Azure Database vs. Vultr

Azure Database

Vultr

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Azure Database	Score 8.9 out of 10	N/A	Available on Microsoft's Azure, Azure Database is a managed cloud-based option for a variety of popular community and open source databases. Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Fully managed, intelligent, and scalable PostgreSQL Azure Database for MySQL - Scalable, open-source MySQL database Azure Database for MariaDB - Enterprise-ready, fully managed community MariaDB Azure's fully managed PostgreSQL database automates maintenance, patching, and updates.…	N/A
Vultr	Score 8.9 out of 10	N/A	Vultr is an independent cloud computing platform on a mission to provide businesses and developers around the world with unrivaled ease of use, price-to-performance, and global reach.	$1 per month

Pricing

Azure Database

Vultr

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Block Storage: $1
per month
Cloud Compute: $2.50
per month
Object Storage: $5
per month
Kubernetes Engine: $10
per month
Load Balancers: $10
per month
Managed Databases: $15
per month
Optimized Cloud Compute: $28
per month
Cloud GPU: $90
per month
Bare Metal: $120
per month

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Azure Database	Vultr
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Pricing is based on specifications chosen in each product category. Bandwidth is also included up to a certain amount per month.

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Community Pulse
	Azure Database	Vultr
Considered Both Products	Azure Database SM Sanjoy Malik Senior Database Administrator Chose Azure Database Azure Databases has the data migrating power, which is done with just a press of a button and instant results are attained. Azure Databases has the optimization of performance, which includes an AI, which is intelligent based. Azure Databases has the recent or advanced SQL … Incentivized Helpful?	Vultr Isaac Gomez CTO Chose Vultr 4Thought Marketing Automation Services Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Vultr Price to performance ratio and ease of managemenated Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Vultr Cost of bandwidth and network quality for us is what mattered. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Vultr Vultr is cheaper than most providers. Only contabo is cheaper, but they have lower uptime. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Vultr Vultr comes in at the lower end of the spectrum in terms of the breadth of the services they provide compared to the larger vendors, but they are consistently demonstrating their commitment to growing their service offering and platform features. We selected Vultr because of … Incentivized Helpful? Stephen Honor Chief Information Officer Chose Vultr Vultr has a greater offering of servers whilst staying reasonably priced compared to some of the larger infrastructure providers. They may not have all the services as some of the other providers but they don't need it when they can do what they do with the services they provide. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Vultr Hetzner has no managed service, and EKS was roughly twice the price. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Vultr On shared services, such as VPS, I have noticed greater confidence of usability and resource availability with Vultr. Incentivized Helpful? David Collins App developer Chose Vultr Vultr is much cheaper than AWS, and also simpler to set up and use Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Vultr We did extensive performance comparisons and testing and Vultr was not only better priced, but much better on the performance and speed. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Vultr AWS and Azure are too complicated and costly for small businesses like ours. Incentivized Helpful? Ben Brown Enterprise Security Solutions Architect Chose Vultr Vultr has better support and competitive pricing. The network is solid and globally deployed. IP reputation is clean, and security is tight. Ease of use and documentation is really good. User experience has been the best I ever experienced. Low stress, reliable … Incentivized Helpful? MT Mark Tenney CEO/Founder Chose Vultr The performance beats upcloud. The only thing I really liked about upcloud better was the backup offerings. They had more flexible backup plans, but I love the every other night plan on Vultr as well. Incentivized Helpful? Trevor Convirs Business Owner Chose Vultr For someone who has a more technical background, there is no competition. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Vultr AWS and Google Cloud are great platforms, but the price is complex and their VMs are rather expensive for what they are. I believe these services may be better for more mission critical servers or taking advantage of being able to use their cloud servers rather than just run a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Vultr Server updates are clear and always noticed on the platform which my last company did not have clear. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Vultr CloudCo was not listed. In comparison, the pricing of the competition is in a place where I wouldn't retain any margin for smaller customers, that's why I use Vultr for those. Vultr's self serve interface and UI is much better and more customizable for the general architect. If … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Vultr Vultr has been a more cost effective solution in some areas. Compared to AWS EC2, Vultr has been a lot more cost effective for our environment. Vultr has the right vCPU, RAM, and storage for our needs. In the object storage space, Vultr has not been the best fit for our … Incentivized Helpful? HB Hector Burciaga CEO Chose Vultr Vultr offers the same services as all the major cloud providers however Vulr offers a clear pricing modeling with no hidden fees. This has been incisive in deciding which provider to go with. I have never encountered any downtime with their services Technically, Vultr has the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Vultr Incredible performance to cost ratio. I absolutely love Vultr for minimizing costs associated with running a one-man operation. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Vultr They are very similar but we are more comfortable with Vultr Incentivized Helpful? BJ Brian Johnson Business Owner Chose Vultr From the perspective of the above, Vultr provides the best balance of cost vs. performance for us. Cloudways stacks a large fee for each VPS you spin up, and this quickly escalates. Linode comes closest (at least when I used it a few years ago) to Vultr, and 3 years ago this … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Vultr Vultr is much easier to get started with, less things to configure, a simpler interface. To deploy and manage a server is much easier. I am sure for a production SaaS app there are features in AWS and Azure that are needed, but for dev/test environment, I prefer Vultr. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Vultr It is reliable, stable and very manageable, but, I think, very expensive too Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Vultr Vultr is a dream to use after coming from AWS - the products are intuitively named, don't require gaining a certification to use, and have better documentation. Vultr's documentation is a little less comprehensive and organized than google cloud's; however, its pricing and … Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Azure Database

Vultr

Database-as-a-Service

Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
	Azure Database 9.8 Ratings 15% above category average	Vultr - Ratings
Automatic software patching	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Database scalability	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Automated backups	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Database security provisions	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Monitoring and metrics	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Automatic host deployment	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
	Azure Database - Ratings	Vultr 8.6 Ratings 4% above category average
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime	00 Ratings	9.50 Ratings
Dynamic scaling	00 Ratings	8.80 Ratings
Elastic load balancing	00 Ratings	9.30 Ratings
Pre-configured templates	00 Ratings	8.90 Ratings
Monitoring tools	00 Ratings	6.30 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images	00 Ratings	8.70 Ratings
Operating system support	00 Ratings	9.20 Ratings
Security controls	00 Ratings	8.40 Ratings
Automation	00 Ratings	8.70 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Azure Database	Vultr
Small Businesses	IBM Cloudant Score 7.4 out of 10	DigitalOcean Droplets Score 9.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	IBM Cloudant Score 7.4 out of 10	SAP on IBM Cloud Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises	IBM Cloudant Score 7.4 out of 10	SAP on IBM Cloud Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Azure Database	Vultr
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	8.9 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	7.3 (0 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.5 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Azure Database	Vultr
Likelihood to Recommend	Azure Databases is suitable in situations where users require a cloud space, which holds or takes secure data and makes accessibility easy. More so, Azure Databases supports data migration, which is a professional process of data transfer. The analytical progress from Azure Databases is connected to AI power and has automated reporting. Incentivized SM Sanjoy Malik Senior Database Administrator Read full review	Vultr is amazing for anyone who needs a server and wants to spend time taking care of it, or for someone who wants in on it. WordPress Minecraft kids can use Votr. The scenario is not as appropriate for the people who do not have as much technical knowledge and capacity and don't want to invest in it, not because of Votr itself, but because VPS is not kids' play. Even though we have a Minecraft server and they're quite easy, there will come a time when, if you put your business infrastructure inside Vultr or any VPS, you need to take care of it. Otherwise, it will have a problem. Incentivized Rodrigo Nask Founder Read full review
Pros	Azure Databases is functional on cloud, giving the users flexibility and accessibility. Azure Databases has a high storage space, and high speed processing power. The tool is AI powered, hence, reputable for intelligent analysis. Incentivized SM Sanjoy Malik Senior Database Administrator Read full review	The uptime is perfect . If there are any downtimes it is well informed and its in non - production hours to ensure that the systems are not hit Accessibility and the dashboard is amazing where you have full control over the VPS system. The flexibility of OS on which to create your VPS is also amazing . Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Should develop a friendly and more intuitive dashboard and UI wizard Create smart package for fair ratings/prices. Improve on documentation and perfect the support response. Incentivized SM Sanjoy Malik Senior Database Administrator Read full review	the ability of increasing a specific configuration without the need of upgrading the whole plan, for example i might need to add more memory but i'm satisfied with my current processors and hard disk capacity (or vise versa) Solving the problems of taking an image to the server if the server capacity (hard disk) is bigger than 1TB (which i'm currently facing a big problem because of that) Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	Just a great product with no bells and whistles, which is the advantage. We spend very little time learning and using Vultr and more time using the systems we have in Vultr to complete our tasks. Not having to worry about the IT overhead is huge and saves a great deal of time Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	easy to use and configure. great bang for the buck. I need an affordable solution to host in the cloud data from systems installed at our client's site with the ability to drill down and change the configuration remotely. Vultr enabled us to do that in an efficient and affordable way. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	Vultr makes it easy to contact technical support. The techs are very competent. In a number of occasions they have bounced the responsibility back to me when they could have saved us all time and heartache by simply implementing the solution directly Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	Vultr implementation seemed based on open-source tools and basic cloud principles - some things were more complicated to do compared with more developed cloud providers, but on the other hand it was more extensible by open-source tools. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Azure Databases has the data migrating power, which is done with just a press of a button and instant results are attained. Azure Databases has the optimization of performance, which includes an AI, which is intelligent based. Azure Databases has the recent or advanced SQL power, which is easily configurable and allows a safe cloud storage. Incentivized SM Sanjoy Malik Senior Database Administrator Read full review	Vultr has better support and competitive pricing. The network is solid and globally deployed. IP reputation is clean, and security is tight. Ease of use and documentation is really good. User experience has been the best I ever experienced. Low stress, reliable hosting I would recommend to anyone. It helped me easily scale and expand my business. Incentivized Ben Brown Enterprise Security Solutions Architect Read full review
Return on Investment	Database security is a positive ROI for users. Undisputed cloud space, which control access, and smoothly accessible. Automated backup, which fully declassify or eliminate data loss. Incentivized SM Sanjoy Malik Senior Database Administrator Read full review	Moving from Cloudways to Vultr (with GridPane) has saved us over $100 per month. Placing servers near customer's clients is invaluable. Customers notice. Wordpress performance on Vultr servers is great. We've had reduced TTFB from Cloudways in the region of 60-80%. BJ Brian Johnson Business Owner Read full review
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