We performed a comparison between Ionic and Microsoft Azure App Service based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Mobile Development Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."What I like the most about Ionic is live reloading, which enables us to develop new features without having to build the application again and re-check the functionality."
"The solution can support many languages."
"Ionic is easy to upgrade and is helpful for design purposes. It also is quite common and easy to use. It is a very reliable application. It's easy to write on and print. The UI is easy to use as well. My organization chose to go with Ionic because we can access both Android and iOS applications."
"The most valuable feature is the one code deployed to all solutions, which means you do not need to have multiple teams."
"It's very flexible for UI development."
"Ionic's best feature is that it's not necessary to write your own custom codes as all the hybrid is provided by Angular."
"I like that I can place the code and escalate data storage. I also like that it's user-friendly. Nothing is complex in Ionic."
"Because it's a hybrid mobile app framework, it is easy for us to develop iOS as well as Android apps for our customers with the same resource skills. We didn't have to have separate iOS teams and Android teams to build the apps. We still have to use the Apple Xcode for iOS, but the main development happens with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. We don't have to write separate code bases in scripts for iOS and Android. We create apps using web-based technology."
"Enroll in some kind of formal training, not from Microsoft, but from a partner, and keep up with the change because the Azure platform changes a lot."
"Overall, all of the features are very good."
"The program is stable and we've had no technical issues so far."
"The cost is reasonable."
"It's a platform as a service, so we don't have to manage the infrastructure to hold the websites."
"I'm a decision-maker, not a technician. From my perspective, the most significant advantage is that Azure is a one-stop shop. Everything we needed was included in the Microsoft Agreement. During COVID, it was the most convenient and most straightforward decision."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure App Service is autoscaling and resource grouping. Additionally, the integration works well, it is easy to do."
"The technical support from Microsoft Azure App Service is good."
"There is a lack of a community environment."
"As a developer, I would say one of the improvements is more plugins."
"It would be good if the mobile version uses something other than JavaScript and HTML."
"It would be better if it had a speed niche system. There are a lot of things we need that weren't in the latest version. But I think they will be adding something."
"The navigation within this solution could be improved; it is currently quite complicated to move through the different tabs."
"Documentation for migrations and compatibility is insufficient."
"Ionic would be improved with dynamic design features."
"The documentation could be improved."
"I would like to see some significant improvement in the technical support provision for this solution."
"There is always room for improvement price-wise."
"Can be improved by increasing the number of data centres worldwide."
"The solution needs better integration capabilities on the network side."
"Having a surplus of tutorials from Microsoft, rather than relying solely on documentation or features from other sources like YouTube, can be beneficial."
"Sometimes we face problems, but those are technical problems in Microsoft, bugs or something doesn't work as expected, but that's normal."
"The pricing is average. It could be lower."
"The configuration is slow without understanding the systematic process."
Ionic is ranked 5th in Mobile Development Platforms with 14 reviews while Microsoft Azure App Service is ranked 6th in Mobile Development Platforms with 38 reviews. Ionic is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure App Service is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Ionic writes "Great user acceptance and reliability, multiple teams not required, with prompt customer service". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure App Service writes "A solution with great server management and helps improve performance". Ionic is most compared with Xamarin Platform, Appium, OutSystems, Appzillon Digital Platform and ironSource, whereas Microsoft Azure App Service is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Oracle Application Express (APEX), ServiceNow, Pega BPM and HCL Domino. See our Ionic vs. Microsoft Azure App Service report.
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