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GeneXus vs Microsoft Azure App Service comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

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
7.1
GeneXus offers high ROI for large companies, excels in banking apps, and is effective for both extensive and limited user systems.
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
7.6
GeneXus customer service is fast, knowledgeable, cooperative, usually responding within 24 hours, and generally rated highly by users.
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.
Regions like Europe, the US, Canada, and India provide very good and immediate support.
While contacting support is not always a pleasant experience, they attended to our needs satisfactorily.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
GeneXus is scalable and adaptable, supporting growth from small projects to large systems with high ratings for ease and efficiency.
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
8.1
GeneXus offers high stability with bi-monthly upgrades, rated 8-10 by users, best suited for simpler front-end applications.
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.
I find Microsoft Azure App Service to be quite stable.
 

Room For Improvement

GeneXus requires better front-end, training, security, integration, collaboration, market awareness, UI, code speed, cost, community, alerts, performance, and language support.
Microsoft Azure App Service needs improvements in deployment, integration, UI/UX, cost transparency, and support for better user experience.
Deploying Logic Apps in a private network environment becomes complicated due to the extensive white testing and configurations needed at the networking layer.
They should improve the learning curve, enhance documentation, and focus on best practices.
The Linux App Service should be more user-friendly, focusing on logging, troubleshooting, and similar features.
 

Setup Cost

GeneXus offers costly multi-plan licenses but justifies the price by replacing multiple developers and including maintenance and upgrades.
Microsoft Azure App Service provides flexible pricing plans, generally cost-effective, though high for advanced tiers; free trials are available.
It is an expensive product, primarily due to the licensing fees.
Pricing is a concern.
If you need to host three, four, or five nodes with high availability, everything is included in the price.
 

Valuable Features

GeneXus offers rapid deployment, seamless tech integration, error detection, multi-language support, automation, and a user-friendly architecture.
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 of Microsoft Azure App Service are its capacity for scalability, security, and basic support functionalities.
We use the CI/CD inside Azure DevOps and Azure DevOps deploys the applications in Microsoft Azure App Service.
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.
 

Categories and Ranking

GeneXus
Ranking in Mobile Development Platforms
9th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Low-Code Development Platforms (17th)
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 (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Mobile Development Platforms category, the mindshare of GeneXus is 3.6%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure App Service is 4.6%, up from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mobile Development Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Microsoft Azure App Service4.6%
GeneXus3.6%
Other91.8%
Mobile Development Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

XavierEspinoza - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers a simplified architecture with outstanding integration capabilities
The integration capabilities of GeneXus are highly valuable for our organization. The metadata obtained within the logic of different systems is also vital. Due to the solution, our company team doesn't have to work with multiple languages and integrations can be made with C Sharp. JavaScript can also be used with GeneXus, the tool takes charge of all the rest and has a simple architecture. The solution can be used out of the box without facing any issues and nothing much needs to be done with frameworks. In our case we need to use Python with GeneXus, we use Ironpython to embed python code in C# .
AntonioNascimento - PeerSpot reviewer
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
Manufacturing Company
14%
Insurance Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise33
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with GeneXus?
GeneXus needs to be more consistent in functionality without any errors. Code generation is highly time-consuming for GeneXus, but in some cases, it saves time as well. Some errors will take too lo...
What is your primary use case for GeneXus?
Our company uses the latest version of GeneXus. The solution is used in our company to develop various enterprise systems, and GeneXus is used as an integrator, which further facilitates low-cost d...
What advice do you have for others considering GeneXus?
The tool's use case depends upon the requirements. The solution is ideal for integrations to modernize systems. GeneXus is also used in a site to develop systems with functional programming for big...
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 do you like most about Microsoft Azure App Service?
One valuable feature of Azure App Service for us is its integration with Azure DevOps, which we heavily rely on in our development process.
 

Also Known As

No data available
Azure App Service, MS Azure App Service
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Canal de Panamá, Gerdau, Coca-Cola, Mercado Libre, DHL, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, TECNISA, Mexican Polak Group, Ferrovalle, Canon, Azteca, KPMG, TURBUS, Santander, BBVA
Real Madrid, Absolut, AccuWeather, Heineken, NBC News, Paramount
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