (Congo)
With APM, you can go heavy or you can go light. It just depends on what you want, what your use case is, and how reactive you want to be to system load or resilient to failure.
Consultant at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
Azure Monitor is very scalable; there are no issues with scalability for different kinds of businesses.
Cloud Solution Architect at Cloudzant
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
5.9
AWS Auto Scaling is stable and reliable, though occasional scaling delays and server issues require effective deployment and management.
Sentiment score
8.3
Azure Monitor is highly stable and reliable, though less agile, with high user ratings and potential cost concerns.
Azure Monitor is working fine, yet I face a costing issue as if there are a lot of logs collected in the workspace or in the center, it becomes very costly.
Snr. Infrastructure Architect (Data Centre) at LogicEra
 

Room For Improvement

AWS Auto Scaling requires faster launches, better usability, improved documentation, enhanced security, automation, scalability, cost optimization, and clearer instructions.
Azure Monitor struggles with user-friendliness, integration, complexity, multi-cloud support, proactive monitoring, and requires enhanced usability and cost transparency.
This complexity led me to migrate to CloudFormation, which simplifies the deployment process.
AWS Cloud Re-Start Program Specialist at Orange RDC (Congo)
If you could add more training on how to use it correctly and on the functions that I haven't used before or some people have not really used before, that would help.
DevOps Engineer Intern at HNG Tech
It requires a downtime before deploying the Auto Scaling group.
AWS Cloud at AeonX Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
My perspective is more based on an Application Insights agent running on a service or an app service and sending the telemetry via the agent, and also doing the filtering of telemetry at the agent level so you are not having a ton of telemetry.
Consultant at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
If Azure Monitor can independently add one gigabyte, two gigabytes, or five gigabytes at least to log storage, I can fix the logs without syncing with Log Analytics Workspace and Sentinel.
Snr. Infrastructure Architect (Data Centre) at LogicEra
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.
Software Engineer (DevOps/ SRE) at Sensys LLC
 

Setup Cost

AWS Auto Scaling costs vary; perceived as reasonable or expensive, depending on scaling extent, application needs, and usage.
Azure Monitor offers cost-effective variable pricing, but careful management is essential to avoid high expenses for enterprise users.
The pricing of Auto Scaling is medium range, neither high nor low.
AWS Cloud at AeonX Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
When I export logs into the application, workspace, log analytic workspace, and into Sentinel to read reports, I need to add storage, which increases the cost.
Snr. Infrastructure Architect (Data Centre) at LogicEra
 

Valuable Features

AWS Auto Scaling offers automated scaling, integrates with CloudWatch, supports Kubernetes, and enhances performance through efficient resource management.
Azure Monitor provides comprehensive real-time monitoring, alerting, and analytics, enhancing security and scalability for seamless infrastructure management.
During peak traffic times, the Auto Scaling group can be deployed to ensure that the client works well, and the traffic remains average.
AWS Cloud at AeonX Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
The automation aspect where you can automate it to whatever you want is what I value the most about Auto Scaling.
DevOps Engineer Intern at HNG Tech
Its automatic scaling capabilities are very useful.
AWS Cloud Re-Start Program Specialist at Orange RDC (Congo)
Azure Monitor full stack visibility in managing applications' health helps with APM, infrastructure monitoring, multi-cloud monitoring, security and compliance monitoring, and DevOps and automation monitoring.
Cloud Solution Architect at Cloudzant
I also appreciate the ability to measure feature activity, see what types of devices they are on, follow specific use cases, and measure the amount of traffic going to a particular application.
Consultant at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
The ease of access in Azure is significant because it's native to the platform and easy to integrate.
Software Engineer (DevOps/ SRE) at Sensys LLC
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Auto Scaling
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
15th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Azure Monitor
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
7th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
56
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Monitoring Software (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of AWS Auto Scaling is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Azure Monitor is 2.9%, down from 7.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Azure Monitor2.9%
AWS Auto Scaling0.4%
Other96.7%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

Ishaka Michael Efe - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer Intern at HNG Tech
Automation has simplified traffic management and improved workload efficiency
I'm not really sure what improvements I would want to see in AWS Auto Scaling because I haven't really used it extensively or explored most of it. To the extent that I've used it so far, I think it is very good. I can't really say for certain what should be improved because I haven't really explored it a lot. However, what I've been using it for has been very good. If there could be training for AWS Auto Scaling, that would be fine. If you could add more training on how to use it correctly and on the functions that I haven't used before or some people have not really used before, that would help. If there could be more documentation and training on it, that would be beneficial.
Andy Rabern - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
Telemetry insights have improved how I track user behavior and application performance daily
I feel Azure Monitor does a fair job. I do feel it is not a streaming service in my opinion. There are advantages to having stream messaging and logging on that level. But for what it is, I feel it does well. My perspective is more based on an Application Insights agent running on a service or an app service and sending the telemetry via the agent, and also doing the filtering of telemetry at the agent level so you are not having a ton of telemetry. I believe Azure Monitor does pretty much the same thing. I have also used tools such as New Relic, and New Relic is a much more robust tool, but that is a different product and you are going to pay for that. It is a different offering altogether. The subscription that we had at the time allowed for a couple gigabytes of telemetry during the month, and I believe that telemetry only lives for about two months. You have to experiment with it to see how much you want to pay. I was not really involved in the pricing. It was more along the lines of we were running up against our limits in terms of the amount of free telemetry or telemetry that we get with our subscription, and so we either needed to scale back or turn specific telemetry types off or do some more sampling. It is nice that those capabilities are there so that you can reduce the amount of telemetry. I cannot really speak to pricing but I do believe that it is somewhat reasonable for Azure Monitor. New Relic is pretty expensive, I believe.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Educational Organization
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise29
 

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?
I'm not sure about the pricing aspect of AWS Auto Scaling or the cost of it.
What needs improvement with AWS Auto Scaling?
I'm not really sure what improvements I would want to see in AWS Auto Scaling because I haven't really used it extensively or explored most of it. To the extent that I've used it so far, I think it...
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 needs improvement with Azure Monitor?
I feel Azure Monitor does a fair job. I do feel it is not a streaming service in my opinion. There are advantages to having stream messaging and logging on that level. But for what it is, I feel it...
What is your primary use case for Azure Monitor?
I am a developer who uses Azure Monitor for telemetry of the applications that I work on. Application Insights is one of those tools, and I have also used other non-Azure products before. Currently...
 

Also Known As

AWS Auto-Scaling
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

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