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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Azure

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

    $29

    per month

    WSO2 Choreo

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ASince WSO2's June 2021 acquisition of Platformer, the company now offers and supports Choreo, the former Platform IPaaS and low-code cloud native engineering for API Developers.

    $0

    1 project, up to 5 components

    Pricing
    Microsoft AzureWSO2 Choreo
    Editions & Modules
    Developer
    $29
    per month
    Standard
    $100
    per month
    Professional Direct
    $1000
    per month
    Basic
    Free
    per month
    Free
    $0
    1 project, up to 5 components. $100 in Choreo infrastructure credits per month.
    Pay-As-You-Go
    $150
    per month Up to 10 projects and 30 components. $150 per component per month. Pass-through infrastructure costs.
    Enterprise
    Custom Quote
    per year Unlimited projects and components. Discounts based on annual commitments available. Pass-through infrastructure costs, or use a data plane.
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft AzureWSO2 Choreo
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThe free tier lets users have access to a variety of services free for 12 months with limited usage after making an Azure account.1 step is a maximum of 500ms of compute time. An incoming event, message, or outgoing API call is a minimum of 1 step.
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft AzureWSO2 Choreo
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    WSO2
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    33 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    30 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    34 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    34 Answers
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    Features
    Microsoft AzureWSO2 Choreo
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Microsoft Azure and Choreo by WSO2
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    8.5
    19 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Choreo by WSO2
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling8.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates8.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools8.418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images8.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support8.918 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls9.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation8.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Microsoft Azure and Choreo by WSO2
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    Choreo by WSO2
    8.1
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    DigitalOcean Droplets
    Score8.7 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    Score6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9.5 out of 10
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft AzureWSO2 Choreo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (88 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (28 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (28 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft AzureWSO2 Choreo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Azure is particularly well suited for enterprise environments with existing Microsoft investments, those that require robust compliance features, and organizations that need hybrid cloud capabilities that bridge on-premises and cloud infrastructure. In my opinion, Azure is less appropriate for cost-sensitive startups or small businesses without dedicated cloud expertise and scenarios requiring edge computing use cases with limited connectivity. Azure offers comprehensive solutions for most business needs but can feel like there is a higher learning curve than other cloud-based providers, depending on the product and use case.
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    WSO2
    While you are developing your code, my case is codes for bots, you'll have more power and if you have an API ally that shows forecasts of latencies and throughputs: Choreo by WS02 is that friend. It is very ideal in giving insights on intelligent data mapping, code anomalies as you develop the codes or applications.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Microsoft Azure is highly scalable and flexible. You can quickly scale up or down additional resources and computing power.
    • You have no longer upfront investments for hardware. You only pay for the use of your computing power, storage space, or services.
    • The uptime that can be achieved and guaranteed is very important for our company. This includes the rapid maintenance for security updates that are mostly carried out by Microsoft.
    • The wide range of capabilities of services that are possible in Microsoft Azure. You can practically put or create anything in Microsoft Azure.
    Incentivized
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    WSO2
    • Provides feedback in real time which sorts most of the API performance challenges.
    • Displays the estimated application performance as you compose your code.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • The cost of resources is difficult to determine, technical documentation is frequently out of date, and documentation and mapping capabilities are lacking.
    • The documentation needs to be improved, and some advanced configuration options require research and experimentation.
    • Microsoft's licensing scheme is too complex for the average user, and Azure SQL syntax is too different from traditional SQL.
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    WSO2
    • Latency curves may be inaccurate sometimes or provide over/under estimates
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    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.
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    WSO2
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Microsoft
    As Microsoft Azure is [doing a] really good with PaaS. The need of a market is to have [a] combo of PaaS and IaaS. While AWS is making [an] exceptionally well blend of both of them, Azure needs to work more on DevOps and Automation stuff. Apart from that, I would recommend Azure as a great platform for cloud services as scale.
    Incentivized
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    WSO2
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    It has proven to be unreliable in our production environment and services become unavailable without proper notification to system administrators
    Incentivized
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    WSO2
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    We were running Windows Server and Active Directory, so [Microsoft] Azure was a seamless transition. We ran into a few, if any support issues, however, the availability of Microsoft Azure's support team was more than willing and able to guide us through the process. They even proposed solutions to issues we had not even thought of!
    Incentivized
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    WSO2
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    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.
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    WSO2
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    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.
    Incentivized
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    WSO2
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • For about 2 years we didn't have to do anything with our production VMs, the system ran without a hitch, which meant our engineers could focus on features rather than infrastructure.
    • DNS management was very easy in Azure, which made it easy to upgrade our cluster with zero downtime.
    • Azure Web UI was easy to work with and navigate, which meant our senior engineers and DevOps team could work with Azure without formal training.
    Incentivized
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    WSO2
    • over 90 percent accuracy in performance prediction of bots under development
    • It's possible to trace on faulty codes, down to the machine-level details.
    Incentivized
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    WSO2 Choreo Screenshots

    Screenshot of Simultaneous graphical view and code viewScreenshot of API lifecycle managementScreenshot of Automated deploymentScreenshot of API marketplaceScreenshot of Deep observabilityScreenshot of AI-assisted development