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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AWS Elastic Beanstalk

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AAWS Elastic Beanstalk is the platform-as-a-service offering provided by Amazon and designed to leverage AWS services such as Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).

    $35

    per month

    Azure App Service

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AThe Microsoft Azure App Service is a PaaS that enables users to build, deploy, and scale web apps and APIs, a fully managed service with built-in infrastructure maintenance, security patching, and scaling. Includes Azure Web Apps, Azure Mobile Apps, Azure API Apps, allowing developers to use popular frameworks including .NET, .NET Core, Java, Node.js, Python, PHP, and Ruby.

    $9.49

    per month

    Pricing
    AWS Elastic BeanstalkAzure App Service
    Editions & Modules
    No Charge
    $0
    Users pay for AWS resources (e.g. EC2, S3 buckets, etc.) used to store and run the application.
    Shared Environment for dev/test
    $9.49
    per month
    Basic Dedicated environment for dev/test
    $54.75
    per month
    Standard Run production workloads
    $73
    per month
    Premium Enhanced performance and scale
    $146
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AWS Elastic BeanstalkAzure App Service
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFree and Shared (preview) plans are ideal for testing applications in a managed Azure environment. Basic, Standard and Premium plans are for production workloads and run on dedicated Virtual Machine instances. Each instance can support multiple applications and domains.
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    Community Pulse
    AWS Elastic BeanstalkAzure App Service
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Chose AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    There are many services like AWS Elastic beanstalk, but there are none with the maturity in the platform or the cost-effectiveness of AWS Elastic Beanstalk. Also, AWS Elastic Beanstalk is the oldest among them, so there are more people with AWS experience than the other …
    Incentivized
    Chose AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    I have used App Engine on Google Cloud Platform and App Service on Microsoft Azure. Both offer similar capabilities to AWS Elastic Beanstalk. App Engine has the nice ability to scale to 0 instances when the application has not been in use for some time. This allows for …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    Chose Azure App Service
    Azure is some what easy to use and we can learn the azure platform easily. And mainly for students they are giving free credits. So by using the credits we can learn or deploy using that credit
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    82%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    AWS Elastic BeanstalkAzure App Service
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of AWS Elastic Beanstalk and Azure App Service
    Feature
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    7.8
    28 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Azure App Service
    6.2
    7 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Ease of building user interfaces8.018 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Scalability7.028 Ratings6.97 Ratings
    Platform management overhead8.027 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability7.022 Ratings6.35 Ratings
    Platform access control8.027 Ratings7.46 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration8.027 Ratings5.86 Ratings
    Development environment creation7.027 Ratings6.27 Ratings
    Development environment replication8.028 Ratings5.96 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification8.027 Ratings6.17 Ratings
    Issue recovery9.025 Ratings4.26 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes8.026 Ratings4.76 Ratings
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    AWS Elastic BeanstalkAzure App Service
    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    Score8.5 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Red Hat OpenShift
    Score9.1 out of 10
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AWS Elastic BeanstalkAzure App Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (28 ratings)
    6.9
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    6.5
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AWS Elastic BeanstalkAzure App Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    I have been using AWS Elastic Beanstalk for more than 5 years, and it has made our life so easy and hassle-free. Here are some scenarios where it excels -
    • I have been using different AWS services like EC2, S3, Cloudfront, Serverless, etc. And Elastic Beanstalk makes our lives easier by tieing each service together and making the deployment a smooth process.
    • N number of integrations with different CI/CD pipelines make this most engineer's favourite service.
    • Scalability & Security comes with the service, which makes it the absolute perfect product for your business.
    Personally, I haven't found any situations where it's not appropriate for the use cases it can be used. The pricing is also very cost-effective.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    You may easily deploy your apps to Azure App Service if they were written in Visual Studio IDE (typically.NET applications). With a few clicks of the mouse, you may already deploy your application to a remote server using the Visual Studio IDE. As a result of the portal's bulk and complexity, I propose Heroku for less-experienced developers.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Getting a project set up using the console or CLI is easy compared to other [computing] platforms.
    • AWS Elastic Beanstalk supports a variety of programming languages so teams can experiment with different frameworks but still use the same compute platform for rapid prototyping.
    • Common application architectures can be referenced as patterns during project [setup].
    • Multiple environments can be deployed for an application giving more flexibility for experimentation.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • Extremely easy to deploy and update from Visual Studio
    • It integrates seamlessly with other Azure PaaS resources
    • It has an in-depth integration with AppInsights, so you can understand errors and their root cause easily.
    • Easy to create and delete, what is not the same case in a IaaS resource
    • It escalates based on CPU workload and some other resource variables.
    • Configuration changes are almost immediate
    • Offers an excellent abstraction from hardware backend of the platform
    • That's updated very often, saving time and the risk of a self-performed update over a IaaS
    • That's really easy to develop for Web Apps
    • It supports Function Apps and Web Apps into the same "cost black box"
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Limited to the frameworks and configurations that AWS supports. There is no native way to use Elastic Beanstalk to deploy a Go application behind Nginx, for example.
    • It's not always clear what's changed on an underlying system when AWS updates an EB stack; the new version is announced, but AWS does not say what specifically changed in the underlying configuration. This can have unintended consequences and result in additional work in order to figure out what changes were made.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • Jumps between resource sizes can get expensive
    • You may wind up putting a lot of eggs in one basket--not necessarily a con but something to keep in mind (most of your data will likely be managed and processed through Microsoft products/services if you fully commit to Azure App Service).
    • Learning new technology. If you're moving from on-premises to Azure App Service (or any cloud solutions), you'll likely have to rethink how things are done to achieve the same end results (and/or resources may become expensive quickly).
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    As our technology grows, it makes more sense to individually provision each server rather than have it done via beanstalk. There are several reasons to do so, which I cannot explain without further diving into the architecture itself, but I can tell you this. With automation, you also loose the flexibility to morph the system for your specific needs. So if you expect that in future you need more customization to your deployment process, then there is a good chance that you might try to do things individually rather than use an automation like beanstalk.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    The overall usability is good enough, as far as the scaling, interactive UI and logging system is concerned, could do a lot better when it comes to the efficiency, in case of complicated node logics and complicated node architectures. It can have better software compatibility and can try to support collaboration with more softwares
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    I have given this rating because Azure App Service performs very well in terms of speed, reliability, and reducing overhead, and improves overall team productivity, with a little scope for improvement in complex testing scenarios and configurations, scalability concerns in a large setup, and similar tracking and audit needs.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    As I described earlier it has been really cost effective and really easy for fellow developers who don't want to waste weeks and weeks into learning and manually deploying stuff which basically takes month to create and go live with the Minimal viable product (MVP). With AWS Beanstalk within a week a developer can go live with the Minimal viable product easily.
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft has always been known for providing a high standard in terms of customer support and Azure App Service (and as a matter of fact the whole Azure Platform) is no exception. Azure App Service never caused us any issues and we only contacted their customer support for questions regarding server locations and pricing. I feel pretty satisfied with how they treat their customers.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
    - Do as many experiments as you can before you commit on using beanstalk or other AWS features. - Keep future state in mind. Think through what comes next, and if that is technically possible to do so. - Always factor in cost in terms of scaling. - We learned a valuable lesson when we wanted to go multi-region, because then we realized many things needs to change in code. So if you plan on using this a lot, factor multiple regions.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    We also use Heroku and it is a great platform for smaller projects and light Node.js services, but we have found that in terms of cost, the Elastic Beanstalk option is more affordable for the projects that we undertake. The fact that it sits inside of the greater AWS Cloud offering also compels us to use it, since integration is simpler. We have also evaluated Microsoft Azure and gave up trying to get an extremely basic implementation up and running after a few days of struggling with its mediocre user interface and constant issues with documentation being outdated. The authentication model is also badly broken and trying to manage resources is a pain. One cannot compare Azure with anything that Amazon has created in the cloud space since Azure really isn't a mature platform and we are always left wanting when we have to interface with it.
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    Microsoft
    When we chose it, we did so because of its integration with Microsoft applications; now we need to integrate with AI, and Azure doesn't offer a good integration. That is the main reason to change it. It is still great to develop Windows- and Microsoft-based applications, but if we need to integrate with AI, Google wins by far.
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • till now we had not Calculated ROI as the project is still evolving and we had to keep on changing the environment implementation
    • it meets our purpose of quick deployment as compared to on-premises deployment
    • till now we look good as we also controlled our expenses which increased suddenly in the middle of deployment activity
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    Microsoft
    • Deployment of ASP.NET apps at the organization has been sped up.
    • An option to offer access to the version control system on a third platform so that we could easily deploy our apps.
    • Because of Azure App Service's scalability capabilities, the costs of running the services are kept to a minimum. As a result, we may save hundreds of dollars each month compared to the expenses of traditional servers by using fewer resources during slack periods.
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