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Microsoft Azure Container Service vs Spot comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 8, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Azure Container S...
Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Spot
Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (32nd), Server Virtualization Software (14th), Cloud Operations Analytics (3rd), Cloud Analytics (5th), Compute Service (11th), Cloud Cost Management (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Containers as a Service (CaaS) category, the mindshare of Microsoft Azure Container Service is 25.4%, down from 33.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spot is 2.5%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Containers as a Service (CaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

Charles Daou - PeerSpot reviewer
A nice hybrid solution that offers good visualization and an easy setup
It could be faster. The speed is not good in our country. The migration process takes a long time. We don't have fast internet services, and that slows us down. Standard support could be more helpful and responsive. We'd like to have more stable updates. It updates too often. Instead of updating more often, they should update less often and offer very stable updates.
Manpreet_Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Used to manage Kubernetes infrastructure, but it doesn't have support from OCI
Spot Ocean is deployed on the cloud in our organization. I would recommend the solution to other users. You need to have an experience with Kubernetes, or else this product is of no use. It is not difficult to learn to use Spot Ocean. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Visualization is the most important feature."
"The most valuable feature is that you don't have to maintain the infrastructure."
"Microsoft Azure Container Service has a good level of stability."
"It's a great product if you are in a Microsoft environment."
"The product makes things easier since it's self-managed. Therefore, there is less administration workload and operational costs."
"Storage is one of the most beneficial features of cloud providers, specifically Azure because when you are working in their cloud environment, you can easily use a storage interface and a storage object that is provided by Microsoft Azure. In a local environment, you have to be involved in establishing and setting up distributed storage file systems for containers which are very difficult and complex. In a cloud environment, you are not concerned about the storage and the dashboard provides you with storage objects with high availability."
"The most valuable features are that it is simple, and the compression of the data."
"The solution offers both block access and file access, making it a nice solution for customers."
"The solution helps us to manage and scale automatically whenever there is a limit to the increase in the application workflow."
 

Cons

"In the future, I would like to see it generalized and have the ability to better integrate with open-source tools."
"f Microsoft Azure can provide GUI dashboards for end-users and administrators to work separately to manage all the Kubernetes clusters without a need to connect to Azure environments and through CLI it would be better."
"Standard support could be more helpful and responsive."
"I wasn't very impressed with the documentation."
"The customization is an area that needs improvement."
"Since the product is fully managed, it is expensive."
"In terms of the container strategy, they need to make it more compliant with the Linux OS."
"The solution doesn't have support from OCI, and it should start working to onboard OCI."
"There are no particular areas for improvement I can identify."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The costs depend on the resources that you use, and there is a cost-management system to help calculate it."
"The solution's pricing is reasonable."
"Microsoft Azure Container Service has costs but in the container environment, there are no costs because it is open source and we are using Docker as the container engine in the master and worker nodes established in the Azure environment."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
22%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Real Estate/Law Firm
6%
 

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Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Spot Ocean?
The solution helps us to manage and scale automatically whenever there is a limit to the increase in the application workflow.
What needs improvement with Spot Ocean?
There are no particular areas for improvement I can identify.
What is your primary use case for Spot Ocean?
Spot by NetApp is primarily used for backup and also for Fiservware.
 

Also Known As

MS Azure Container Service
Spot Ocean, Spot Elastigroup, Spot Eco
 

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Sample Customers

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