Azure Cloud Services vs. Virtuozzo Application Platform

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.

In case you want a cheaper PaaS that may be available in your country (Brazil, in my case), you may give Jelastic a try. There are some other strong competitors for the PaaS scenario with free versions, but the paid versions are far more expensive.

Incentivized

• 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.

• Easy to use, the interface guides you to create your application.
• Custom SSL certificate. You can upload your own certificates and it will configure them for you.

Incentivized

• Just on Cloud deployment for those new to the platform.
• Multiple data reports creation.
• Migrating a large amount of data.

Incentivized

• SSH is still tricky to use. You have to log in to a gateway and go to an option menu to get logged in. Sometimes it was not available or too slow.
• Some errors are not clear enough. It took some time to understand which files I had to upload to get my custom SSL certificates working.

Incentivized

The price of Jelastic for the paid version (considering SSL) is better.

Incentivized

• Scalability
• Cost savings
• Integration and migration challenges

Incentivized

• It has powered my project since its creation. It's a small project but I did not have any problems until now.

Incentivized