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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Workfront

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Workfront, acquired by Adobe in late 2020, is a web-based project-management tool. It is designed for both IT and marketing teams, but can be implemented for any kind of project. Workfront offers all the features standard to project management platforms, as well as resource allocation, automation, and agile workflow.N/A

    Amazon S3

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AAmazon S3 is a cloud-based object storage service from Amazon Web Services. It's key features are storage management and monitoring, access management and security, data querying, and data transfer.N/A

    Microsoft Azure

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

    $29

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    Pricing
    Adobe WorkfrontAmazon S3Microsoft Azure
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Developer
    $29
    per month
    Standard
    $100
    per month
    Professional Direct
    $1000
    per month
    Basic
    Free
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe WorkfrontAmazon S3Microsoft Azure
    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThe free tier lets users have access to a variety of services free for 12 months with limited usage after making an Azure account.
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe WorkfrontAmazon S3Microsoft Azure
    Considered Multiple Products
    Adobe
    No answer on this topic
    Amazon AWS
    Chose Amazon S3
    Amazon S3 is more cost-effective then what Microsoft Azure offers.
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon S3
    When we were implementation the solution of our issue then we find Azure and Google Cloud Storage platforms but we were unable to find the proper documentation for the platform as compared to S3, So we moved to S3 and discarded the other options. Cost wise there are only some …
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon S3
    We initially looked at CloudBerry but they did not integrate into our NAS hardware out of the box like Amazon S3 did.
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon S3
    S3 provides an on-demand usage model for storage. You only pay for what you use. Nutanix is an on-premises solution and does not allow for usage-based pricing. Azure was less integrated with our current AWS workloads which helped drive our decision to use s3 with the Amazon …
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon S3
    Amazon S3 comes with all other services of AWS, all other services are very quick and secure with S3 storage, which is the best option for any application. Again, compared to other services like Azure or GCP, AWS provides more configuration and functions to host multi nature …
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon S3
    Some obvious ones are Google storage services like Drive, and their whole arsenal of services. Another could be the Office line where SharePoint and other programs can be used synchronously. I have seen other people use Windows Azure for storage needs similar to ours. We chose …
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon S3
    S3 is much cheaper than the alternatives. And it's very easy to set up the billing.
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon S3
    Amazon has had years of development in building their cloud solution. A few other vendors are playing catch up but that's always the case when you have the key to success. The saying goes " if you built it, they will come". :)

    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Azure
    Azure provides an environment that while at time is more pricey, the tight integration with our existing Microsoft-based infrastructure makes it difficult to beat.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Azure
    AWS is competitor and it's leading in cloud space with his wide sprawl of offerings and services. AWS is a ocean once you login you get everything on one console. AWS leads this space with all his offerings and capabilities. But Azure is not behind, it is competing and is …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    125 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    40 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    34 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    91 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    39 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    31 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    122 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    40 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    35 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    56 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    69 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    38 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    34 Answers
    Features
    Adobe WorkfrontAmazon S3Microsoft Azure
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Adobe Workfront and Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Microsoft Azure
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    7.3
    421 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.5421 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management7.3379 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts6.5331 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.0372 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.5377 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration8.0400 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology6.9271 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology7.2279 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management7.3378 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration7.2323 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access5.7312 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking7.7299 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management7.3300 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.1258 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Adobe Workfront and Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Microsoft Azure
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    6.3
    240 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates6.6133 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing6.0115 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting6.7230 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software5.9103 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Adobe Workfront and Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Microsoft Azure
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    -
    Ratings
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    8.6
    11 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    Universal recovery00 Ratings8.410 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings8.310 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings8.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings8.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings8.210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings9.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings8.511 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings8.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard00 Ratings7.610 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings8.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings9.17 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings9.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Adobe Workfront and Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Microsoft Azure
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    -
    Ratings
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    8.5
    11 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    Continuous data protection00 Ratings9.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Replication00 Ratings8.410 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics00 Ratings7.811 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware protection00 Ratings8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities00 Ratings8.511 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Adobe Workfront and Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Microsoft Azure
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    -
    Ratings
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Azure
    8.4
    27 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings00 Ratings8.126 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings00 Ratings8.725 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings00 Ratings8.624 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings00 Ratings8.225 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings00 Ratings8.326 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings00 Ratings8.424 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings00 Ratings8.926 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings00 Ratings8.626 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings00 Ratings8.224 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Adobe WorkfrontAmazon S3Microsoft Azure
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (474 ratings)
    8.7
    (77 ratings)
    8.7
    (96 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.5
    (63 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    Usability
    6.4
    (19 ratings)
    8.6
    (15 ratings)
    8.3
    (36 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (12 ratings)
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    9.0
    (27 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.3
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Adobe WorkfrontAmazon S3Microsoft Azure
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    Since I work remotely from my laptop, when I am finished with work, I enter my hours and submit my time at the end of the week. It's quick, it's easy, and it helps me keep a record of how many hours of vacation and sick time I have used. But when I am on the go, it is a hassle to record my time on my phone because of the lack of responsive design.
    Incentivized
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    Amazon AWS
    Amazon S3 is a great service to safely backup your data where redundancy is guaranteed and the cost is fair. We use Amazon S3 for data that we backup and hope we never need to access but in the case of a catastrophic or even small slip of the finger with the delete command we know our data and our client's data is safely backed up by Amazon S3. Transferring data into Amazon S3 is free but transferring data out has an associated, albeit low, cost per GB. This needs to be kept in mind if you plan on transferring out a lot of data frequently. There may be other cost effective options although Amazon S3 prices are really low per GB. Transferring 150TB would cost approximately $50 per month.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Azure is particularly well suited for enterprise environments with existing Microsoft investments, those that require robust compliance features, and organizations that need hybrid cloud capabilities that bridge on-premises and cloud infrastructure. In my opinion, Azure is less appropriate for cost-sensitive startups or small businesses without dedicated cloud expertise and scenarios requiring edge computing use cases with limited connectivity. Azure offers comprehensive solutions for most business needs but can feel like there is a higher learning curve than other cloud-based providers, depending on the product and use case.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • Fosters communication between team members.
    • Serves as a virtual "to do list" for me personally - I can track where I am with projects and what there is left to do, and when it's completed.
    • Sharing documents between team members that can be updated.
    Incentivized
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    Amazon AWS
    • Fantastic developer API, including AWS command line and library utilities.
    • Strong integration with the AWS ecosystem, especially with regards to access permissions.
    • It's astoundingly stable- you can trust it'll stay online and available for anywhere in the world.
    • Its static website hosting feature is a hidden gem-- it provides perhaps the cheapest, most stable, most high-performing static web hosting available in PaaS.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • Microsoft Azure is highly scalable and flexible. You can quickly scale up or down additional resources and computing power.
    • You have no longer upfront investments for hardware. You only pay for the use of your computing power, storage space, or services.
    • The uptime that can be achieved and guaranteed is very important for our company. This includes the rapid maintenance for security updates that are mostly carried out by Microsoft.
    • The wide range of capabilities of services that are possible in Microsoft Azure. You can practically put or create anything in Microsoft Azure.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • The product itself is very complicated and difficult to be stood up
    • Sharing and proofing workflows require multiple steps and layers
    • It may just be my organization, but the build feels a bit clunky and difficult to navigate, which deters many teams from using the tool effectively
    Incentivized
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    Amazon AWS
    • Web console can be very confusing and challenging to use, especially for new users
    • Bucket policies are very flexible, but the composability of the security rules can be very confusing to get right, often leading to security rules in use on buckets other than what you believe they are
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • The cost of resources is difficult to determine, technical documentation is frequently out of date, and documentation and mapping capabilities are lacking.
    • The documentation needs to be improved, and some advanced configuration options require research and experimentation.
    • Microsoft's licensing scheme is too complex for the average user, and Azure SQL syntax is too different from traditional SQL.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    Workfront is sometimes a bit clunky to use, but overall it works well for our teams when it comes to project management and collaboration across multiple, involved teams. It also has flexibility that allows us to adapt it to diverse use cases, some of which aren't necessarily always the first things that one would think of using workfront for.
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    Amazon AWS
    Due to princing, availability and scalability.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Moving to Azure was and still is an organizational strategy and not simply changing vendors. Our product roadmap revolved around Azure as we are in the business of humanitarian relief and Azure and Microsoft play an important part in quickly and efficiently serving all of the world. Migration and investment in Azure should be considered as an overall strategy of an organization and communicated companywide.
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    Usability
    Adobe
    Workfront is overly complex, but it is functional as a tool to keep track of projects. It is a shame that sometimes it takes a lot of clicks to find anything. Workfront is slowly modernizing its interface but at the same time, hides certain information away thus making the experience feels worse.
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    Amazon AWS
    It is tricky to get it all set up correctly with policies and getting the IAM settings right. There is also a lot of lifecycle config you can do in terms of moving data to cold/glacier storage. It is also not to be confused with being a OneDrive or SharePoint replacement, they each have their own place in our environment, and S3 is used more by the IT team and accessed by our PHP applications. It is not necessarily used by an average everyday user for storing their pictures or documents, etc.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    As Microsoft Azure is [doing a] really good with PaaS. The need of a market is to have [a] combo of PaaS and IaaS. While AWS is making [an] exceptionally well blend of both of them, Azure needs to work more on DevOps and Automation stuff. Apart from that, I would recommend Azure as a great platform for cloud services as scale.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    I have found that Adobe Workfront is a reliable resource, because in the post 6 years of using it, rarely has it been unavailable to our team. I think I could count on one hand the number of times the site has been down over my time using it with my team.
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    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    It has proven to be unreliable in our production environment and services become unavailable without proper notification to system administrators
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    Performance
    Adobe
    I think overall, Adobe Workfront performs well. There have been some times when it doesn't load or run as quickly as our team would like. This is frustrating when it is such a crucial tool that our team utilizes on a daily basis. It can show our workflow when it lags.
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    Amazon AWS
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Adobe
    I know that this particular company has it's own Adobe Workfront employee that builds out things they need from the software, and meets with them regularly to troubleshoot. I'm not part of this process, but it's refreshing to see Adobe provide this level of customer service to people, and they're expedient.
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    Amazon AWS
    AWS has always been quick to resolve any support ticket raised. S3 is no exception. We have only ever used it once to get a clarification regarding the costs involved when data is transferred between S3 and other AWS services or the public internet. We got a response from AWS support team within a day.
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    Microsoft
    We were running Windows Server and Active Directory, so [Microsoft] Azure was a seamless transition. We ran into a few, if any support issues, however, the availability of Microsoft Azure's support team was more than willing and able to guide us through the process. They even proposed solutions to issues we had not even thought of!
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    In-Person Training
    Adobe
    It was from my boss, not a rep from AtTask.
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    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Adobe
    The training is very easy to use and you can simply choose the topics included in the course(s) that are most important to your training needs. After each training course, you are tested on what you have learned. If you need a refresher course, they provide Course Catalogs as well as instructor-led courses & workshops.
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    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    Most people learn as you go, a lot of this stuff requires trial and error throughout so my suggestion is to provide as much information in the upfront and keep it as simple as possible. You can add other tools and features as you go but everyone should have the basics down so no bad habits can start to develop. Be persistent with everyone, and don't be afraid to correct and talk through steps again so everyone is on the same page
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    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    As I have mentioned before the issue with my Oracle Mismatch Version issues that have put a delay on moving one of my platforms will justify my 7 rating.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    Much increased functionality and templating aspects. While I liked JIRA's setup, the Workfront is so much more flexible. The moving away from Jira i was able to show the possibilities of what a full pm software could accommodate and how it all connected in. Also, the pluses of connectivity with the Adobe suite for our creative teams were excellent. From providing updates within other programs, it allowed a much more fluid working process and instant communication.
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    Amazon AWS
    Overall, we found that Amazon S3 provided a lot of backend features Google Cloud Storage (GCS) simply couldn't compare to. GCS was way more expensive and really did not live up to it. In terms of setup, Google Cloud Storage may have Amazon S3 beat, however, as it is more of a pseudo advanced version of Google Drive, that was not a hard feat for it to achieve. Overall, evaluating GCS, in comparison to S3, was an utter disappointment.
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    Microsoft
    As I continue to evaluate the "big three" cloud providers for our clients, I make the following distinctions, though this gap continues to close. AWS is more granular, and inherently powerful in the configuration options compared to [Microsoft] Azure. It is a "developer" platform for cloud. However, Azure PowerShell is helping close this gap. Google Cloud is the leading containerization platform, largely thanks to it building kubernetes from the ground up. Azure containerization is getting better at having the same storage/deployment options.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    As I stated earlier, I didn't have to pay for Workfront myself- I'm a user under a large organization. I know it's not cheap to implement, I don't know how the price scales for a small-business, but I do like the product enough that I'm going to look into it in the future for my own company.
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    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Adobe
    Our organization has thousands of users that use Workfront and it seems to hold up very well. I have not encountered any issues using it and I think it makes it very easy for multiple people to be involved in a project and keep things organized and clear for everyone involved.
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    Amazon AWS
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    Microsoft
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • Increased efficiency in threaded updates to Outlook emails - no time wasted looking for things in email vs Workfront - they automatically are in both places.
    • Time tracking allows us to average out how much time tasks & deliverable types take, allowing better long-term forecasting.
    • Planning has given us a system of record for campaigns, allowing us to easily find historic plans and/or view calendar views of upcoming ones.
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    Amazon AWS
    • It practically eliminated some real heavy storage servers from our premises and reduced maintenance cost.
    • The excellent durability and reliability make sure the return of money you invested in.
    • If the objects which are not active or stale, one needs to remove them. Those objects keep adding cost to each billing cycle. If you are handling a really big infrastructure, sometimes this creates quite a huge bill for preserving un-necessary objects/documents.
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    Microsoft
    • For about 2 years we didn't have to do anything with our production VMs, the system ran without a hitch, which meant our engineers could focus on features rather than infrastructure.
    • DNS management was very easy in Azure, which made it easy to upgrade our cluster with zero downtime.
    • Azure Web UI was easy to work with and navigate, which meant our senior engineers and DevOps team could work with Azure without formal training.
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