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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure App Service

    Score8.1 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

    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AThe Salesforce Platform is designed for building and deploying scalable cloud applications with managed hardware provisioning and app stacks. Lightning Web Components are used by developers to build reusable UI components.

    $25

    Per User Per Month

    SAP Business Technology Platform

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) is the company's Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering, that brings together intelligent enterprise applications with database and data management, analytics, integration and extension capabilities into one platform for both cloud and hybrid environments, including hundreds of pre-built integrations for SAP and third-party applications.N/A
    Pricing
    Azure App ServiceSalesforce Lightning Components & Developer ExperienceSAP Business Technology Platform
    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
    Starter
    $25.00
    Per User Per Month
    Plus
    $100.00
    Per User Per Month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure App ServiceSalesforce Lightning Components & Developer ExperienceSAP Business Technology Platform
    Free Trial
    YesNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo 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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    Azure App ServiceSalesforce Lightning Components & Developer ExperienceSAP Business Technology Platform
    Considered Multiple Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    SAP
    Chose SAP Business Technology Platform
    Ease of integration with SAP Ecosystem
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Business Technology Platform
    SAP Integration is the main reason for SAP API Management. We use Azure Data lake in quite a few instances.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Business Technology Platform
    More tight Integration in the SAP world
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Business Technology Platform
    Its pricing and the ease to deploy and managing the applications.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Business Technology Platform
    I'm not sure of similar products.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    82%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    25 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
    807 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    585 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    803 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    416 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    82%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    608 Answers
    Features
    Azure App ServiceSalesforce Lightning Components & Developer ExperienceSAP Business Technology Platform
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Azure App Service and Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience and SAP Business Technology Platform
    Feature
    Azure App Service
    6.2
    7 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience
    7.2
    30 Ratings
    7% below category average
    SAP Business Technology Platform
    7.6
    818 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Ease of building user interfaces7.27 Ratings7.030 Ratings8.0782 Ratings
    Scalability6.97 Ratings8.028 Ratings8.1780 Ratings
    Platform management overhead7.37 Ratings8.024 Ratings7.4739 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability6.35 Ratings8.027 Ratings7.7655 Ratings
    Platform access control7.46 Ratings7.028 Ratings7.6748 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration5.86 Ratings7.028 Ratings8.0735 Ratings
    Development environment creation6.27 Ratings7.025 Ratings8.0723 Ratings
    Development environment replication5.86 Ratings6.023 Ratings7.7631 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification6.17 Ratings7.026 Ratings7.0714 Ratings
    Issue recovery4.26 Ratings6.025 Ratings6.7633 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes4.66 Ratings8.028 Ratings7.4677 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Azure App ServiceSalesforce Lightning Components & Developer ExperienceSAP Business Technology Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.9
    (11 ratings)
    8.9
    (36 ratings)
    8.4
    (771 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (38 ratings)
    Usability
    6.5
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    7.9
    (751 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.1
    (15 ratings)
    7.3
    (503 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (15 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.8
    (4 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.6
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.6
    (4 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.2
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.3
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.4
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure App ServiceSalesforce Lightning Components & Developer ExperienceSAP Business Technology Platform
    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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    Salesforce
    If you have a large customer base and a large amount of data on each of your customers, it is really strong in creating personalized content that your salespeople can use in their pitch meetings—and then setting up workflows for automated for lifecycle journey creations to automatically go out to customers.
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    If you want to use a well-designed SAP technology to shift into the cloud, you will be more than satisfied with the BTP services overall. There are some improvements for beginners to help them get a better overview of what to do and how to start with their account. My recommendation is to take a foundation training course from the SAP learning hub to prepare for the first steps.
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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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    Salesforce
    • It has a very smooth integration with Salesforce and third-party tools, ensuring easy tracking of policies and assets.
    • It also has impressive security features like used-based permissions and encrypted data.
    • Everything can be managed from a centralized place which saves a lot of time.
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    SAP
    • It is very easy to use.
    • All the documentation around it is geared towards the enterprise use case, unlike some other hyperscalers' platforms.
    • The SAP Business Technology Platform is very good because it's got the SAP customer and their business processes in mind. Probably my favorite thing about it is how easy it is to get up and running with a new use case and how well it natively connects to an SAP solution.
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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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    Salesforce
    • It takes a while before it recognizes bounced emails.
    • We get so many notifications from a single action. Not sure if this can be modified in the settings though.
    • Error messages are sometimes unclear which makes it hard for us to identify the problem.
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    SAP
    • The Automation Integration service has some outdated workflows
    • New services should be available as entitlements as soon as they are released for a particular region without having to buy them from SAP for zero dollars
    • Any subaccount should be able to change the IAS tenant. Currently, if you set it up for a particular IAS, you cannot change to another tenant and are required to recreate the services in a new subaccount.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Seamless integration with external system and dashboard to monitor the data flow and analysis are very essential for the business. The way the product is designed and modelled lead to minimum business disruptions. Adopting to the new and modern technology was easy. Keeping the central system as clean and adopting project bases development are advantages.
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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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    Salesforce
    It's very good, but it's still living in a little bit in an older design aspect, but I think a lot of it is about to come out, just hasn't quite gotten there yet. Still a little clunky from a you have to know it to know it or you know it to use it. It takes a little bit of training to get into it. It's not quite the, anybody can come in and start using it immediately, type feel.
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    SAP
    Okay, so the content that we have built on the platform is limited to specific testing on the iFlows within integration suite. The visualization layer is nice to use and helps with the design elements, however with developers that are more used to markup languages, it doesn't have the same CLI type feel when you want it. Perhaps the majority of users are that deep, but other platforms have a better CLI type developer experience.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Services are generally available
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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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    Salesforce
    I am not an administrator so there may very well be outstanding Support and I am just not privy to it. On a user level it's hard to gauge the effectiveness and responsiveness of Support because nearly everything has to go through an administrator
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    SAP
    The biggest problem we ran into was communication between SAP Business Technology Platform and onsite resources. Unfortunately our SAP Business Technology Platform and Cloud systems are under different customer numbers. I constantly had to open tickets under each customer number because I was unsure of where the issue lied. And having to create a dummy ticket for our ECC systems to open the ECC connections for another ticket under the Cloud customer is a pain.
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Training material in Developers Community or from Learning hub are really good... also most of the time we route through Discovery center... so materials provided by SAP is really good.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Having a full cloud native environment for devlopment of microservices and digitals solutions while having standardized access to our core data on SAP via cloud connector is one of the main benefits of using BTP over others hypervisors. BTP is the standard hyperscaler as soon as something relies on data from SAP systems in our company now
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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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    Salesforce
    We were previously using an older version prior to it becoming Salesforce Lightning Platform so we were well adverse on the advantages of using a CRM, to begin with. It made sense to convert to Salesforce Lightning Platform after we were given a free trial of the platform. Certain reps were chosen to experiment with it and from there a decision was made to move forward. We've been customers ever since.
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    SAP
    SAP Concur allows our staff to book, reimburse and remain spend audit compliant. Our Concur system takes feed from Workday and interacts with Credit card vendor. It also makes posting to Accounting and does clearing. SAP Business Technology Platform helped in establishing connection with all these different tools in real time. It helps in getting paid to the card service provider through our Bank through interface, which is built on SAP Business Technology Platform.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    It's scalable
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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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    Salesforce
    • Better visibility of Accounts and Contacts interactions makes it easier to maintain during employee transitions.
    • Tracking of current jobs and relating them to past jobs is very useful.
    • More efficient use of Sales Reps time.
    • Sales Managers have good visibility into how their people are working.
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    SAP
    • As we are on public cloud, we haven't had many break issues due to being standardized.
    • Project management and expectations working with developers has been overwhelmingly positive and improved.
    • Improved connectivity with us migrating to other SAP products and easier/more mainstream integration methods.
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    Screenshot of SAP Build Process Automation, an SAP BTP service