We performed a comparison between Ionic and Microsoft Azure App Service based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Mobile Development Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Ionic's best feature is that it's not necessary to write your own custom codes as all the hybrid is provided by Angular."
"The solution can support many languages."
"It's very flexible for UI development."
"Being able to have one set of code is valuable. I don't have to recode for different platforms. I don't have to recode for Xcode, Angular, or Android. So, the biggest feature for me is that it's a hybrid system, and I can have one set of code, and then the tool sets that are in there convert my code for Xcode or Play Store. It makes work a lot easier."
"With the Capacitor feature, you have access to the native attributes of your phone such as your camera. This makes work a lot easier."
"The main value of this solution for our business, is that it is a hybrid product that allows us to write code that is compatible with IOS, Android, and web documents."
"The most valuable feature is the one code deployed to all solutions, which means you do not need to have multiple teams."
"Ionic is easy to upgrade and is helpful for design purposes. It also is quite common and easy to use. It is a very reliable application. It's easy to write on and print. The UI is easy to use as well. My organization chose to go with Ionic because we can access both Android and iOS applications."
"The solution can scale."
"It's very easy to use. That's one of the advantages for the business, that you don't need to struggle to configure your website and your app service. Microsoft made sure to make it stable and very easy to configure."
"This solution is easy to deploy."
"It is the best because it's easy to use, and there's a plan for every type of workload."
"It's a platform as a service, so we don't have to manage the infrastructure to hold the websites."
"Debugging using Application Insights is a valuable feature."
"I've used Microsoft Azure App Service quite a lot, and what I like best about it is that it's a serverless HAM, which is a feature that can run a function, a single function, but faster and more frequently without needing any other assistance. This has been what I found most valuable in Microsoft Azure App Service, the serverless option that's very easy to utilize, and you only need a minimal setup to use this and to enjoy the functionalities required, so the solution gives me a lot of comfort whenever I'm using it."
"The solution is very simple to set up."
"Documentation for migrations and compatibility is insufficient."
"It would be good if the mobile version uses something other than JavaScript and HTML."
"They started writing Capacitor to get rid of PhoneGap and Cordova, but they haven't yet got all the libraries and all the functionalities. They want you to start using Capacitor, but they don't have all the libraries there. They're developing them as they go. So, currently, you have to mix and match the three. When it comes to mobile applications, I would only like to use Capacitor. I don't want to jump between Cordova and Capacitor or have both of them. That's the main thing for me, but they have been working on it."
"Ionic is a cross-platform framework, so when we compare Ionic with native Android and iOS, we can see the drawbacks. For example, if you need to work on very high-level aspects of an application such as animation, even if everything else is not putting load on the app, you will still see high load from the server side."
"As a developer, I would say one of the improvements is more plugins."
"Ionic would be improved with dynamic design features."
"There is a lack of a community environment."
"In a future release, we would like to have a little more support for the desktop environment. Currently it is still focused on mobile devices."
"The solution is quite expensive. If you need more features, you need to pay for them."
"The solution needs better integration capabilities on the network side."
"The configuration is slow without understanding the systematic process."
"App Service sometimes becomes very slow to respond, and it can be difficult to find the issue causing this."
"Can be improved by increasing the number of data centres worldwide."
"Microsoft Azure App Service has a lot of complexity because there are a lot of options and functionality. It is simple to become confused, there are many technical elements to learn before you can utilize the solution. If they could make the solution easier to use it would be a benefit."
"The cost management of this solution could be better. We only receive estimations."
"When trying to scale up, it has a limitation, specifically an upper limitation. In general, scalability should be improved."
Ionic is ranked 4th in Mobile Development Platforms with 14 reviews while Microsoft Azure App Service is ranked 5th in Mobile Development Platforms with 38 reviews. Ionic is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure App Service is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Ionic writes "Great user acceptance and reliability, multiple teams not required, with prompt customer service". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure App Service writes "A solution with great server management and helps improve performance". Ionic is most compared with Xamarin Platform, OutSystems, Appium, Mendix and ironSource, whereas Microsoft Azure App Service is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Oracle Application Express (APEX), ServiceNow, Pega BPM and OutSystems. See our Ionic vs. Microsoft Azure App Service report.
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