Amazon SimpleDB vs. Azure Database

Amazon SimpleDB

Amazon SimpleDB

3 Reviews and Ratings

Azure Database

26 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Amazon SimpleDB	Score 8.0 out of 10	N/A	Amazon SimpleDB is a non-relational data store and service.	$0 per GB allowance
Azure Database	Score 8.0 out of 10	N/A	Available on Microsoft's Azure, Azure Database is a managed cloud-based option for a variety of popular community and open source databases. Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Fully managed, intelligent, and scalable PostgreSQL Azure Database for MySQL - Scalable, open-source MySQL database Azure Database for MariaDB - Enterprise-ready, fully managed community MariaDB Azure's fully managed PostgreSQL database automates maintenance, patching, and updates.…	N/A

Pricing

Amazon SimpleDB

Azure Database

Editions & Modules

Machine Utilization: $0.00 for first 25 hours $0.14 per machine hour over 25 hours
per GB allowance
Structured Data Storage: $0.00 for first GB-month $0.25 per GB-month thereafter
per GB allowance
Free Tier: 25 SimpleDB Machine Hours and 1 GB of Storage for free each month
per GB allowance
Data Transfer: All data transfer in is $0.00 per GB
per GB allowance

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Amazon SimpleDB	Azure Database
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Amazon SimpleDB	Azure Database
Top Pros	Pro New data Pro New servers Pro High availability	No answers on this topic
Top Cons	Minus Offer support Minus Complex projects Minus Data across multiple	No answers on this topic

Features

Amazon SimpleDB

Azure Database

Database-as-a-Service

Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
	Amazon SimpleDB - Ratings	Azure Database 9.8 1 Ratings 12% above category average
Automatic software patching	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Database scalability	00 Ratings	9.01 Ratings
Automated backups	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Database security provisions	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Monitoring and metrics	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Automatic host deployment	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Amazon SimpleDB	Azure Database
Small Businesses	IBM Cloudant Score 8.3 out of 10	SingleStore Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	IBM Cloudant Score 8.3 out of 10	SingleStore Score 9.8 out of 10
Enterprises	IBM Cloudant Score 8.3 out of 10	SingleStore Score 9.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Amazon SimpleDB	Azure Database
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (1 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Amazon SimpleDB	Azure Database
Likelihood to Recommend	Amazon AWS Well suited for: Games, Chat rooms, real time software like corporate events, marathons and so. Anytime and anywhere you could use a NoSQL DB you should think of SimpleDB. As an arduous AWS user, Amazon SimpleDB easily integrates with EC2 and other AWS module; and if you are not an AWS user, you also have a fantastic tool that will solve the problem for which you are focused. Incentivized Miguel Angel Merino Vega Analista de Sistemas Read full review	Microsoft Azure Databases is suitable in situations where users require a cloud space, which holds or takes secure data and makes accessibility easy. More so, Azure Databases supports data migration, which is a professional process of data transfer. The analytical progress from Azure Databases is connected to AI power and has automated reporting. Incentivized SM Sanjoy Malik Senior Database Administrator Read full review
Pros	Amazon AWS Flexibility Easy to learn and use AWS integration Incentivized Miguel Angel Merino Vega Analista de Sistemas Read full review	Microsoft Azure Databases is functional on cloud, giving the users flexibility and accessibility. Azure Databases has a high storage space, and high speed processing power. The tool is AI powered, hence, reputable for intelligent analysis. Incentivized SM Sanjoy Malik Senior Database Administrator Read full review
Cons	Amazon AWS Non AWS environments Strict storage limit (but well we have DynamoDB for storage issues) Incentivized Miguel Angel Merino Vega Analista de Sistemas Read full review	Microsoft Should develop a friendly and more intuitive dashboard and UI wizard Create smart package for fair ratings/prices. Improve on documentation and perfect the support response. Incentivized SM Sanjoy Malik Senior Database Administrator Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Amazon AWS It integrates beautifully with AWS. In some projects we use SimpleDB while we use DynamoDB for others, according to the characteristics of the project. If the infrastructure is AWS, we always think of one of them. Incentivized Miguel Angel Merino Vega Analista de Sistemas Read full review	Microsoft Azure Databases has the data migrating power, which is done with just a press of a button and instant results are attained. Azure Databases has the optimization of performance, which includes an AI, which is intelligent based. Azure Databases has the recent or advanced SQL power, which is easily configurable and allows a safe cloud storage. Incentivized SM Sanjoy Malik Senior Database Administrator Read full review
Return on Investment	Amazon AWS Reduced database administration time Reduced data model analysis time Lower cost of resources in projects in general Incentivized Miguel Angel Merino Vega Analista de Sistemas Read full review	Microsoft Database security is a positive ROI for users. Undisputed cloud space, which control access, and smoothly accessible. Automated backup, which fully declassify or eliminate data loss. Incentivized SM Sanjoy Malik Senior Database Administrator Read full review
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