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808 Ratings
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Based on 808 reviews and ratings
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Feature Set Ratings
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
8.3
Microsoft Azure
83%
Watson IoT Platform
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Microsoft Azure ranks higher in 9/9 features
Microsoft Azure ranks higher in 9/9 features
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
8.6
86%
14 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Dynamic scaling
8.4
84%
14 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Elastic load balancing
8.2
82%
14 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Pre-configured templates
7.7
77%
14 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Monitoring tools
8.0
80%
14 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images
8.2
82%
13 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Operating system support
8.4
84%
14 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Security controls
8.9
89%
14 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Automation
8.2
82%
13 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Watson IoT Platform is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
Microsoft Azure
82%
87 Ratings
8.4
Watson IoT Platform
84%
2 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
Microsoft Azure
100%
15 Ratings
Watson IoT Platform
N/A
0 Ratings
Usability
8.6
Microsoft Azure
86%
28 Ratings
Watson IoT Platform
N/A
0 Ratings
Availability
6.8
Microsoft Azure
68%
4 Ratings
Watson IoT Platform
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating
8.8
Microsoft Azure
88%
47 Ratings
Watson IoT Platform
N/A
0 Ratings
Implementation Rating
8.0
Microsoft Azure
80%
4 Ratings
Watson IoT Platform
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft Azure
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.
IT Specialist
Lamda I-TECHInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees
Watson IoT Platform
For large companies with large-scale manufacturing, electronics management, and infrastructures that require lots of maintenance, IBM Watson IoT is a must-have. It greatly increases performance, decreases downtime, and is an all-around great management dashboard. This is best for infrastructures that have a larger infrastructures of IoT devices in an enterprise/manufacturing setting, otherwise IBM Watson may not bring many benefits to your team.
Code Evangelist
aspace, Inc.Computer Software, 1-10 employees
Pros
Microsoft Azure
- 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.
Senior Solutions Architect
InfostretchInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees
Watson IoT Platform
- The asset information is available in both static and dynamic format (from thermal images, to OEM data, to time series data). The ability to ingest all the information using a single platform has great value.
- Another benefit is a seamless integration with Maximo. This has been a challenge with other 3rd party systems available.
- The experience of IBM Maximo systems updates is positive.
Supervisor, Business Transformation
Plains Midstream CanadaOil & Energy, 1001-5000 employees
Cons
Microsoft Azure
- 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.
Principal Engineer
Booster FuelsTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 51-200 employees
Watson IoT Platform
- Some of the tutorials could use a little more improvement - While there is a considerable amount of documentation, most of the good documentation for Watson IoT we found to be from third-parties.
- Administration and billing tools could use a bit more improvement - The UI is a bit clunky and poorly-designed here.
- Be prepared to work with IBM support to get this going - Their turn-around support for inquiries can be lengthy, and setup time may also be quite lengthy because of this.
Code Evangelist
aspace, Inc.Computer Software, 1-10 employees
Pricing Details
Microsoft Azure
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$29 per month
Microsoft Azure Editions & Modules
Edition
Basic | Free1 |
---|---|
Developer | $291 |
Standard | $1001 |
Professional Direct | $10001 |
- per month
Additional Pricing Details
The free tier lets users have access to a variety of services free for 12 months with limited usage after making an Azure account.Watson IoT Platform
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Watson IoT Platform Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft Azure
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.
Vice President of Delivery
AidmatrixLogistics and Supply Chain, 11-50 employees
Watson IoT Platform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Usability
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure 8.6
Based on 28 answers
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"

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employeesWatson IoT Platform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure 6.8
Based on 4 answers
It has proven to be unreliable in our production environment and services become unavailable without proper notification to system administrators

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Commercial Real Estate Company, 10,001+ employeesWatson IoT Platform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure 8.8
Based on 47 answers
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.

Verified User
Manager in Finance and Accounting
Consumer Goods Company, 10,001+ employeesWatson IoT Platform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure 8.0
Based on 4 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.
Vice President of Delivery
AidmatrixLogistics and Supply Chain, 11-50 employees
Watson IoT Platform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Azure
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.
Software Development Director
Fresh ConsultingInternet, 201-500 employees
Watson IoT Platform
Predix has recently launched their Asset Performance management Unified system. I am keen to see how it stacks up against Watson.
Supervisor, Business Transformation
Plains Midstream CanadaOil & Energy, 1001-5000 employees
Return on Investment
Microsoft Azure
- 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.
Researcher
Instituto de TelecomunicaçõesTelecommunications, 501-1000 employees
Watson IoT Platform
- Positive - This tool greatly increases most company's manufacturing and production efficiency, and the use-cases are extensive. It was a great way of decreasing down-time for us.
- Negative - Took lots of work and energy to get up and running, we had to rely on IBM support and tutorials many times during this process.
- Positive - Quite cheap, most of the tiers of pricing cost very little, and it's possible to use Watson IoT for a few months for free to see if it is beneficial for your company.
Code Evangelist
aspace, Inc.Computer Software, 1-10 employees