Azure Cloud Services vs. Google Cloud Platform

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 Platform
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Google Cloud Platform is a suite of cloud computing services used to build apps or take advantage of cloud infrastructural services, achieve legacy infrastructure modernization, or manage enterprise data and analytic needs.
$0
(25+ apps are currently available at no cost)
Pricing
Azure Cloud ServicesGoogle Cloud Platform
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure Cloud ServicesGoogle Cloud Platform
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Azure Cloud ServicesGoogle Cloud Platform
Considered Both Products
Azure Cloud Services
Chose Azure Cloud Services
Azure Cloud Services are easy to set up, the learning curve is very fast and developer-friendly. For this reason, our organization decided to go for it initially, and then we also have Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services as part of our multi-cloud adoption.
Chose Azure Cloud Services
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 …
Google Cloud Platform

No answer on this topic

Features
Azure Cloud ServicesGoogle Cloud Platform
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 Platform
-
Ratings
Ease of building user interfaces9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Scalability10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform management overhead8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow engine capability8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform access control9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Services-enabled integration7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment creation9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment replication7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue recovery8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
Azure Cloud Services
-
Ratings
Google Cloud Platform
7.7
4 Ratings
7% below category average
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings8.13 Ratings
Dynamic scaling00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
Elastic load balancing00 Ratings7.53 Ratings
Pre-configured templates00 Ratings6.43 Ratings
Monitoring tools00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings6.33 Ratings
Operating system support00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Security controls00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Automation00 Ratings7.43 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Azure Cloud ServicesGoogle Cloud Platform
Small Businesses
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Score 8.3 out of 10
DigitalOcean Droplets
DigitalOcean Droplets
Score 9.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
IBM Cloud Private
IBM Cloud Private
Score 9.6 out of 10
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Cloud Private
IBM Cloud Private
Score 9.6 out of 10
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Azure Cloud ServicesGoogle Cloud Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(6 ratings)
8.7
(4 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure Cloud ServicesGoogle Cloud Platform
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
When most of our stuff is in Google Cloud Platform, it works great to integrate and cross/share data that is all in Google Cloud Platform or BigQuery. It has simplified things from a permissions perspective as well. I'd say it is less appropriate when trying to test something quickly locally, or when half your stuff is in AWS or another provider.
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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
  • Easy to set up
  • Affordable use of the tool
  • Easy to access billing
  • Reliable service
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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
  • The UI is so confusing. The console is good, but it is like a maze. There are too many menus and settings, and things do not work as expected. It takes time to get friendly, and it is not friendly for new users.
  • Support experience: Sometimes, you get a great engineer, but other times, it's very difficult to talk with them as they are unable to respond as expected and solve issues late.
  • Region and zone are issues, as not all services are available in all regions, which is lacking when deploying something in the same region or zone.
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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
The Google Cloud Platform console is pretty slick for BigQuery especially. I have liked the visibility I get from using that and the way to integrate and see what's in our data lake. The logging console for tracking GKE jobs isn't quite as great, which is why it doesn't get a full 10.
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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
Google Cloud Platform is release later than Amazon web service, I think that why Google Cloud Platform can learned and optimized the Dashboard and some features that make it easy to use and can be cheaper than amazon web service.
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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
  • It allows us to focus our efforts on other, more important items at hand
  • It gives us an affordable option letting me know it's available to all users, not just the largest scale ones out there
  • The customer service is always helpful and reliable, along with the service itself which lets me focus on my work instead of worrying about the service.
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ScreenShots

Google Cloud Platform Screenshots

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