Item: Azure App Service
Rating: 3
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Azure App Service

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We discontinued the use of the Azure App. Microsoft is behind in its AI integration. Google took the spot with the new Gemini integration, and we replaced Azure with the Google suite. So, no, I wouldn't recommend it for anyone anymore. There are better solutions for app deployment around, and Microsoft is dropping the ball.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Windows app development.
Windows app integration.
Windows machines integration.

Cons

AI integration.
AI development.
AI tools.

Return on Investment

It was great to build apps for Microsoft based applications and connect them.
It was terrible, in my opinion, to create something that requires third party integration.
Not good at all to use AI, in my opinion.

Usability

To change from one tech stack to another is very hard. Converting from the .NET environment to an agnostic environment without AI takes a long time, and if we want to use AI to make the conversion, it's better to use external solutions like Claude. Copilot can't handle the conversion, generating tons of errors and hallucinations.

Alternatives Considered

Google App Engine, AWS Lambda and Google Cloud Run

When we chose it, we did so because of its integration with Microsoft applications; now we need to integrate with AI, and Azure doesn't offer a good integration. That is the main reason to change it. It is still great to develop Windows- and Microsoft-based applications, but if we need to integrate with AI, Google wins by far.

Key Insights

Do you think Azure App Service delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Azure App Service's feature set?

Did Azure App Service live up to sales and marketing promises?

Did implementation of Azure App Service go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Azure App Service again?

Other Software Used

Google App Engine, Google Cloud AI, Google Gemini

Likelihood to Recommend

Microsoft AI is one of the worst in the market, in my experience. I don't know if they are using an old GPT build, but it is better to use other tools to develop an app than to use Azure. Sure, you have the integration with Azure, but that's it. If you are using AZWS or Google Cloud, it is just not worth it.

Azure App Service Feature Ratings

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Losing Market share fast.