# Page 14 | Microsoft Azure Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 14 - Is Microsoft Azure the right Virtual Machine solution for you? Explore 1943 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/16365/Azure/reviews --- Microsoft Azure 4.6 (1943) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/16365/Azure/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 15th, 2026 # Page 14 - Reviews of Microsoft Azure ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 326-350 of 1943 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Shanker R. CISO Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Useful Cloud Services Partner for Organizations " January 14, 2023 5.0 Pros Ease of use, Deployment is easy, Wintel and SQL database works well in Azure cloud. Azure api gateway is good feature. Blob storage is also good. All security technologies including palo alto, forcepoint, akamai etc are compatible with azure. Dashboard is good. Security center feature is good Cons Rbac feature need to be improved. Only see contributor access and no less privileged access is available. Azure tech support need to be improved. Licensing becoming expensive year on year. Alerting feature need to be improved. Review Source NC Nitesh C. Manager Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Platform" May 2, 2023 5.0 All things considered, Microsoft Azure is a strong and adaptable cloud platform that provides a variety of tools and services to fulfil the demands of organisations of all kinds. For businesses wishing to take use of cloud computing, Azure is a popular option thanks to its scalability, security, and connection with other Microsoft services. Pros The versatility and scalability of Azure are two of its most noticeable benefits. Users can tailor their cloud architecture to meet their unique demands by selecting from a variety of services, including as virtual machines, containers, and serverless computing solutions. Azure also offers powerful capabilities for controlling and monitoring resources, making it simple to scale up or down in response to changes in demand. Cons Complexity is a thing I like least about microsoft azure. Setting up and managing the Azure platform can be difficult and time-consuming because to the huge variety of services and capabilities it offers. For smaller businesses or those with few IT resources, this can be especially difficult. Review Source DD Daniel D. Platform Specialist Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "It doesn't do everything I like, but it's Cloud." January 16, 2022 5.0 Pros If you're in business, you have something in Microsoft. If you want to go to the Cloud, you have to factor in compatibility. With Azure, you don't have to worry if your SQL server is compatible with Azure's infrastructure, of course it is. I am certain there are specific use cases that are exceptions, but big picture, if you want to go Cloud, Azure is leading the way, and since it's Microsoft, they have a great head start. Cons Microsoft really needs to work out their administrative tools. It's weird, because I feel like within the Windows OS, things are for the most part easy to figure out once you understand Microsoft's language. Azure is like learning a whole new version of that same language. There are also just simple things that are either frustrating in their design or missing. Instead of having a console for the servers, they rely on RDC, which is a problem as I often deal with servers where RDC is not working. Backups are needlessly obtuse, Microsoft should come up with a better system. Navigating the admin console also has its fair share of pain points. Review Source Adithya U. Senior Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Tough Competitor to AWS and Google Cloud - Best in terms of Cost, APIs and easy to use !" October 21, 2018 5.0 Pros \* Provides many machine learning / AI API specific services like voice recognition, voice identification, etc which helps to develop or incorporate AI features in our application easily without the need for a dedicated team having expertise in these machine learning areas. \* Value for money - Get more resources at same cost compared to alternatives. \* Transparent pricing which helps to predict the monthly costs. \* Very easy to set up new servers and enable scalability to accommodate huge influx of traffic. \* Dedicated support available and many sessions are conducted to educate the users. \* A must cloud service provided if you want windows based machines as these guys are expert in giving a well optimized windows machine. \* Generous free credits available for first time users. Cons \* The console/dashboard is little cluttered and can be overwhelming for some users. \* System admins who are used to work in other platforms will take some time to adjust to Azure environment. \* Too many choices available to achieve the same purpose which can can cause confusion ( Paradox of choices) Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Tech Lead, Strategic Alliances and Business Development Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Has improved over the last few years to being a serviceable cloud provider" March 18, 2019 3.0 Solid but not spectacular public cloud experience. More potential when it comes to hybrid cloud than Amazon. Pros The most important thing is that we need Azure to be viable in order to break the monopoly of AWS on public cloud providers. If we want to avoid massive price gouging and lock-in, Azure needs to serviceable. Thankfully Microsoft has worked hard in recent years to making Azure more developer and IT friendly. They were always great at providing hosted versions of Microsoft products such as MS Exchange, however supporting and embrace Linux and other dev-friendly tools has made Azure more appealing. Buying github while keeping it independent is also a good strategic move. We used Azure for a few POCs, it's a bit clunky in certain areas but using tools such as Terraform and Ansible can mitigate this. Service availability has been solid for the most part. MSFT also has on-prem Azure which is something that differentiates it from other cloud providers. Cons Azure draws from the Microsoft visual style so if you navigating using the UI, it's a bit of a uneven experience. If you are used to Windows, this probably won't be too much of a problem. In many cases it takes too many clicks to get to the appropriate screen. However this is something that all cloud providers need to work on. While the marketplace is growing, the ecosystem support is not as robust as AWS. I would like to see MSFT partner with VMW to provide a similar offering to VMW on AWS. Review Source James T. Vice President Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Stable, Solid platform, with some Support woes (if you need it)." February 28, 2018 5.0 Pros Extremely solid platform, very easy to get started, very easy to manage, billing is a breeze to understand and monitor. (Yeah, it's Microsoft) Cons Support was sketchy (My 1 experience in 18 months needing it was a disappointing one). In brief, regardless of what the system tells you, if you don't purchase a support plan you're SOL. During the recent Intel software glitch one of our Azure VMs was affected. Opened a case, top priority level, was given a 2 hour promise of contact, watched patiently on the portal as the clock went from 2h to 1h to 30 minutes, to PENDING.... 2 days and 6 hours later (on a Saturday) someone called me to say my ticket was being assigned. Assigned? Another few hours later a call from a technician. By then, the problem had already been resolved on my end (simple VM redeploy using RSV) but I let it play out. They provided the fix, issue was resolved on the original VM. Ok. I then engaged my Account Manager (yes, you get one even on a Pay-As-You-Go service plan) and expressed my concerns about what happened. This is when I was told I didn't have a "Support Plan". My response was pretty simple "Then the ticket system should tell/warn/note that, and not tell you you'll get a response in 2 hours." Review Source BC Brayan C. systems analyst Professional Training & Coaching Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Microsoft Azure do not look any further." December 24, 2022 5.0 At my work and university we use it to manage projects and so far it has been very useful and dynamic without generating errors. Pros What attracts me the most about this application is its security, its user interfaces, its easy handling and all the tools it brings with it. Cons Depending on the characteristics of the equipment in which it is installed, it can become slow in the processes. Review Source Lucas T. Advogado Judiciary Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Avaliação Azure" September 8, 2023 5.0 Boa experiência com a plataforma. Recomendo para quem busca Cloud Computing Pros O sistema de Cloud Computing e a gestão e desenvolvimento de aplicativos são ótimas funcionalidades da plataforma Cons O serviço poderia ter mais interatividade e melhoramento no suporte ao cliente Alternatives considered [Amazon S3](https://www.capterra.com/p/174285/Amazon-S3/)[Jira](https://www.capterra.com/p/19319/JIRA/)[vSphere](https://www.capterra.com/p/93512/VMware-Horizon/) Reason for choosing Microsoft Azure A plataforma apresentou bom custo benefício e me pareceu mais agradável para uso Review Source Srilal S. Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good cost effective business class cloud platform from microsoft" June 12, 2023 5.0 Although it's UI has some issue Azure providesbest and the newst AI tools and impressive and competitive pricing models. Pros Azure has clear and open pricing plans and the newst AI tools are the most inpotrant features for us. Cons UI is slugish and when using Azure Web apps, the deployment center is buggy and will not load sometimes. Review Source ID Igor D. Sr. Software Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Microsoft Azure" January 13, 2023 5.0 It is a high availability hosting for our web platform shared by many law firms. Pros Azure is well-integrated into Microsoft set of Development Tools, like Visual Studio and allows easy deployment and automation. Cons It is quite expensive, but it saves us a lot of efforts in the long run by providing scalable infrastructure solution. Alternatives considered [Amazon S3](https://www.capterra.com/p/174285/Amazon-S3/)[Google Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/) Reason for choosing Microsoft Azure Because we rely on Microsoft Visual Studio line of tools for software development and Azure is integrated with those tools. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Impiegata Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "miglior cloud provider del momento" February 20, 2023 5.0 Pros la continua evoluzione dei servizi proposti, l'integrazione con tutti i servizi microsoft (365, active directory, etc..) Cons i costi sono ancora altini, ma questo vale per praticamente qualsiasi cloud provider al momento Review Source JP Jinal P. Senior Software Developer Entertainment Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The service provided by Azure is priceless!" December 27, 2020 5.0 Intuitive and easy to use. You do not have problems uploading files. the convenience of being able to store very large files in multiple gigabytes is great. An affordable, reliable product.I love that it provides easy access to everything we keep. My experience with Azure is great. Pros Its design is pleasant and intuitive. It is easy to use and is a reliable great tool for my cloud storage needs. I like that it is easy to store all kinds of data and data drop extensions. It is truly an excellent online storage program. It allows the sharing of large videos and graphics, which are difficult to send by e-mail, thanks to this feature, it perfectly supports the workflow and contributes to the improvement of our business process. the pleasure of sharing important content such as videos and graphics that I want to share in a comfortable, fast and secure way without any restrictions is invaluable. It is also great at having unlimited data and analysis features. Azure enables us to turn our ideas into solutions by enabling us to see insight, unparalleled scale and price / performance ratio in a short time in the cloud created for data and analysis. Cons I haven't had any bad experience with Azure, I am very satisfied. Switched from [WebDrive](https://www.capterra.com/p/170697/WebDrive/) Azure was more cost effective compared to the performance it showed to the service it provided. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Lead System Administrator Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best infrastructure as a service with ultimate cloud solution" February 14, 2023 5.0 Tettra Awesome!!!! Pros Adopting Azure to replace on premise infrastructure makes life much more easier to end point management for mobile devices and data security. Cons Azure connect to while using both on premise and cloud is not easily deployed through azure AD connect. Alternatives considered [Amazon EC2](https://www.capterra.com/p/219781/EC2/) Reason for choosing Microsoft Azure I have been into Microsoft for a long time, and am comfortable with Microsoft over any other Review Source Sai R. Technical specialist Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Azure - IaaS" February 11, 2023 3.0 Pros As a part of my job ,i use both azure and GCP for my application development and deployment. Will azure specifically, we have more flexibility in terms of deploying a service. I think with features like logic apps, web apps,VM etc azure give us more options compared to other cloud platforms. And in terms of security aswell we know that Microsoft is a trusted organization. Cons I think azure can make the logs access a little bit more accessible and easy. Alternatives considered [Google Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/) Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Developer Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Azure review " June 29, 2021 5.0 I enjoy using azure , I like the way it handles redundancy and is flexible and easy to use Pros I like the fact that Azure simplifies creation and deployment of cloud resources and that you can configure resources and view how much they could potentially cost you. Cons Network configurations are a bit difficult for me and also disk selections could be explained better as it could lead to high costs if the wrong disk is selected Review Source Meenu A. QA Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "End to End Cloud Solution" January 20, 2023 5.0 AWS is providing all the benefits with high availablity and almost zero downtime. We are very happy with application from past 7 years. Pros AWS is providing the good End to end cloud solution. We are able to setup large amount of VMs very frequently. We can Scale up-down our resources in a click of button. Cons The pricing of the application is very high if you are using there resources for several years and it will affect your return on investment. Review Source Manny P. . Computer Networking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Amazing Cloud Service" November 15, 2018 5.0 Azure is amazing. We were planning to migrate to them, but it was too costly. Every year we do the numbers and see if it's cost effective, so far not yet, but in time it will be and this is where my cloud service will go. For now, I will just keep the service at a minimum until we are ready for the transition. Pros I am excited on how great Azure is becoming and cannot wait to see more. Love your network migrator software and cannot wait to see more from you guys in the future. Cons Your pricing is rediculous, I don't understand why their pricing is so out of this world, which I know in time pricing will go down, but for small businesses it's just not yet worth it. Your company has already the dominant market in OS, why not make Azure special and reduce pricing and storage and swallow up the world as we know it so that Microsoft will be live forever. I understand that you are in a new market and are catching up to AWS, but your never going to beat them unless you strategize your game plan and give user's packages that make sense and are cost effective. The cloud is coming, it's all on who does it first and how they do it. Review Source JV Jacob V. Systems Administrator Financial Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Suprisingly happy moving from (previous) AWS org to an Azure role" December 17, 2022 5.0 Much easier to manage than our previous dedicated Hyper-V infrastructure. Pros Specifically love the resource group organization in Azure Portal. Cons Log collection, reading / analysis were really painful until we just exported all of our logging to Datadog. Alternatives considered [Amazon EC2](https://www.capterra.com/p/219781/EC2/) Reason for choosing Microsoft Azure Mainly because of guidance from our board. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer IT Manager Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great product with lots of features " February 19, 2023 5.0 Overall I’m so happy with the product as it gives us full control over everything which is needed. Pros The best part of the product is the continuous improvement that they make on the features, plus the thousands of features it has. Cons Sometimes deploying parts is a little confusing based on the guides that makes you search on other resources for tutorials. Alternatives considered [Amazon S3](https://www.capterra.com/p/174285/Amazon-S3/)[Amazon EC2](https://www.capterra.com/p/219781/EC2/)[Google Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/) Review Source Andrei A. EUC Sr. Infrastructure Architect Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Microsoft Azure is must have cloud for any organization" May 5, 2022 5.0 It is overwhelming when you just start with the Azure as an architect or systems administrator, but once you learn it, it is just an amazing (I want to say platform) Cloud. Pros I am a EUC Sr. Architect that helps to deliver cloud solutions to enterprise clients. With that, I can only say that there isn't much better than M365 when it comes to endpoint management. M365 solves the problem of fully managing an internet device. Azure Cloud is the future of device management. Cons There are a lot of things that Microsoft needs to polish when it comes to web interfaces. Also as much as MS tries to make it intuitive, they still have work to do. Review Source PP Pradip P. Sr. Technical Associate Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Microsoft Azure : The Best In Business." May 12, 2023 5.0 My experience with Microsoft Azure is very best, as a professional I am loving it. Pros The most likeable thing about Microsoft Azure is it's ease of implementation and anyone can understand it, Also it provides the best security and reliability to users data. Cons The Microsoft Azure's pricing of some of it's services are some what little bit higher. Review Source bP bassambate P. assistance dans la gestion des fonds Investment Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "microsoft azure" March 21, 2023 4.0 Microsoft azure offre plusieurs fonctionnalités que je trouve satisfaisante Pros l'ensemble des services de cloud, la sécurité et la performance Cons besoin d'une expertise dans le domaine pour pouvoir exploiter a 100/100 l'élaboration de projets a travers Microsoft azure et l'absence d'une bonne connexion fait un handicap sérieux Review Source RC Rishikesh C. Support Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Microsoft Azure Review" October 3, 2022 4.0 Overall very happy with the Azure services & resources since I have tested so many apps very conveniently & recommended my Organization to use more of the Azure services.. Pros Its very easy to subscribe /unsubscribe the trial version & to upgrade as pay to go mode. Azure functionality & resources are very easy to use & manage. Also the help topics & KB articles make much easier to use the Azure. You can configure /deploy /test almost every services/App over Azure which is fantastic. Cons Not much as found Azure resources & services very good. Alternatives considered [AWS Config](https://www.capterra.com/p/205398/AWS-Config/) Reason for choosing Microsoft Azure I am more familiar with Microsoft product & services than Amazon. Review Source BW Ben W. Network Admin Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Microsoft Azure setup and deployment" January 28, 2022 4.0 My overall experience with Azure is nothing less than great. I love Azure so much that i would like to test AWS to compare and contrast. Pros Azure is rock solid reliable. I created a VM to replace my AD along with an app server, and and another VM to replace my RDP server and it has been wonderful ever since. Backup and disaster recovery are so easy to setup and monitor. Cons All cloud networking services are difficult to navigate at the get go. So if you're new at this, it would be helpful if there are proper documentations or a bit hand-held guide from vendor tech support. With Microsoft, reaching someone with a decent knowledge was hard to come by and very time consuming. Fortunately, i found bits and pieces of documentation shared by experienced folks to guide me along the way Alternatives considered [Amazon EC2](https://www.capterra.com/p/219781/EC2/) Reason for choosing Microsoft Azure i chose Azure because everything we use in the company is predominantly Microsoft Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Gerente Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Azure superou minhas expectativas " March 30, 2023 5.0 No geralé muito boa e produtiva Pros Usabilidade , ferramentas adicionais e compartilhamento Cons Interface as vezes difícil para usuários iniciantes Alternatives considered [JIRA Service Management](https://www.capterra.com/p/227102/JIRA-Service-Management/) Reason for choosing Microsoft Azure Possibilidade de integração com ambiente microsoft Review Source Similar Products Featured