Azure Cloud Services vs. Google Cloud Functions

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Cloud Services
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Azure Cloud Services is a cloud platform that enables users to create infinitely-scalable cloud applications and APIs. It enables users to build the web and cloud applications needed while also simplifying the management of applications with cloud services, and while ensuring high availability. Users can: scale an environment automatically based on demand and reduce costs, automate operating system and application updates to increase security, and take advantage of integrated health monitoring…
$0.02
per hour
Google Cloud Functions
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Google Cloud Functions enables users to run code in the cloud with no servers or containers to manage. Cloud Functions is a scalable, pay-as-you-go functions as a service (FaaS) product to help build and connect event driven services with simple, single purpose code.N/A
Pricing
Azure Cloud ServicesGoogle Cloud Functions
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure Cloud ServicesGoogle Cloud Functions
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Azure Cloud ServicesGoogle Cloud Functions
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Azure Cloud Services
8.3
4 Ratings
7% above category average
Google Cloud Functions
-
Ratings
Ease of building user interfaces9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Scalability10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform management overhead8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow engine capability8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform access control9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Services-enabled integration7.24 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment creation9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment replication7.13 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue recovery8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Azure Cloud Services
-
Ratings
Google Cloud Functions
10.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
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Azure Cloud Services
-
Ratings
Google Cloud Functions
10.0
1 Ratings
36% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Function as a Service (FaaS)
Comparison of Function as a Service (FaaS) features of Product A and Product B
Azure Cloud Services
-
Ratings
Google Cloud Functions
10.0
1 Ratings
14% above category average
Programming Language Diversity00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Runtime API Authoring00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Function/Database Integration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
DevOps Stack Integration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Azure Cloud ServicesGoogle Cloud Functions
Small Businesses
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Score 8.3 out of 10
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Score 8.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 9.2 out of 10
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 9.2 out of 10
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
Azure Cloud ServicesGoogle Cloud Functions
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(5 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure Cloud ServicesGoogle Cloud Functions
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Microsoft Azure Cloud services is a good choice for hosting web applications, based on requirements it can be simple websites or complex web services as well as it provides automating application development and deployment pipeline. It's less appropriate in case of cost-effective option for organizations with tight budget constraints. For very basic static websites, Microsoft Azure's offerings might be seen as overkill.
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Google
It is easy to use, in 15 minutes you just have to follow a few steps, do some easy configurations and you have the project ready to run, once it is connected to the codebase, the execution is automatic. For anyone coming into the google environment, Functions make code execution easy and transparent. CI/CD is perfect
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Effective service management and performance monitoring capability.
  • Reliable security management with excellent access controls.
  • Best orchestration and easy configuration management.
  • Easy on compatibility testing and change management.
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Google
  • integration with oAuth
  • integration with Firebase
  • integration with React Frontend
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Latency and bandwidth as we often see gap here
  • There were many challenges as a developer while migrating our DB from on prem to cloud
  • System downtime is also one issue that can be improved
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Google
  • Needing a zip file is problematic (when wanting to automate deployment for example).
  • Requires another solution to execute automatically (ex. cloud scheduler).
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Usability
Microsoft
As a certificate developer and consultant, I love using Azure, it's interface is developer friendly with well guidance and support. Also there are a lot of service for any work, Azure ecosystem is sufficient to complete your all developments needs. So based on that I feel Azure is good and gives better developer experience.
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Google
Overall Google Cloud Functions is losing a lot of benefits to other GCP services, making it less attractive to users. A simple example would be the need to zip application files and push them to Google Storage which makes it a bit complicated to automate via a CI/CD pipeline. Another "similar" solution would be using Cloud Run although the need for a docker image is there, with the recent evolutions to Cloud Run (ability to downscale to 0) it makes a lot more interesting.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Google
Documentation is provided and clear for this service. Although GCP support is included in the current contract we didn't get to use it since the process is pretty straightforward.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
I feel AWS offers a robust and versatile platform for cloud infrastructure and services. It's scalability, reliability array of tools make it a top choice for businesses of all sizes. AWS has better open source communities such as Linux, Jenkins and GitHub in comparison to Azure service cloud
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Google
It is easier to keep everything in house when we are using GCP or AWS. To mix Lambda with google cloud is not a best practice and will cause problems ahead. The segmentation is clear, if you are using google, you use Google Cloud Functions. if you are on Amazon, you use all AWS tools. You can't mix them. The price is set.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Azure's services and automation capabilities contribute to operational efficiency.
  • Azure's scalability ensures optimal performance during peak demand periods and cost savings during off-peak times
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Google
  • For training purposes, it is free
  • Budgeting makes it cap the use
  • monitoring makes it predictable
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