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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure Cloud Services

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AAzure Cloud Services is a cloud platform that enables users to create infinitely-scalable cloud applications and APIs. It enables users to build the web and cloud applications needed while also simplifying the management of applications with cloud services, and while ensuring high availability. Users can: scale an environment automatically based on demand and reduce costs, automate operating system and application updates to increase security, and take advantage of integrated health monitoring…

    $0.02

    per hour

    DigitalOcean App Platform

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AThe DigitalOcean App Platform enables developers to build, deploy, and scale apps on what they describe as a simple, fully managed PaaS. Users of the former Nanobox, acquired by DigitalOcean in 2019, have been migrated to the App Platform upon Nanobox's end of life in March 2021.

    $5

    per month

    Pricing
    Azure Cloud ServicesDigitalOcean App Platform
    Editions & Modules
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    Basic
    $5
    per month
    Professional
    $12
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure Cloud ServicesDigitalOcean App Platform
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Azure Cloud ServicesDigitalOcean App Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    DigitalOcean
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Azure Cloud ServicesDigitalOcean App Platform
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Azure Cloud Services and DigitalOcean App Platform
    Feature
    Azure Cloud Services
    9.0
    3 Ratings
    12% above category average
    DigitalOcean App Platform
    6.8
    2 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Ease of building user interfaces8.93 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Scalability9.53 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Platform management overhead9.03 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform access control9.53 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration9.53 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Development environment creation9.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Development environment replication9.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification8.53 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Issue recovery8.53 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes9.53 Ratings6.02 Ratings
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    Azure Cloud ServicesDigitalOcean App Platform
    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    Score6 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    Score6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score7.3 out of 10
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Azure Cloud ServicesDigitalOcean App Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure Cloud ServicesDigitalOcean App Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Azure Cloud services is a good choice for hosting web applications, based on requirements it can be simple websites or complex web services as well as it provides automating application development and deployment pipeline. It's less appropriate in case of cost-effective option for organizations with tight budget constraints. For very basic static websites, Microsoft Azure's offerings might be seen as overkill.
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    DigitalOcean
    I would only get into it if I where willing to pay for the support plan and getting some assurances from the team as to where they are headed. The platform itself is great and can save you a ton of hard work and money. but it's hard to be confidant in it's sustainability.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Effective service management and performance monitoring capability.
    • Reliable security management with excellent access controls.
    • Best orchestration and easy configuration management.
    • Easy on compatibility testing and change management.
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    DigitalOcean
    • Hosting of serverless application
    • Hosting of load balancer
    • Hosting of virtual appliances
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Just on Cloud deployment for those new to the platform.
    • Multiple data reports creation.
    • Migrating a large amount of data.
    Incentivized
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    DigitalOcean
    • The company has not been very communicative as of lately. Not much news, no apparent work on missing features.
    • Some components are incomplete as far as some critical features. For example, I use RethinkDB as my database and it's missing critical features like backup and clustering, so It is unusable and they should have made that clear from the get go.
    • The pricing on the support plan is vague. I do have the feeling it is actually well worth the money, but it's hard to form a decisions based without more predictable specific.
    • Seems to me like the platform's future is unclear.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
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    DigitalOcean
    It can help you to host your virtual appliance or serverless application at very low cost. DigitalOcean marketplace also helps you to deploy the serverless app or virtual appliance effortlessly. It is suitable for small scale deployment and the process to setup an account and roll out your app via marketplace is easy and cheap.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Scalability
    • Cost savings
    • Integration and migration challenges
    Incentivized
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    DigitalOcean
    • The platform is saving me a lot of time I would have been wasting on operations instead of development.
    • The platform is saving me a lot of money as I can easily switch between cloud providers to find the best price.
    • I am worried though for the price I might have to pay in case of an unexpected system issue.
    • Hopefully I will be able to pay the support plan before that.
    Incentivized
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