Microsoft Azure vs. Oracle Cloud Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Azure
ScoreĀ 8.6Ā outĀ ofĀ 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
Oracle Cloud Platform
ScoreĀ 8.2Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
N/A
The Oracle Cloud Platform is Oracle's platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering. It is designed to help developers rapidly build and deploy applications or extend Oracle Cloud SaaS apps.N/A
Pricing
Microsoft AzureOracle Cloud Platform
Editions & Modules
Developer
$29
per month
Standard
$100
per month
Professional Direct
$1000
per month
Basic
Free
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft AzureOracle Cloud Platform
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsThe free tier lets users have access to a variety of services free for 12 months with limited usage after making an Azure account.ā€”
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Community Pulse
Microsoft AzureOracle Cloud Platform
Considered Both Products
Microsoft Azure
Chose Microsoft Azure
We actually utilized multiple cloud stacks, depending upon the customer environment and need. Those that heavily used MS products (Office on-prem or 365), Teams, etc, found it a better fit, with easier integration, for their needs.
Chose Microsoft Azure
We have settled with Microsoft Azure considered its effective administration and the ability to data visualization and analysis, together with the top-notch security/stability.
Oracle Cloud Platform
Chose Oracle Cloud Platform
If you already have considerable Oracle licenses, then Oracle Cloud Platform is the best option. If most of your applications and needs are Windows-based, then Microsoft Azure is the best choice. Google GCP is on par with Oracle Cloud Platform in various features, including ā€¦
Chose Oracle Cloud Platform
Amazon and Microsoft has their own benefits in using for any cloud platform solutions. Oracle Cloud Platform will be always best suited and stacks up when the organization is outnumbered with more Oracle application tools and Oracle databases.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Microsoft AzureOracle Cloud Platform
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Azure
8.6
17 Ratings
6% above category average
Oracle Cloud Platform
-
Ratings
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime8.716 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic scaling9.316 Ratings00 Ratings
Elastic load balancing8.816 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-configured templates7.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Monitoring tools8.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images8.415 Ratings00 Ratings
Operating system support9.516 Ratings00 Ratings
Security controls9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Automation8.715 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Azure
-
Ratings
Oracle Cloud Platform
9.2
14 Ratings
12% above category average
Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings7.213 Ratings
Scalability00 Ratings9.814 Ratings
Platform management overhead00 Ratings8.814 Ratings
Workflow engine capability00 Ratings8.813 Ratings
Platform access control00 Ratings9.814 Ratings
Services-enabled integration00 Ratings9.814 Ratings
Development environment creation00 Ratings9.714 Ratings
Development environment replication00 Ratings9.614 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings8.914 Ratings
Issue recovery00 Ratings8.814 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings9.714 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Microsoft AzureOracle Cloud Platform
Small Businesses
Akamai Cloud Computing
Akamai Cloud Computing
ScoreĀ 9.0Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
ScoreĀ 9.0Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
Medium-sized Companies
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
ScoreĀ 9.1Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
IBM Cloud Private
IBM Cloud Private
ScoreĀ 9.5Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
Enterprises
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
ScoreĀ 9.1Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
IBM Cloud Private
IBM Cloud Private
ScoreĀ 9.5Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
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User Ratings
Microsoft AzureOracle Cloud Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(88 ratings)
2.6
(15 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(15 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(27 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
6.8
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(27 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft AzureOracle Cloud Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
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 isnā€™t the solution for companies that donā€™t want to risk having only one platform and infrastructure vendor.
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Oracle
We had been slowly implementing Oracle products to replace several existing systems and so we needed a platform that would work to integrate across all of these solutions. Our company is fairly large and we work with a variety of clients and vendors as well. We needed an easier way for everyone to access information and discuss what data and future integration were most appropriate.
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Pros
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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Oracle
  • Oracle Cloud Platform can provide consistent latency guarantees in multiple geographics.
  • It works well with Oracle Database that is being used as the primary database without the need for custom configuration.
  • Oracle Cloud Platform has reasonable customization options to fine-tune it for workloads that require very low latency for events/transactions.
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Cons
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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Oracle
  • Going with any Oracle Cloud Platform Solution for BI Implementation, I would prefer a strong/powerful Oracle tool to push data in Oracle Cloud Datawarehouse.
  • There are chances of overage charges on using the Oracle Cloud Platform, if you choose to implement any services with non-allocated core CPU. So expect to give some alert before even allowing to implement any service with not allocated core CPU or remove the displaying of non-allocated CPUs for users.
  • It can allow options where Oracle Cloud storage container username password as never expired.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Oracle
No answers on this topic
Usability
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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Oracle
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
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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Oracle
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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 theyā€™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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Oracle
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
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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Oracle
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
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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Oracle
If you already have considerable Oracle licenses, then Oracle Cloud Platform is the best option. If most of your applications and needs are Windows-based, then Microsoft Azure is the best choice. Google GCP is on par with Oracle Cloud Platform in various features, including global reach. Cisco Hybrid Cloud Platform is an excellent choice if you have some interesting network requirements for the application to be deployed.
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Return on Investment
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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Oracle
  • I only used the trial version, but I liked the rich UI experience. It was easy to understand. I liked the fact that there are a lot of apps in the app store. A lot of brands use Oracle which leads to trust. It's also scalable.
  • As a consultant, this is something I can recommend to my customers over Amazon AWS Cloud because it has the built-in security that you don't have to buy separately.
  • Easy to integrate. My clients are looking for a one-stop ecosystem that can be used for everything including HR, Security, Analytics, Dashboards, and user experience. This saves me time as a consultant as well.
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