Azure Cloud Services vs. Render

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
Render
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Render, a platform from the company of the same name in San Francisco, is presented as an easy way for developers to run applications in production.
$7
per month
Pricing
Azure Cloud ServicesRender
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Starter
$7
per month 512 MB & 0.5 CPU
Starter Plus
$15
per month 1 GB & 1 CPU
Standard
$25
per month 2 GB & 1 CPU
Standard Plus
$50
per month 3 GB RAM & 1.5 CPU
Pro
$80
per month 4 GB RAM & 2 CPU
Pro Plus
$175
per month 8 GB RAM & 4 CPU
Pro Max
$225
per month 16 GB RAM & 4 CPU
Pro Ultra
$450
per month 32 GB RAM & 8 CPU
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure Cloud ServicesRender
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsCustom plans available.
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Features
Azure Cloud ServicesRender
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Azure Cloud Services
8.4
4 Ratings
8% above category average
Render
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Ratings
Ease of building user interfaces9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Scalability9.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform management overhead8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow engine capability8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform access control9.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Services-enabled integration7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment creation9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment replication7.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue recovery8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Azure Cloud ServicesRender
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 ServicesRender
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure Cloud ServicesRender
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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Render Services, Inc
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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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Render Services, Inc
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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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Render Services, Inc
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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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Render Services, Inc
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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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Render Services, Inc
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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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Render Services, Inc
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