They find Azure often cheaper and scriptable with PowerShell, but Microsoft support turnaround is often measured in weeks, so they could not put a production application there.
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A score out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews, so a handful of glowing reviews can’t beat a product many people like.
21% Positive13%66% Negative
What customers love, and what they don’tWhat customers noticed
Customer reviews (331)
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They use Azure heavily and like it overall, but let their support contract lapse because it was useless. They also found several products half-baked and a few services very costly.
They worked on Azure a fair bit and say support is terrible compared to AWS, though its web interface is far ahead of AWS.
Common questions about Microsoft Azure
Is Microsoft Azure worth it?
Of the 180 reviews with a clear verdict, 21% are positive, 13% mixed and 66% negative. The praise mentioned most is easy to use. The most common complaint is poor support.
What do people like about Microsoft Azure?
The praise reviewers mention most: easy to use (11 reviews), helpful support (6 reviews) and reliable (6 reviews). For example: They use both Azure and AWS, find them similar on price, and say Azure is much easier to set up and navigate.
What are the most common complaints about Microsoft Azure?
The complaints reviewers mention most: poor support (42 reviews), surprise bill (22 reviews) and outages (21 reviews). For example: They use both AWS and Azure at work and find getting things done in Azure painful, with support worse than AWS.
What does the signal score of 62 mean?
It's how well reviewed Microsoft Azure is, out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews: a service needs plenty of them, compared with the most-reviewed services here, to reach the high 80s and 90s. It's worked out from reviews only, needs at least 5 of them, and updates as new ones come in.
What are the specs of Microsoft Azure?
Category: Cloud platform. Free plan: Yes.
Where do these Microsoft Azure reviews come from?
331 are quotes from Reddit, each linked to the original. Customer reviews are checked for spam before they appear. Every review, written here or quoted, is read as positive, mixed or negative.
