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    Azure Cloud Services

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AAzure 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…

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    Google Cloud Platform

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AGoogle 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.

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    Azure Cloud ServicesGoogle Cloud Platform
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    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
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    Community Pulse
    Azure Cloud ServicesGoogle Cloud Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    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.
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    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 …
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Azure Cloud ServicesGoogle Cloud Platform
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Azure Cloud Services and Google Cloud Platform
    Feature
    Azure Cloud Services
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Google Cloud Platform
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    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 Azure Cloud Services and Google Cloud Platform
    Feature
    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 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings6.33 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings6.13 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings7.33 Ratings
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    Azure Cloud ServicesGoogle Cloud Platform
    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    Score8.5 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score8.6 out of 10
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9 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
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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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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