Azure App Service vs. Create Website Builder

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure App Service
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
The 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
Create Website Builder
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Create Website Builder is designed to make creating a website and online shop as simple as possible. Building a website with Create is simplified by selecting a template, dragging and dropping customisations onto a page and publishing content. Create's UK-Based Expert Support Team has helped over 30,000 people take their business online and benefit from the opportunities an online presence has to offer. Create also offers access to a community of small business owners for tips, advice and real…
$9
per website per month
Pricing
Azure App ServiceCreate Website Builder
Editions & Modules
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
Website Builder
$9
per website per month
Shop Builder
$19
per website per month
Shop Builder Pro
$38
per website per month
Shop Builder Advanced
$75
per website per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure App ServiceCreate Website Builder
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$9 per website per month
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.Price may vary dependant on conversion rates. Annual pricing is also available
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Community Pulse
Azure App ServiceCreate Website Builder
Features
Azure App ServiceCreate Website Builder
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Azure App Service
6.5
7 Ratings
18% below category average
Create Website Builder
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Ratings
Ease of building user interfaces7.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Scalability7.27 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform management overhead7.17 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow engine capability6.45 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform access control7.76 Ratings00 Ratings
Services-enabled integration6.36 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment creation6.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment replication6.26 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification6.47 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue recovery4.66 Ratings00 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes5.06 Ratings00 Ratings
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Azure App ServiceCreate Website Builder
Small Businesses
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Score 8.3 out of 10
SiteGround
SiteGround
Score 8.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 9.2 out of 10
WP Engine
WP Engine
Score 7.3 out of 10
Enterprises
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 9.2 out of 10
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AccuWebHosting.Com
Score 9.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
Azure App ServiceCreate Website Builder
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure App ServiceCreate Website Builder
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Create Website Builder
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Pros
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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Create Website Builder
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Cons
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).
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Create Website Builder
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Usability
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.
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Create Website Builder
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Support Rating
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.
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Create Website Builder
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Alternatives Considered
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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Create Website Builder
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Return on Investment
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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Create Website Builder
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ScreenShots

Create Website Builder Screenshots

Screenshot of Select from a range of galleries and collections to display your products and encourage click throughsScreenshot of Professionally designed website templates are available to use rather than build from scratch.Screenshot of Our drag & drop Content Pages make selecting and arranging beautiful design elements easy.Screenshot of Our range of mobile-friendly templates allow your website to display perfectly on any device