We performed a comparison between IBM MobileFirst and Microsoft Azure App Service based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about OutSystems, Mendix, Salesforce and others in Mobile Development Platforms."With help of this product, we have been able to develop mobile applications without having complete knowledge of each mobile OS's native programming technology. App development, delivery, and code management have been very efficient using this product."
"I like Its capability for developing hybrid applications, with an ability to integrate device-native code as well"
"IBM MobileFirst has one of the most feature-rich admin panels."
"The Logic Apps and Azure functions are very robust."
"Some of the features I found valuable are auto-scaling, SSL integration, cost-effectiveness, and the certificates provided by Microsoft Azure App Service."
"The solution can scale."
"It's a platform as a service, so we don't have to manage the infrastructure to hold the websites."
"Azure data factory is a good tool."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure App Service is autoscaling and resource grouping. Additionally, the integration works well, it is easy to do."
"Overall, all of the features are very good."
"Enroll in some kind of formal training, not from Microsoft, but from a partner, and keep up with the change because the Azure platform changes a lot."
"There are issues with push notifications, especially for Windows mobile apps. JSONStore also crashes abruptly at times."
"I would like to see improved support for native device functions."
"From an IoT use case perspective, we're all good, however, we should have additional plugins."
"Sometimes customer service and support can be challenging."
"The solution is somewhat expensive."
"Sometimes we face problems, but those are technical problems in Microsoft, bugs or something doesn't work as expected, but that's normal."
"When trying to scale up, it has a limitation, specifically an upper limitation. In general, scalability should be improved."
"There is still room for improvement in terms of the maturity of the solution. Everything is available that we need, but the issue is that they are still upgrading. Even though they have Azure applications and automation services, they still need to mature more. There are many things that need to mature and the road map for this is quite long, taking another three to eight years to have a mature solution."
"I would like to see faster adoption and templates that we can use."
"Microsoft Azure App Service could improve by having better integration with on-premise solutions."
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IBM MobileFirst is ranked 13th in Mobile Development Platforms while Microsoft Azure App Service is ranked 4th in Mobile Development Platforms with 38 reviews. IBM MobileFirst is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Azure App Service is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of IBM MobileFirst writes "It provides access management for the enterprise user as well as for the consumer". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure App Service writes "A solution with great server management and helps improve performance". IBM MobileFirst is most compared with IBM MaaS360, Ionic and SAP Mobile Platform, whereas Microsoft Azure App Service is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Oracle Application Express (APEX), ServiceNow, Pega BPM and Temenos Quantum.
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