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Microsoft Azure vs Netlify Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 7, 2026

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

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Azure
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
323
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (1st), PaaS Clouds (1st)
Netlify Platform
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
4.9
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Syed Abid  - PeerSpot reviewer
Snr. Infrastructure Architect (Data Centre) at LogicEra
Versatile integrations and reliable customer satisfaction elevate cloud service experience
For Microsoft Azure improvement, they need to enhance their support system. The first level of support should be improved in terms of quality and response time. They need more technical support at the first level, as there are currently only one or two technical people among five to ten staff members at this level. They should ensure that the first level support is more technical because we normally provide services to technical users ourselves. When an issue arises, it usually escalates to the second or third level. When facing first level support, they may have limited knowledge and only collect screenshots to forward to their seniors. They should ensure that the first level support is aligned with L2 and L3 to better assist us, especially since we mention in the ticket that our issues are related to specific problems and require that sort of support.
KR
Software Developer at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Automated deployments have simplified portfolio updates and have reduced manual pipeline work
For the improvements in Netlify Platform, I think it should focus on better marketing because competitors like Vercel and others are present in the market. While Netlify Platform looks clean, neat, and enhanced, it should do better marketing, as it is actually recommended by ChatGPT for small-sized projects. I believe it should also be suggested for larger projects and promoted more so that Netlify Platform is used by multiple people; it should be the go-to cloud environment. I think the technical side of Netlify Platform can improve, especially in the documentation. They can add more information about new frameworks as they come into the platform or market. They should maintain a troubleshooting page on Netlify Platform docs that comprehensively shows all the steps. Adding more user-friendly animations or navigation would make the platform easier. Moreover, with the documentation, it currently shows all the tabs at one place, and the customer should understand what each use is without having to click into it. They should support more old frameworks as well, to increase the range of utilizations since mostly old frameworks are still in the market, prompting more users to migrate to Netlify Platform.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Azure is very user friendly. I was able to create some database servers really fast. The user interface is intuitive."
"It has made my applications easier to use and has improved the development process."
"The scalability is good."
"We've got multiple tools on Azure, which is a very good feature of Azure. Our Palo Alto firewall and other things are hosted in Azure. We're using Sentinel as well, which is a security tool that is being used by our SOC teams. I've also used AWS, and I find Azure to be more Windows-driven. Although Azure is newer as compared to AWS, it is growing fast. Microsoft is working towards the betterment of Azure."
"The tool's most valuable features are SQL servers and Managed Instance databases."
"It is stable and scalable. It is useful for many applications and services, such as SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and OneDrive."
"Microsoft Azure is a very dynamic cloud service that allows you to migrate your workload, applications, and data."
"The platform as a service for MySQL and PostgreSQL have significantly improved our operational efficiency."
"Netlify Platform has positively impacted my organization and personal projects by making it easy for me to deploy my personal portfolio website without doing all the DevOps and CI/CD pipeline myself."
"Netlify Platform was very feasible and we did not have to pay a very large sum of money to host our services."
"The best thing Netlify Platform has done for me is that it gives me velocity, taking away all the burden and time-consuming processes so I can move fast."
"Netlify Platform has positively impacted my organization because the entire CI/CD pipeline in place becomes very easy to manage using Netlify."
"My main reason for preference over competitors like GitHub Pages and Vercel is its seamless integration with GitHub, where I can deploy directly from my development IDE using CLI commands, making it more efficient without having to manually link things."
 

Cons

"There could be more documentation and video tutorials to incorporate each and every feature. This way one can easily get the knowledge and implement it."
"The solution could be easier to use. However, when comparing it to AWS it is a bit easier."
"The support team is not responding to my emails."
"Virtual networks might be improved by adding more rules for the validation of protocols and peripheral elements in security assurance."
"The solution is less mature than AWS."
"The support, the cost, the way they have the tiers, this could all be improved."
"I have found Microsoft Azure has many components to use and it's very difficult to understand every component."
"The integration pipeline could be a bit more broad in terms of applications."
"I think Netlify Platform can be improved if it has the functionality to have a full back-end as well."
"Netlify Platform could be improved if they hosted their independent services apart from GitHub."
"While it also helps with backend deployment, it is not as scalable as AWS or Azure, and I would love to see and explore more features in the future around it."
"I think the technical side of Netlify Platform can improve, especially in the documentation."
"The pricing of Netlify Platform is acceptable for beginners but can become costly for intermediate users, as it can be high when CPU usage goes beyond a certain amount."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing model is subscription-based and it's not an expensive solution."
"Microsoft Azure is more expensive than other solutions, such as GCP. We have found that GCP offers more utilities at a very reasonable price."
"We pay a monthly licensing fee for the solution, which could be cheaper."
"The price of the solution could be less expensive and the pricing model could be less confusing."
"The cost structure is like most cloud-based services. The solution could be cheaper, it is always better to be cheaper."
"It's a metered environment, and it's pay-as-you-go. That's the big challenge with a metered environment."
"The license is on a monthly basis."
"Keep to PaaS to gain the optimal benefits from an OPEX finance and resource perspective."
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Comparison Review

it_user8586 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Aug 14, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
8%
University
6%
Computer Software Company
30%
Government
21%
University
12%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business140
Midsize Enterprise53
Large Enterprise150
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise4
 

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What needs improvement with Netlify Platform?
Netlify Web Development Cloud does have limitations as it is not suitable for back-end heavy or long-running server applications, and its free tier imposes usage limits on bandwidth, build minutes,...
What is your primary use case for Netlify Platform?
My main use case for Netlify Web Development Cloud is deploying my applications, such as deploying my personal applications so that everyone can access my made application through a link. I use Net...
What advice do you have for others considering Netlify Platform?
My advice for others looking into using Netlify Web Development Cloud is to highly recommend it for beginners and front-end developers wanting to understand modern deployment and CI/CD workflows, t...
 

Also Known As

Windows Azure, Azure, MS Azure
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Sample Customers

BMW, Toyota, easyJet, NBC Sports, HarperCollins, Aviva, TalkTalk Business, Avanade, and Telenor.
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