We performed a comparison between IBM Cloud Private and Microsoft Azure based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two PaaS Clouds solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable attribute is the platform's ability to consistently deliver high reliability."
"We have control of the ESXi."
"The product's framework is good, it integrates well with API Connect, and the private cloud allows for use in any location."
"Excellent technical support."
"Our core banking process was monolithic. To address this, we transitioned to a microservices-based architecture. Leveraging Microsoft technologies, including Terminals version 23, we’ve revamped our banking operations. Not all services are microservices; some remain monolithic for simplicity. Containerization is pivotal, with OpenShift (based on Kubernetes and Docker) managing our microservices."
"The most valuable feature is cloud-based storage."
"With Microsoft Azure, we have a platform that lets us easily deploy applications to the cloud."
"Its ability to scale is most valuable. There are certain periods of the year when we are busier, and we're able to scale up and scale down with Azure depending upon our needs."
"There are many different components such as SaaS, PaaS, and API so every month they are releasing a few hundred new features."
"The ability to create the actual resource on the private cloud is easy to manage with Microsoft Azure."
"We find that it is easy to integrate with other Microsoft technologies such as Microsoft Office."
"The product has been quite stable."
"In general, the entire suite of PaaS is valuable. It enables a true breakdown of IT siloes and allows an organization to embrace DevOps."
"The support and pricing need to improve."
"lacking in multi-cloud management."
"I've noticed that the satellite services layer requires some improvement compared to platforms like Azure or Microsoft. While it's in development, I believe the satellite layer has room for enhancement. Additionally, the DevOps layer could benefit from closer integrations, especially for using external applications like Jenkins."
"One issue with the solution is latency because there is lag time when we connect."
"Auto-scaling and managing pod scaling in the microservices architecture, a core feature of IBM Cloud Private, can pose challenges, especially when dealing with larger volumes of traffic."
"Monitoring options should be more sophisticated, as there are dashboards on which a end user is able to pin a lot of charts and a number of web parts, but for example, I would love to have some option like in Operational Management Suite."
"The solution could improve by providing better tutorials and documentation."
"Overall, the solution is good but there are some minor technical issues that can be resolved."
"As compared to AWS, Azure can improve its functionality. In terms of the feature list, it is still lacking a bit as compared to AWS. AWS supports lots of types of operating systems, which Azure is still catching up with. Azure is mainly focused on the Windows system, and it is not yet there in terms of integration with other operating systems like Linux, Unix. Azure is slowly catching up."
"In a month, there is a plan to increase pricing, which is something we are not looking forward to."
"Maybe Azure could add an address code to create your analysis without SQL or Python because some business users don't want it to code. So it's good to have a service application that connects to the data lake to conduct analysis and simplify the business process."
"The integration pipeline could be a bit more broad in terms of applications."
"Price could always be better. The features come in quickly, so we're comfortable with the feature set that is available to us."
IBM Cloud Private is ranked 18th in PaaS Clouds with 5 reviews while Microsoft Azure is ranked 1st in PaaS Clouds with 299 reviews. IBM Cloud Private is rated 6.8, while Microsoft Azure is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of IBM Cloud Private writes "Reliable platform with significant challenges related to performance capabilities when subjected to high traffic loads". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure writes "Promotes clear, logical structures preventing impractical configurations and offers seamless integration ". IBM Cloud Private is most compared with OpenShift, Amazon AWS, Google App Engine and Pivotal Cloud Foundry, whereas Microsoft Azure is most compared with Google Firebase, Amazon AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Pivotal Cloud Foundry and SAP Cloud Platform. See our IBM Cloud Private vs. Microsoft Azure report.
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