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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure App Service

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AThe Microsoft Azure App Service is a PaaS that enables users to build, deploy, and scale web apps and APIs, a fully managed service with built-in infrastructure maintenance, security patching, and scaling. Includes Azure Web Apps, Azure Mobile Apps, Azure API Apps, allowing developers to use popular frameworks including .NET, .NET Core, Java, Node.js, Python, PHP, and Ruby.

    $9.49

    per month

    FatCow

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AFatCow is a website hosting service with features such as a free domain name, a blog, site templates, and unlimited mailboxes, offered by Endurance International Group.N/A
    Pricing
    Azure App ServiceFatCow
    Editions & Modules
    Shared Environment for dev/test
    $9.49
    per month
    Basic Dedicated environment for dev/test
    $54.75
    per month
    Standard Run production workloads
    $73
    per month
    Premium Enhanced performance and scale
    $146
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure App ServiceFatCow
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFree and Shared (preview) plans are ideal for testing applications in a managed Azure environment. Basic, Standard and Premium plans are for production workloads and run on dedicated Virtual Machine instances. Each instance can support multiple applications and domains.—
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    Community Pulse
    Azure App ServiceFatCow
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
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    Features
    Azure App ServiceFatCow
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Azure App Service and FatCow
    Feature
    Azure App Service
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    0% above category average
    FatCow
    -
    Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform management overhead4.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform access control10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment creation10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment replication10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue recovery6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes5.14 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Azure App ServiceFatCow
    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    Score6 out of 10
    SiteGround
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score7.3 out of 10
    AccuWebHosting.Com
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Azure App ServiceFatCow
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (8 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Azure App ServiceFatCow
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    You may easily deploy your apps to Azure App Service if they were written in Visual Studio IDE (typically.NET applications). With a few clicks of the mouse, you may already deploy your application to a remote server using the Visual Studio IDE. As a result of the portal's bulk and complexity, I propose Heroku for less-experienced developers.
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    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    I honestly can't speak to whether FatCow would be well suited for large companies. But for independent contractors, bloggers, and entrepreneurs, FatCow is a perfect fit. If you're a novice user, their tools and interface allow you to build a site quickly. For advanced users, the clean interface makes it simple to find what you need. One-click installation of web applications is awesome. I haven't updated my site in a while, but they provide a great platform for those looking to showcase their portfolios and blogs.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • It has options to deploy using CI/CD.
    • It has great integration with Azure Devops
    • It has all the common runtimes, so we don't need to install softwares.
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    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    • Flexibility of how you want to use it (WordPress, HTML coding, Wix, etc)
    • Unlimited storage for all your website needs
    • Reasonable rates as compared to other hosting services
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • the learning curve can be tough (just like other azure services)
    • the UX/UI could be more intuitive (just like other azure services as well)
    • monitoring can be hard to understand
    • Microsoft's learning resources are hard to understand
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    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    • I was very disappointed with my initial renewal. I understood that the price I had paid was an introductory price, but the renewal rate was much higher than I anticipated. They could be more transparent with their renewals.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    I enjoy the fact that Azure App Service can be managed by the Azure portal and a fully graphical user interface, as well as from two different flavors of command-line interface, i.e. Azure CLI and Azure Powershell. By utilizing the Azure Cloud Shell, we are able to switch between Azure Bash (CLI) and Powershell at any given moment and manage the Azure App Service settings from devices of any form-factor (Web based management).
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    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    We had an issue where we deployed too large of a resource and didn't notice until the bill came through. They were very understanding and saw we weren't utilizing the resources so they issued a generous refund in about 4 hours. Very fast, friendly, and understanding support reps from my experience.
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    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Azure has many data center, their services are more reliable. Azure has way more features than both Linode and DigitalOcean. If someone wants a complete reliable service, he/she must go to Azure instead of Linode and DigitalOcean because even though azure charges more, it is worth the money you pay there.
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    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    Before choosing FatCow, I looked into a few services. As this was 9 years ago, the options weren't as diverse as they are now. GoDaddy was the most popular at the time, but the rates were significantly higher for a smaller package, and they had a pretty sexist ad campaign at the time that really turned me off of their services. Since choosing FatCow, I have looked into using WP Engine as I do my website in WordPress, but it wasn't worth it to move it over at the time and I elected to stick with what I had.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Reduced the deployment time of ASP .NET applications in the company.
    • Gave us an alternative to quickly deploy our applications without granting access to the version control system to a third platform.
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    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    • Integration of Google Analytics made it simple to see where traffic comes from.
    • Ease of use frees me up to focus on communicating ideas rather than fighting with software to make it work.
    • Stability makes it perfect to showcase my work.
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