Bitrix24 vs. Microsoft Azure

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bitrix24
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
Bitrix24 is a local-hosted or cloud-based social intranet and project management platform that also contains core HR (HRMS) and CRM features. Bitrix24 also provides time management services and employee self-service.
$49
per month 5 Users
Microsoft Azure
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.
$29
per month
Pricing
Bitrix24Microsoft Azure
Editions & Modules
BASIC
$49.00
per month 5 Users
STANDARD
$99.00
per month 50 Users
PROFESSIONAL
$199.00
per month 100 Users
Enterprise
$399.00
per month 250 Users
Enterprise 250
$399.00
per month 250 Users
Enterprise 500
$639.00
per month 500 Users
Enterprise 1000
$799.00
per month 1000 Users
Developer
$29
per month
Standard
$100
per month
Professional Direct
$1000
per month
Basic
Free
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Bitrix24Microsoft Azure
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPrice per month when paying for 1 year.The free tier lets users have access to a variety of services free for 12 months with limited usage after making an Azure account.
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Features
Bitrix24Microsoft Azure
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Bitrix24
8.2
22 Ratings
5% above category average
Microsoft Azure
-
Ratings
Task Management7.522 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts8.017 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling9.619 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.619 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access8.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Search8.019 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual planning tools8.720 Ratings00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Bitrix24
8.5
22 Ratings
7% above category average
Microsoft Azure
-
Ratings
Chat9.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications8.922 Ratings00 Ratings
Discussions8.121 Ratings00 Ratings
Surveys8.715 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase8.319 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting8.38 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Bitrix24
7.7
23 Ratings
3% below category average
Microsoft Azure
-
Ratings
Versioning7.719 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files6.916 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files7.215 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration7.323 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control9.221 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced security features8.419 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive7.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync8.019 Ratings00 Ratings
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
Bitrix24
-
Ratings
Microsoft Azure
8.4
18 Ratings
3% above category average
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings8.717 Ratings
Dynamic scaling00 Ratings8.417 Ratings
Elastic load balancing00 Ratings9.016 Ratings
Pre-configured templates00 Ratings6.216 Ratings
Monitoring tools00 Ratings8.317 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings8.115 Ratings
Operating system support00 Ratings10.017 Ratings
Security controls00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
Automation00 Ratings8.215 Ratings
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User Ratings
Bitrix24Microsoft Azure
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(23 ratings)
9.2
(87 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(15 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(10 ratings)
10.0
(27 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
6.8
(2 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.4
(9 ratings)
8.8
(26 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Bitrix24Microsoft Azure
Likelihood to Recommend
Bitrix24
Bitrix24 is highly beneficial for teams that are geographically dispersed or working remotely. Its real-time communication tools, including instant messaging and video conferencing, enable seamless collaboration regardless of physical location. The centralized document management feature ensures that team members can easily access and collaborate on shared documents from anywhere, facilitating efficient teamwork in a remote or distributed environment.
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Microsoft
In terms of cloud computing, Microsoft Azure is the only comprehensive result the company offers. Regardless of how big or small an organization is, it can make use of this system. As a cyber-security professional, this is your best option for data management. A business that wants to minimize capital expenditures can use Microsoft Azure. Many Microsoft services accept it. People with little or no knowledge of cloud computing may find it impossible. It isn’t the solution for companies that don’t want to risk having only one platform and infrastructure vendor.
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Pros
Bitrix24
  • Huge opportunities for customization, integration with other services. Easy search for solutions to setup questions.
  • The ability to write letters directly from the system with the help of a binding for working mail.
  • The presence of an application for Android. This helps to get access anywhere.
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Microsoft
  • Azure simply provides end to end life cycle. Starting from the development to automated deployment, you will find [a] bunch of options. Custom hook-points allow [integration] on-premise resources as well.
  • Excellent documentation around all the services make it really easy for any novice. Overall support by [the] community and Azure Technical team is exceptional.
  • BOT Services, Computer Vision services, ML frameworks provide excellent results as compare to similar services provided by other giants in the same space.
  • Azure data services provide excellent support to ingest data from different sources, ETL, and consumption of data for BI purpose.
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Cons
Bitrix24
  • It's user interface can use some work. Although it doesn't take as long as some other software to learn, there is still a bit of a learning curve when it comes to day to day usage.
  • Bitrix offers a lot of features. It would be nice to have those features laid out in an easier-to-read layout, versus the long list at the side of the page.
  • It's mobile app functionality is quite limited. It can be difficult to work with other team members, solely off of their mobile app.
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Microsoft
  • In our experience, Azure Kubernetes Survice was difficult to set up, which is why we used Kubernetes on top of VMs.
  • Azure REST API is a bit difficult to use, which made it difficult for us to automate our interactions with Azure.
  • Azure's Web UI does a good job of showing metrics on individual VMs, but it would be great if there was a way to show certain metrics from multiple VMs on one dashboard. For example, hard drive usage on our database VMs.
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Likelihood to Renew
Bitrix24
It has become the central nervous system of the business and has constantly proven to be of value. We are not just renewing but might even upgrade to advanced Bitrix24 plans and will be adding more user licenses in the next 3 months. Bitrix24 has a sharper learning curve initially. However once it is surpassed, it opens doors to a range of creative deployment strategies
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Microsoft
Moving to Azure was and still is an organizational strategy and not simply changing vendors. Our product roadmap revolved around Azure as we are in the business of humanitarian relief and Azure and Microsoft play an important part in quickly and efficiently serving all of the world. Migration and investment in Azure should be considered as an overall strategy of an organization and communicated companywide.
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Usability
Bitrix24
It is a time-saving CRM that will help save time by using one application for all your business needs. Our brain sees colors, images, drawings, it is very visual, and so is Bitrix24. You can plan visually and easily see how everything is progressing. It has tasks, projects management, chat and video, CRM (as you know), visual staff structure, calendar, shared drive, mobile app. You can't ask for anything better out on the market for what you get with their free version and also their step-up plan is $20/month, all the way up to $200, they have a plan for your business. Get your free account and try it out for a few weeks.
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Microsoft
Microsoft Azure's overall usability has been better than expected. Often times vendors promise the world, only to leave you with a run-down town. Not the case with our experience. From an implementation perspective, all went perfect, and from the user-facing experience we have had no technical issues, just some learning curve issues that are more about "why" than "how"
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Reliability and Availability
Bitrix24
I can't recall any instance of unplanned outages over the past 1 year of use. Likewise for application errors. However note that, advanced users will have a learning curve
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Microsoft
It has proven to be unreliable in our production environment and services become unavailable without proper notification to system administrators
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Performance
Bitrix24
Technical performance is 10/10 so far. Cannot comment about integrations since we currently haven't tested those
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Bitrix24
The absolute worst! Your only contact method is via the paid version and via a chat window. They will take days to answer and when they finally do answer, they will provide nothing but a half baked canned help file.
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Microsoft
Support is easy with all the knowledge base articles available for free on the web. Plus, if you have a preferred status you can leverage their concierge support to get rapid response. Sometimes they’ll bounce you around a lot to get you to the right person, but they are quite responsive (especially when you are paying for the service). Many of the older Microsoft skills are also transferable from old-school on-prem to Azure-based virtual interfaces.
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Online Training
Bitrix24
Overall the training was very comprehensive. The trainer did provider necessary additional reading materials as well. However the general approach at Bitrix24 is to divert users to self-help documentation and videos. It is recommended that atleast 1-2 personnel in the organization be "Bitrix24 experts" so that lower phases of training requirements are covered internally itself. Also the best part about Bitrix24 is that not all users need to go very deep while using it. We have multiple counsellors who started using it on day 2 without any major hiccups
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Bitrix24
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
As I have mentioned before the issue with my Oracle Mismatch Version issues that have put a delay on moving one of my platforms will justify my 7 rating.
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Alternatives Considered
Bitrix24
In fact, I use both, but in different ways, monday to control the internal agenda, Bitrix for all other parts within the company, such as task control, chat with employees and with calendar also for control in two systems. Bitrix is ​​more complete and has many more features, but its purpose is also different from monday.
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Microsoft
As I continue to evaluate the "big three" cloud providers for our clients, I make the following distinctions, though this gap continues to close. AWS is more granular, and inherently powerful in the configuration options compared to [Microsoft] Azure. It is a "developer" platform for cloud. However, Azure PowerShell is helping close this gap. Google Cloud is the leading containerization platform, largely thanks to it building kubernetes from the ground up. Azure containerization is getting better at having the same storage/deployment options.
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Scalability
Bitrix24
The scalability and reliability is almost 9.5/10 to be honest. We istarted with Bitrix24 for just 2 functions and now have expanded its usage to 2 more. In terms of users, every full-time employee (FTE) now uses Bitrix24 without fail. We are also working on giving limited/partial access to external service providers
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Bitrix24
  • It definitely has a positive impact as it helps with collaboration and improves data health.
  • Overall it reduces time and speeds up the processes and helps achieve more in the less time.
  • It has helped target the right customers and the success ration or the success rate has gone up when we have sent out marketing campaigns.
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Microsoft
  • Brings down Capex to customers.
  • Some of the built-in security features of DDoS Basic protection that comes with VNET on Azure or even WAF on AGW brings huge advantages to customers.
  • Hybrid benefits for those who have software assurance can save even more costs by moving to Azure.
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ScreenShots

Bitrix24 Screenshots

Screenshot of Bitrix24 Video Call.Screenshot of Bitrix24 Unlimited CRM.Screenshot of Bitrix24 Tasks.Screenshot of