Azure Resource Manager vs Google Cloud Identity comparison

Microsoft and Google are both solutions in the Cloud Resource Access Management category. Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.8, while Google is ranked #5 with an average rating of 7.7. Microsoft holds a 16.9% mindshare in CRAM, compared to Google’s 5.0% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Google users who would recommend it.

Azure Resource Manager

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87% willing to recommend

Google Cloud Identity

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91% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Azure Resource Manager and Google Cloud Identity based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Resource Access Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Resource Manager

Ranking in Cloud Resource Access Management

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

5.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Google Cloud Identity

Ranking in Cloud Resource Access Management

5th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) (10th), Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Cloud Resource Access Management category, the mindshare of Azure Resource Manager is 16.9%, down from 45.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Cloud Identity is 5.0%, up from 2.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Resource Access Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Azure Resource Manager	16.9%
Google Cloud Identity	5.0%
Other	78.1%

Cloud Resource Access Management

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MohammedAbdulAleem

Lead Enterprise Architect at Integrated Telecom

Provides unified resource visibility and supports compliance requirements

Azure Resource Manager can be improved in several ways. It should support heterogeneous cloud integration. For example, if I have a cloud management portal from a private cloud provider such as Morpheus from HPE or other private cloud portals, and Azure Resource Manager could integrate with other clouds to give us unified resource utilization or management, that would be really good. Currently, it supports only Microsoft to Microsoft backend and does not support heterogeneous environments; it only supports homogeneous ones. Looking towards the future, I would like to see additional features or improvements in Azure Resource Manager because nowadays companies are going with a multi-cloud model. I am looking for unification of other clouds inside Azure Resource Manager.

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Bhushan Ladkhedkar

Head - Work Transformation at Econz

User lifecycle management becomes streamlined with unified access and context-aware policies

If applications support SAML protocols, integration is always an easy task. However, there are difficulties with form-based applications or LDAP-based applications, particularly traditional applications. We need more flexibility not only with SAML but also with LDAP-based and form-based applications. Context-aware access currently only works with SAML-based applications. If other application integrations could support context-aware access, that would be helpful, as companies are in a transition mode with various traditional, form-based, and LDAP-based applications. Mobile device management could be improved. Through Google Cloud Identity, we can manage Android applications and have control over iOS devices, but container functionality is missing. This is particularly important for BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) scenarios, especially in India where the market is now split equally between iOS and Android users. Improvements in this area and integration capabilities would be beneficial.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"ARM templates make parameterizing and using variables in your DevOps pipeline easy."

"My experience with Azure Resource Manager is fantastic; it provides me with a complete landscape of Azure Stack Hub, including visibility into compute, network, storage, security, and IP consumption, all of which I can visualize."

"The most valuable feature is the vast resources available online."

"Azure Resource Manager's Role-Based Access Control and ARM tagging features are excellent; Azure Stack Hub is very compliant with CSA, Q-Cert, 27107, and 27018, which is fantastic when it comes to data sovereignty and private cloud offering."

"It's user friendly and it's easy to manage reserve incentives ."

"The Azure Resource Manager is complete, where we can manage all the resources."

"Azure Resource Manager is extremely user-friendly and easy to deploy and understand."

"The features for managing the subscriptions and assigning a group of resources to a project team are the most valuable."

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"I have not experienced any serious problem with stability."

"The main control page and the ability to manage all our users from a web-based portal are the most valuable aspects of the solution. That's particularly useful because we're a heterogeneous network."

"One of the most useful features was the single sign-on. You can use it as an identity provider or service provider. And you can use their organization unit feature to enable or disable some of the features for a specific group of users."

"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Identity is its simplicity in deployment."

"The solution is primarily used for single control and single sign which helps with the security and authentication of multiple devices."

"The solution is user-friendly."

"It is a very stable solution. I would rate it a ten out of ten."

"I think the first thing that is great is that it gives you a lot of features, like login, and then vaulted passwords and secure LDAP. It becomes easier for the end customer to leverage all those features without going to a higher SKU of G Suite."

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Cons

"Azure Resource Manager can be improved in several ways. It should support heterogeneous cloud integration."

"Lacks a common line within the user interface for automating or scaling a reserve deployment."

"The latency has room for improvement."

"They can maybe improve the interface."

"They have created multiple roles, but I would rather they simplify the roles they already have. The main goal is to work with efficient data. Their support could also be better."

"Compared to ARM templates, Terraform is often preferred because it is more versatile and user-friendly. With Terraform, you can create a single, generic script that works across multiple cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, GCP, and even Oracle Cloud. This eliminates the need to write separate scripts for each platform."

"Azure Resource Manager can be improved in several ways. It should support heterogeneous cloud integration."

"Unlike Terraform, Azure Resource Manager is hard to maintain and modularize and has room for improvement."

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"The customer service and support team is not so good."

"Google Cloud Identify could make the technology used easier to understand as a layman making it more user-friendly."

"The pricing for this solution is a little bit higher than AWS and others, which is something that should be improved."

"They are going ahead and adding a few more things to the Google Cloud premium edition. Their stock management and remote computer management can be improved."

"Overall, I would give a zero out of 10 for Google's support. There is no easy way to navigate issues without paid consultation, making it quite frustrating."

"The management of external users needs to be introduced in the tool as it is an area of concern in the tool presently."

"We cannot manage the attributes of SSPR."

"Mobile device management could be improved. Through Google Cloud Identity, we can manage Android applications and have control over iOS devices, but container functionality is missing."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is open-source."

"We pay $15,000 to $20,000 a month for the service and it is worth the cost."

"We probably spend about $50,000 a year on licensing."

"The licensing cost depends on the partners and the relationship between the company and the partners."

"The fees are paid monthly and there are no additional costs other than the licensing fees."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."

"I rate the product price a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."

"The product is billed on a monthly basis depending on the number of users."

"When I worked on Cloud Identity, they offered a free or enterprise version. You can synchronize and create up to 100 user identities in the free version. After that, you have to purchase a business or enterprise license. In that model, you'll be charged based on the number of users."

"Licensing fees are on a yearly basis."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

22%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

18%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	5

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	8

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Resource Manager?

About the pricing, it is expensive. Maintaining Azure Stack Hub is not easy because it is expensive, though it depends on customer to customer. If the customer is looking for a secure, compliant cl...

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What needs improvement with Azure Resource Manager?

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What is your primary use case for Azure Resource Manager?

In dealing with something like Site Recovery or Azure Bastion or Azure AI Foundry, we are having a very minimal type of implementation that is only four nodes. Microsoft Azure Resource Manager is b...

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How does Google Cloud Identity compare with Microsoft Intune?

Microsoft Intune offers not only an easy-to-deploy data protection and productivity management solution, but also access to both Microsoft’s user community as well as around-the-clock customer s...

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What do you like most about Google Cloud Identity?

The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Identity is its stability.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Cloud Identity?

It's crucial to monitor costs carefully, as there can be unexpected charges. I have been charged even when there was supposed to be free credit.

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Overview

The Azure Resource Manager (ARM) is the service used to provision resources in your Azure subscription. It was first announced at Build 2014 when the new Azure portal ( portal.azure.com ) was announced and provides a new set of API's that are used to provision resources.

Microsoft

Cloud Identity is an Identity as a Service (IDaaS) and enterprise mobility management (EMM) product. It offers the identity services and endpoint administration that are available in G Suite as a stand-alone product. As an administrator, you can use Cloud Identity to manage your users, apps, and devices from a central location - the Google Admin console.

Google

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ExtraHop Networks, HealthChannels

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