Microsoft Azure vs Sungard AS Managed Hosting | TrustRadius

What users are saying about

Score 8.4 out of 10

Based on 626 reviews and ratings

Score 3.1 out of 10

Based on 6 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Microsoft Azure

Sungard AS Managed Hosting

Ease of building user interfaces

Scalability

Platform management overhead

Workflow engine capability

Platform access control

Services-enabled integration

Development environment creation

Development environment replication

Issue monitoring and notification

Issue recovery

Upgrades and platform fixes

Pros

Azure Functions is the easiest serverless service to work with in my experience. Easy to ship Node.js functions without bundling dependencies.
Proactive and responsive support. We've worked with most other cloud providers - Amazon, Google, Oracle. Amazon Web Services' customer support is a black hole and their documentation is worthless. Google and Oracle are better, but Azure's support is responsive and their docs are pretty good.
Azure's Web UI is pretty easy to work with

Read full review

Principal Engineer

Booster FuelsTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 51-200 employees

View all 73 answers on this topic

Security - no-one can access your systems, even you!

Read full review

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Internet Company, 11-50 employees

View all 3 answers on this topic

Cons

Could be easier to setup redundancy
Feels as if there are too many options, bells, and whistles you could add.
Microsoft Azure functions does not have a "Configure Services" method. Programming Azure functions has a slightly different programming model than does a "normal" API application. I would prefer that the startup process be identical.

Read full review

Researcher

Instituto de TelecomunicaçõesTelecommunications, 501-1000 employees

View all 73 answers on this topic

I needed support for many modules, where I think I was not satisfied.
The detailing of each module is lacking.
If you form clutter of files, there is no solution for it.

Read full review

Product Manager

ANS Commerce - E-commerce Solutions for IndiaInternet, 11-50 employees

View all 3 answers on this topic

Likelihood to Renew

Microsoft Azure 10.0

Based on 15 answers

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.

Read full review

Vice President of Delivery

AidmatrixLogistics and Supply Chain, 11-50 employees

View all 15 answers on this topic

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Usability

Microsoft Azure 8.8

Based on 22 answers

Such a great platform for a novice or expert to use. There is significant training available to learn how to do complex things with little to know background doing them before. Especially if you live close to a Microsoft training center, they offer many courses for free on site. Even if not, the virtual training they provide is also free and plentiful.

Read full review

Verified User

Manager in Finance and Accounting

Consumer Goods Company, 10,001+ employees

View all 22 answers on this topic

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Reliability and Availability

Microsoft Azure 6.8

Based on 2 answers

It has proven to be unreliable in our production environment and services become unavailable without proper notification to system administrators

Read full review

Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology

Commercial Real Estate Company, 10,001+ employees

View all 2 answers on this topic

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Support Rating

Microsoft Azure 8.3

Based on 26 answers

Microsoft products are well-known for 24x7 global coverage of customer support. They also sometimes come with a multiple support plan, which caters to different business requirements and needs. However, more support will also mean more cost to bare. Other than that, limited options in technical training sometimes make it quite challenging in finding the right talents for managing Microsoft Azure clouds and more dependency in Microsoft technical support.

Read full review

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 1001-5000 employees

View all 26 answers on this topic

Sungard AS Managed Hosting 1.0

Based on 1 answer

Support is completely inflexible in their policies and procedures, turning even the simplest request into a months-long ordeal.

Read full review

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Internet Company, 11-50 employees

View all 1 answers on this topic

Implementation Rating

Microsoft Azure 8.0

Based on 2 answers

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.

Read full review

Vice President of Delivery

AidmatrixLogistics and Supply Chain, 11-50 employees

View all 2 answers on this topic

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Alternatives Considered

With Hybrid Cloud, organizations can integrate onsite servers with Cloud instances.
Machines are grouped into cloud service and respond to the same domain name with various ports
High performance, Low cost
Multiple Storage Services
Native MS SQL Database & No SQL support
Little Cheaper than piers
Offers inbuilt tool like Azure stack to help the organization deliver Azure service from the own data center

Read full review

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Automotive Company, 51-200 employees

View all 73 answers on this topic

I would select Sungard on the basis of technology foundation and functionality. It gave me an ample amount of features which I could use in a better way. The inter-team communication gets a better structure than the other products. I would use it on the basis of the above mentioned points. This has proven to be a good support for my team.

Read full review

Chandrabhan Singh

Assistant General Manager

Airports Authority of IndiaAirlines/Aviation, 10,001+ employees

View all 3 answers on this topic

Return on Investment

It has taken a few years of planning and growth (which continue), but we've been able to successfully budget and plan for ever increased capacity by starting first with some Virtual Machines and factoring in on-prem maintenance vs cloud constant improvements. VM (server, compute, networking) costs even out quickly over time and will show savings very soon.
Because of Azure Application Gateways (which cost very little to set up and maintain), we were able to build a state of the art single-sign-on hub for all of our users and other enterprise platforms (mostly non-Microsoft and non Azure systems), reducing the amount of time to switch among these for workers and increasing overall productivity.
With Azure Active Directory, we do not need to maintain separate identity systems and can more easily integrate our organizations credentials into authorization for access to other systems.

Read full review

Intranet Administrator

KCTCSHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees

View all 73 answers on this topic

Positive - Inter-department report flow was quick.
Positive - Defined process gave us a defined to finish our goals.
Negative - Detailing on each module is less.

Read full review

Product Manager

ANS Commerce - E-commerce Solutions for IndiaInternet, 11-50 employees

View all 3 answers on this topic

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

—

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

—

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

Microsoft Azure

Sungard AS Managed Hosting

Microsoft Azure

Sungard AS Managed Hosting

Microsoft Azure

Sungard AS Managed Hosting

Microsoft Azure

Sungard AS Managed Hosting

Microsoft Azure

Sungard AS Managed Hosting

Microsoft Azure

Sungard AS Managed Hosting

Add comparison