Azure Stack vs Google Anthos comparison

Microsoft and Google are both solutions in the Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms category. Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.8, while Google is ranked #13. Microsoft holds a 24.3% mindshare in HCCP, compared to Google’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of Google users who would recommend it.

Azure Stack

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92% willing to recommend

Google Anthos

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50% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Stack

Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) (2nd)

Google Anthos

Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms

13th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms category, the mindshare of Azure Stack is 24.3%, down from 29.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Anthos is 2.5%, down from 5.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Azure Stack	24.3%
Google Anthos	2.5%
Other	73.2%

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JitenderSingh

Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

User activities are effectively tracked and managed under one roof

My primary use case for this solution is for cybersecurity and device management I find Cloud App Security and activity alerts particularly valuable. They allow me to track all user activities. Everything is stored under one roof, so there is no need for different licenses for different…

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AlbertoPascoe

Independent consultant at Freelance

Quick time to market; great return on investment

Now everything is always changing and getting more performance and getting better and I think that, this is my sense of the answer, I mean, everything is working well, comparing with other products. I don't remember any kind of set down of course or something like that I can mention. That's my understanding, yeah. The Google Anthos business model could improve. As I understand, Google Anthos is not an internal part of the ecosystem. In fact, the Google sales effort and technical team are separated. In other words, the DCP was not voluntarily talking to the GCP. For example, if you need to talk to someone inside GCP about the connection or the integration with Anthos, the person who can help you is not in GCP. You would need to speak with someone inside Google. From the client perspective, this is not good. Overall, the management of the solution could be improved. The initial Google Anthos setup could be improved.

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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

"You can scale the solution if you need to."

"Azure offers a wide range of services, catering to various needs."

"It is helpful from a security point of view because we can create our own isolated, private environments that contain virtual networks, and we can put security rules in place."

"The most valuable feature is the OCR, which I use for reading PDFs."

"The user interface is nice and very simple to use."

"The most valuable feature of Azure Stack is its ability to store and process large amounts of data."

"The initial setup is very, very simple."

"I appreciate that all the tools are available natively within Azure. It's all set up nicely. It's all minor."

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"The Google Anthos feature I find the most valuable is the easy of use. In Google Anthos, you don't need to move along too many screens and so on. The interface is really helpful and understanding of the tool comes easily."

Cons

"There are limits to the bandwidth and sizing of the images."

"I would like to see the AI side come to one hundred percent in the near future."

"The precision of anonymous activity tracking should be improved, particularly in identifying the correct location because IP information is sometimes inaccurate."

"Overall support needs improvement because they are not agile across services."

"Our only issue with Azure Stack so far is that the networking is very closed. You need to have the extended LAN to connect the internal LAN to the Azure Stack. Any connection we have needs site-to-site VPN connectivity instead of an internal connection, so Azure Stack has room for improvement in the networking area."

"We face some challenges with database rebuilding."

"It would be better to have more services and functionality when it comes to database software and computing."

"The challenge in Azure Stack begins at an individual level when you try to monitor every service from Azure Stack that gets consumed."

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"The initial Google Anthos setup is not easy. Nothing is truly easy in the Google Anthos world."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"IaaS’s pricing is high."

"Azure Stack is expensive."

"Azure is reasonably priced compared to Google Cloud, AWS, or some other cloud giants."

"The premium version is too costly."

"Azure Stack's price falls on the higher side of the spectrum. The licensing costs for Azure Stack in our region range somewhere between 40,000 to 50,000 USD."

"The cost of Azure Stack is much cheaper than VCE."

"The people who manage the budgets are satisfied with the solution’s medium pricing, which is neither very expensive nor very cheap."

"We are satisfied with the pricing."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

Financial Services Firm

21%

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	32
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	25

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Questions from the Community

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Maintenance is included as part of the overall cost.

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Anthos lets you build and manage modern hybrid applications on existing on-premises investments or in the public cloud. Built on open source technologies pioneered by Google - including Kubernetes, Istio, and Knative - Anthos enables consistency between on-premises and cloud environments. Anthos helps accelerate application development and strategically enable your business with transformational technologies like service mesh, containers, and microservices.

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