Azure App Service vs Microsoft Silverlight

Likelihood to Recommend

Azure App Service is great if you're starting a new web project and need an infrastructure that is fast, stable, secure, and scalable. The service has a very high up-time, and it supports a variety of languages and technologies (though it really shines with the .NET stack - C#, ASP.NET, Entity Framework, etc.). If you're thinking about porting an existing app over, it may wind up being expensive as far as resources go if the software isn't properly optimized to utilize cloud resources efficiently, so that's something to keep in mind.

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Drew Harrison

Programmer

Wireless SolutionsComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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The Silverlight plug-in means developers can target a single, consistent runtime for browser-based apps, rather than working with the complexity of multiple browsers in different versions. You also get video and multimedia effects that are hard or impossible with pure HTML and JavaScript, though Adobe Systems' Flash has the same advantages.

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Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 201-500 employees

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Pros

Single source for ALL of our apps.
Revision control is easy with the info we embed into the apps.

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Richard Peterson

Global Webmaster

Broan-NuToneConsumer Goods, 1001-5000 employees

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Easy to implement
No need for additional frameworks on client side
Out of browser capabilities

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Mateusz Michałek

Ekspert

Orange PolskaTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

Abstraction of computing resources like Heroku does with dynos.
Azure Portal overall is pretty bloated and that affects managing Azure App Service applications.

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Sometimes crashes
Video recording functionality would be ideal

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Zubair Ahmed

Resident Physician

Ross University School of MedicineMedical Practice, 201-500 employees

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Support Rating

Azure App Service 9.5

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Overall support is great when I joined Azure, first we had number of problems & they have good support on public forms & Azure forms.

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sandeep singh

Magento Lead / Developer

HiddenComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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No score

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Alternatives Considered

After exhaustive testing, we settled on Azure App Service because we felt they offered the best solutions in the price range we willing to pay for. It also was a natural extension of our website hosting package on Azure, and it is nice to be organized in one place.

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Richard Peterson

Global Webmaster

Broan-NuToneConsumer Goods, 1001-5000 employees

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Microsoft Silverlight allows more adaptability and it integrates well with our products across the company. Adobe Flash crashes or doesn't work with our shipping campus.

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Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

Azure App Service has allowed us to quickly deploy high-budget projects very quickly, netting us a healthy profit vs the cost to develop. (We make, on average, about 10x what it costs to get up and running per project thanks to how easy it is to implement a skeleton framework.)
Costs are low to run the services thanks to the scaling functionality that comes with Azure App Service. We can utilize less resources during slow times and save hundreds of dollars per month vs costs of traditional servers.

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Drew Harrison

Programmer

Wireless SolutionsComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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Quick development - low cost
Quick development - quick implementation
Quick development - easy for scrum development

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Mateusz Michałek

Ekspert

Orange PolskaTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No